“Autumn” sounds so much more romantic

So I’m out front watering the potted plants there, and I notice something.

There are a lot of leaves on the ground.

A lot of leaves.

I look around. The obvious explanation is, as usual, the giant cottonwood between our neighbor’s house and ours.

But all the cottonwood’s leaves are green.

Well, duh. The yellow ones are all on the ground.

Like I said, I like autumn. But fall sucks.