Yes, far south of you, but I am already seeing some trees getting that bronzy color that precedes autumn. Also, my American Beauty Berry fruits have gone purple already, started in July. This usually occurs in late September.

Boo! Yes...fall is coming. I go into it fighting and resisting! I LOVE summer!

I saw the first maple tree turn orange 2 weeks ago. Some of my container plants are already needing to be dumped. Night temps are already in the 40's here. My pool is too cold to swim in. I've had the solar cover on it for weeks to warm it up (unheard of before this).

I'm not complaining. I LOVE this cool weather. Long live autumn! I can be outdoors with no bugs and no sweatband.

Yes, downright chilly this morning. I seriously considered getting out my Cuddle Duds underwear when I got up. Instead I put on a sweatshirt that I can easily take off when we get back into the low 70's this afternoon...or so the weather predictor promised. (Shouldn't it be low 80's this time in August)

That is a nice selection of beans you have there, alisande.

I love cool weather too, but I feel a little uncomfortable to have things so out of kilter. Although I remember last fall being unusually long, so who knows?

TulsaRose, that's a gorgeous shrub. No need to apologize for the photo! It's actually better to take pics outdoors when it's cloudy, or in early/late sun. Otherwise you get too much contrast and blown-out highlights.

Thanks, Igmd_gaz! I'm wearing a hoodie as I write this, BTW.

My first baby was born on Labor Day in a wicked heat wave, so it's possible we haven't seen the last of summer. That was a lot of years ago though. :-)

Not here, it's going to be 103-108 next week. Ugh.

Too hot for most things. It has been super-hot in west central Florida this year. Every day into the mid-90s and rarely below 75 at night. Too hot for most veggies, although I do have some anaheim peppers struggling to survive.

No, other than the days are getting a little shorter, I'm not seeing Fall yet here on the pacific coast. It's been a beautiful couple of days with just fog in mornings, more nice days forecast to come. Or, is that just my interpretation, I'm not a Fall person and don't like to see it beginning ;0)

Lovely morning here, clear sky - and we have so much going on I'm going to get to enjoy very little of it. My class reunion last night, housewarming today (niece) 2 hours away. Baby shower tomorrow morning (nephew and his wife). Birthday lunch Monday for DH's eldest sister, two hours away again but in a different direction. Everything seems to happen all at once ;0)

No real signs of fall here yet. Kids head back to school next week, and that's usually good for a really hot spell. Has been cooler at night for the last couple of nights and the tomatoes are very, very prolific right now. Thus, making another batch of roasted tomato soup to can tomorrow or Monday. I prefer making this when it is cooler, as the oven heats the kitchen.

Still summer in MidTenn. With lots of rain and mostly moderate temps, although VERY humid, everything is GREEN. Can't hardly keep up with the mowing. Crops look great, and maybe there will be three cuttings of hay this year. Usually by now everything looks hot and tired and ready for fall. I'd be happy if fall came after Christmas this year LOL.

Finally no humidity with temps in the 70's. Tomatoes are coming at a rapid pace. I have seen a few red leaves on trees.

It's been feeling like fall for a month now. Cooler nights, change in the leaves. Hard to describe the feeling but it's there.

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One way I can tell that Fall is starting is the sound of the crickets at night, just as I'm getting ready for bed :( oh and also the back lawn is covered with fallen leaves. Where was summer this year? You know, those dog-days of summer!

Not here in Central TX, though it's currently cooler due to Harvey. My friend in MI has had night temps in the low 40's already, which is early for her area (Hudson).

We have had a very cool, albeit unusually humid, summer thus far. However, we are supposed to see temperatures in the 90's this week...ugh! Our seasons here in southern California are always delayed versus what those of you further north experience. When you start seeing cooler nights, we are usually suffering from heat waves. We often don't see a permanent cool down until the end of October and our hot weather doesn't usually hit until mid-July. Last year followed the same pattern we have seen this year. I think it was 2014, though, when we had no cool weather at all. It was very warm through autumn and winter. I was miserable.

