Twin Oaks in November
Suddenly, the tree color erupts. At first, it is mostly yellow with some reds coming out a few days later. Early in the month we had the hardest rain I've ever seen here, 4.25 inches in less than two hours. That soaked everything really well, too well at first. Then this gave way to many days of bright blue skies and sunny days. The clouds were few and the temperature was cooler but not cold yet. I wore my gloves while running only twice the whole month. The first half of the month was beautiful with color. Then those leaves fell and we were left with the mostly red late color sprinkled here and there. The birds had mostly left us, far fewer cardinals, more crows and buzzards roaming the skies. I heard a hawk several times but never saw one the whole month. One thing I did see was when I was checking the mail box down at the road one afternoon. Kudo was with me, sniffing around the tile in t