You know it’s cold when…

…the tree in your front yard looks like this when the kids leave for school:

And like this when they get home:

Our gingko tree loses its leaves in one day after the first hard frost.  That day was today.  Brrrrrrrr.

6 thoughts on “You know it’s cold when…

  • Stacy (your cousin) says:

    Wow! I totally wish my trees did that! I end up raking my guts out 5 times before all my leaves are gone. I’ve done it once, so there’s 4 more to go. ugh!

  • This is the coolest blog. What foresight you had to take the “before” picture. They are both beautiful, and I especially love the contrast of the two taken only hours apart!!! Hope you had fun playing in all those leaves!

  • Isn’t this amazing? You wouldn’t think from looking at our lawn that we’ve raked any leaves, but we already have three or four times and it’s still covered! It’s beautiful to look up at the trees and see that most of the leaves are down now!