Beautiful beans! I used to grow a spring and fall crop of bush beans, but flea beetles have been my nemesis in recent years, so I no longer bother.

Southern Louisiana here. No sign of fall. The crystals in one of the bedroom windows are catching the lower positioned sun and spinning rainbows around the room in the afternoon, but that's about it. Humidity is still miserable and temps still high. It'll be mid October before we start to get a break.

I just saw a hummingbird! So I guess all is not lost. :-)

Typical for us/Colorado, nothing stands out. The hummingbirds are swarming, heavy eating then ALL the adults leave. Some adults have already moved on, almost none with color left. The wood vine is turning red, but it's healthy, no cold snap to wilt it ....yet. The rain is tapering off, it's dry enough to have the sprinkler system back on. Tomatoes are ripening, more every day.

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TulsaRose.......I have a row of those here at my house and a hedge with those scattered in them @ another of my homes. LUV them!!!!!!!!

Alisande, where do you live? The hummer activity picked up here (south Louisiana) in early July after the breeding season ended. Things are really getting active now as migration begins.

Nicole, are those Rufous hummers? We host Rufous and a few other western migrants in the winter. Some years we allow banding by a licensed bander.

I'm in Central KY. My coworkers and I were commenting on the weird feeling a month ago. It still has been hot but cooler in the evenings than is normal and the leaves have been falling on some trees according to my coworker (I didn't notice). But I could feel it.

CindyMac, I'm in northeast PA. Temp is supposed to go down to about 45º tonight. I'll be turning on the foot warmer in my bed again.

Still hot out during the day but I noticed yellowed leaves on the ground already.

Decoration wise I have all my autumn decorations out....I like looking ahead to a cooler fall so I always put out my fall items in August. (Southern Colorado)

Here in SE Wisc, we have had a cold wave sweep down and linger for a few days. It is causing Fall like changes. My yellow finches have left; As the bird migration progresses, I'll get a new flock of yellow finches. These are the ones who spent the summer north of my location and moved a bit south to over-winter. Black birds are flocking in huge droves. This is their prelude to migration. The sumac has begun to turn color in a few locations. This is a couple of weeks early. My summer flowers are shutting down. These indications point to a cold snowy winter for us. Hopefully, this was just an arctic blast out of the ordinary and we will get a prolonged "Indian Sumner". (One can hope.)

Alisande and Nicole, thanks for the kind words. I love my pretty ROS Hibiscus shrubs. I have them in all colors scattered around the yard. However, the Althea is my favorite as she puts on her late August show. She is near the kitchen so I stand at the window and just smile like a fool. We always have a cool front in mid-to-late August and it seems to rejuvenate the plant life as well as we old folks who have suffered through the heat. :-)

We're definitely experiencing the cooler weather of fall here in NJ - near Philadelphia. We had many days over 90 throughout July but August has been unusually cooler. This last week the overnight temps have been in the low 60's and it went down to 55 last night. I've hardly been in the pool this month and I've already scheduled an early closing for the day after Labor Day.

We have some fall colors on the trees - just a few leaves here and there. Usually our dogwood is among the first and the leaves start to take on a slight burgundy tone.

I notice a bit of red in the sumac, but everything else is right on track, and I surprised a hummer in the still open moonflowers, first thing this morning.

I was hoping the pumpkins would harden off early this year, because I have an offer to sell some at a locally owned hardware store, but no one wants to wait until the end of September, which I think is the best time to let them mature. The tiny decorative pumpkins are ready, but I noticed that last year too, with the 'Baby Pams'. DD's prolific cherry tomatoes are going strong, but I've heard others say their tomatoes have stopped producing. Peaches were early this year.

I like to mow grass in the evenings, and I've noticed the days are getting shorter. :(

I'm in southern Illinois and the sumac growing along the highways is really prounced! Very vibrant colors even this early.

