I started trimming the wisteria that winds up our fire escape earlier than usual this year, before the bulk of leaves had fallen. I’d only made a little progress before we left. When we returned two weeks later, we discovered that the combination of balmy fall weather and naked branchlets made the wisteria think it was spring, SPRING! (as Babar used to say).
Photo tweaking courtesy of Picasa, as are most recent blog posts that include photogs. 