fall in december.

I know the rest of the country is already freezing and buried in snow, but not here.

I feel like the seasons have shifted in the last decade. October is the new August--you can always count on it being over one hundred degrees. And December is the new October--the peak of fall.

 I don't want to spark one of those "there are no seasons in L.A." debate, but I love that there are blazing red, yellow and orange leaves all around...

...while the roses, camellias and hibiscus are still in bloom.

thursday.

This is what Thanksgiving looked like this year.

mystery flower.

What is this? Somebody help me out. It's killing me.

I hate to say this, but I only started noticing these last year, and they just blew my mind. They are on trees whose trunks are covered with these pointy little suction-cup-looking things. They start to come out in late August, and I love how the petals litter the sidewalks, like the jacaranda does in the spring.

fall.

 

You have no idea how good it feels to wear a lightweight sweater at night and see pumpkins at the local Trader Joe's.