Green leaf drop

As a coda to yesterday’s fall into winter post; I don’t know what is going on with this tree. It’s dropping an enormous number of green leaves.

My lawn is covered completely with green leaves.

At first I thought they were ripped off by the high winds. But this morning they are still falling, and it’s calm and cold. Maybe it got so cold, so suddenly, that they didn’t have time to change color before dropping?

It’s my first fall in this house. I just hope this is normal for this tree and there’s nothing wrong with it! It’s actually the neighbor’s tree.

One of the little trees we planted this summer has some nice purple color:

In another part of the yard – the newly walled courtyard off the master bedroom – there is an established maple that is turning color. I’ll let you know if it turns red. So far it’s turning a nice yellow.

Now that it’s getting colder, our new little courtyard is my favorite part of the yard. On some days in the afternoon it gets warm enough to sit outside, huddled up against the southern wall of the house that’s being heated by the sun.