I just saw a post on Facebook captioned “The Fall of Portland.” It was photos of trees around town with leaves that have turned from summer green to the reds, golds, and oranges of autumn.

If you’ve been following the news at all, this is subtly hilarious.

We’re about three weeks into fall, and with the weather having been so strange, the trees seem confused. The little dogwood in my front yard wend red overnight, but the neighbor’s tree, the one by which I measure the seasons, is still bright green.

The cold will come soon enough and the leaves will color and drop. Take time to notice them and the light that surrounds them over the next couple weeks. The time is too short.