Yes the winters can be pretty cold at times. There are places that get a lot more snow than we do, but our snow doesn't melt very quick. We have had at least one day already below zero where the little pan of water for the birds froze over last week.

Fall is one of our shortest season, and it is not hard to miss the color changes, we might have another week, but by Mid October there wont be many leaves left on the trees.