Welcome to January 2013, say hello to global warming.

Okay, maybe it's premature -- apparently we're supposed to wait another 20 years before we know for sure what happened -- to call it global warming, but this has to be a sign of the direction of our climate in Portland Oregon.  It's January, and there are clusters of trees with leaves still on; about half of the leaves are still a shade of green, too!

By the way, we finally had our first freezing temperatures (of the season) in downtown Portland, this past weekend.  Some trees remain confused as to what season it is.