The leaves they are a'changin' round these parts. Here and there it's as if a tree has burst into flame amongst its still-green brethren. More and more the trees are giving up this year's ghost, losing their chloraphil and letting their keratin shine through.

The leaves are changing, and changing fast. After a summer that stretched further into October than it ought'o've, Fall looks to be compressing itself into a few short weeks, as temperatures have been dipping from the 80s three weeks ago into the 30s and 40s now.

I think the trees were just hanging on until the cooldown, and are now feeling pressured for their wardrobe change before winter sets in, casting the city into a moder-world Narnia of snow and limb.

And they're rushing, too, perhaps because they're aware that the season's first snowfall is forecast to come as early as Friday.