Yes, it was a bit cooler here in north Alabama the past few days. Running (still in the morning) was actually tolerable and downright cool in the 60's early in the morning. Yesterday we went to DGD's scrimmage soccer game at Sewanee and it was very pleasant with a nice breeze in mid afternoon. Didn't even swear! The cicadas have been humming in the evening for about a week or so. The old-timers say that means 6 weeks til the first frost. Hmmmm.

I am quite sure heat and humidity haven't bid us goodbye though.

Definitely Fall weather here in Yankee-ville. The swamp maples are turning rather rapidly and all other varieties are beginning to display their deep orange/red tiaras.

The Summer that we had was short and dreadful. Very hot and very humid...with temps and humidity #s almost equal on those stifling days. Nights weren't much better and I have the electric bills to prove it. I have a rather ancient in-the-wall AC in my bedroom and as breathing is rather essential to my well being...I whispered sweet nothings to it every night...praying that it would last throughout this season. One appliance disaster a year is my limit these days and the water heater took precedence this year.

This past week...the daily temps haven't exceeded the low to mid 70°'s and evenings/nights are dipping into the low 50°'s. All with nominal humidity. I'm in heaven! And...praying that this weather will last for a few more months....and me with it. :-)

ahh, finally cooling off here in burb outside of Philly!! humidity is gone, temps in upper 70's low 80's, nights in the mid-60's just perfect!! trees acting normal, grass still growing, hummers still at feeder., all is good!! i am sure will have a couple last gasps of summer as always but i think the bulk of heat and humidity are gone till next year!! YAY!!

I'm usually starting to see a few leaves start to turn by now along with the return of cooler night time temperatures. But, we seem to be having the endless summer here with no end in sight. I'm sick of it and am looking forward to the arrival of fall.

Yes, it started feeling just a bit like fall a couple of weeks ago here in north Missouri. Definitely earlier than usual.

I go for my morning walk between 6 and 6:30 a.m. and several times I have had to start out with a light jacket. Just a bit cool, and sometimes a little fog until the sun comes up. We've had a much cooler August than usual and it's rained at least a half-inch, three or four different times. Most of the days this month have had high temperatures in the low to mid-80's, even though August is typically very hot and dry here. I mourn the early loss of summer.

Fruit and nut trees are heavily loaded, and I've seen two white-ish woolly worms (a predictor of a snowy winter).

I walked over to my son's house yesterday and was shocked to see how many leaves were on the ground under his maple tree. It stopped me in my tracks.

Then I took a close look at my apple trees. I knew they've been dropping leaves as well as apples, but I didn't realize the extent of it. Every one of the nine I checked had lost all the leaves on their lower branches. You can see it in this Empire apple tree, pictured between the two Limelight hydrangeas. Some of the apple trees look worse. The Golden Delicious looks like a tornado came through and stripped most of it. It's worrisome.

Fun's take on California is correct. Even though we had a tolerable stretch early August, it will be in the hundreds for us this coming week. Heat will stretch into October, cooling for Halloween. I'm sure the plants are taking note of the sun's lower position and slightly shorter days, but all in all, it's still summer here! Labor Day is nearly always brutally hot. Not a sign of any of our deciduous trees changing.

What Fun & socks said applies to where I live in SoCal, too. We were really liking the cooler than usual August; back to the expected temps this week.

It's 71 here but feels cooler to me with the rain. It was pouring earlier but now just a drizzle. Not a lot of food in the house so I went out and bought some stuff to make lasagna since I have an overabundance of tomatoes from my garden. I also picked up some stuff to make bean soup. It sounded really good. Now I realize I forgot to pick up stuff to make cornbread too.

CindyMac......We have, Rufous, Black Chin, Broadtail and Caliope hummingbirds. The only adult males/birds with a colored throat, are ones just arriving as they migrate south. Two more weeks and all but 3 or 4 will be left. Then mid October those will leave.

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