Thank you, Urszula. I am enjoying the nice weather. I am wondering if winter will ever come.

... in Piedmont Region of Maryland, even the usually drab oaks showed some color this year; the maples took the year off, but the hickories and tulip poplars together turned the woods a golden yellow for a few days ... fairly serious Autumn drought ongoing ...

It is very dry here, too. We had a half inch a few days ago, but it had been a couple of months since previous rain.