Playing with his string What do you have in your hand? This post was edited by nicole__ on Tue, Nov 25, 14 at 8:57

Someone posted here that they love yellow trees. I know that ginko trees can be a striking, brilliant yellow, and there are several near my office. The ones along the street were pretty solidly yellow, but they are small and unimpressive. I've been waiting for the big one across the street to turn. Its an impressively large tree, about 4 feet in diameter and over 150 years old. This is the tree as of this past Friday: Yesterday I could see that it was pretty much the same as above. Today every single leaf is on the ground. Every. Single. One. I had read that ginkos (or at least some ginkos) lose all their leaves in a day, but never quite believed it.

Stating the obvious; this is not my picture. LOL This is my all-time favourite of Calvin and Hobbes (I miss him) and I think of this every winter. Now that winter has arrived.....here it is!

One of the Mute Swans that has become established in Chesapeake Bay (one of the few areas they are "countable" on a birding list).