is it fall?

before

after

now i know that most of the northeast is suffering under some kind of arctic blast but out here in california we are unseasonably warm.  now dont get me wrong, we have had some cold weather, we actually had 3 feet of snow the week of thanksgiving (which resulted in a 5 day power loss and some very creative cooking strategies for the big day) but now we are sitting in the 40's and 50's daily and spent our weekend raking and burning.  now this usually gets done in september and october and believe me i did my fair share then, but the early snows caught us all unaware and the trees hadnt finished dropping their leaves.  so after two weeks of good weather
that allowed all the leaves on the ground to dry, we spent saturday finishing the yard clean up.  although i am grateful for some sunshine i am worried about the lack of rain and snow.  so now that everything is finished, bring it on mother nature.