Sjerin, the leaves are present in that picture, but missing from the lower branches, which I didn't photograph. The tree also dropped most of the apples produced by the lower branches. This is also true of my other apple trees (multiple varieties). Some other leaves fell awfully early this year as well. And it's not just my trees; some other local residents have told me the same thing. I don't know what this says about climate change or anything else. It's a mystery. Oh, and the Golden Delicious is never our largest apple anyway, but with so many on the tree this year I expect they'll be fairly small.

A "flying pig". There was a contest years ago and these large pigs in different conformations were made and then painted. I don't remember the winning pig but all the pigs were then auctioned off and some ended up on public property while others ended up in private hands. They are still fun to see around town from time to time.

Our fence has a booboo! The guy who was pressure washing our neighbor’s PVC fence was loading his equipment into his pickup late yesterday afternoon. He left it running and in Park but somehow it dislodged into Reverse as he was getting into the driver’s seat. DH saw it happen as he was getting our mail. The guy fortunately was not hurt as he was literally thrown to the ground, but he has damage to his tailgate and our fence too a beating. He felt so badly about the fence. Our neighbors did too and of course we all are just glad the young man wasn’t injured.

Oh Glenda! August 1941 - little did you all know what was coming in December... My mom ca. 1950s - I think before any of us kids came along - taken by my dad. She was never not fashionable