The Last Green Leaves of Summer

The leaves are beginning to change colour now: here are some near where I live that are still green:

What a strange summer it's been. Weird weather, torrential rain, lots of flooding. Plenty of good things happening in our family, but all overshadowed by the Communist's illness.

I'm tired of strange. I want things to be normal. But I'm not sure what normal is. Strange is beginning to be normal.