i always forget that october is rain. i'm always surprised to remember. i wonder why the leaves are so late in turning this year. that's not how it's supposed to work. painful cobalt september blue skies are supposed to have bright yellow poplars in front of them. the second week in october is when things get interesting, only for the colours all to wash out in endless grey rain. by halloween the trees should all be bare and clawlike, brown crunchy leaves carpeting the streets and sidewalks. at this rate we'll still have leaves in november, and that isn't right at all.