The sub-freezing snap we’re having has confused the trees; here is a gingko tree that dropped most of its leaves before they had a chance to change from green. πŸŒ±πŸŒ³β„οΈπŸƒπŸ‚

Gingko tree

Gingko leaves

I have two quotes about voting in my collection, both from Robert A. Heinlein, unsurprisingly. The first is my favorite; here is the second, fromΒ To Sail Beyond the Sunset:Β πŸ’¬

A perfect democracy, a ‘warm body’ democracy in which every adult may vote and all votes count equally, has no internal feedback for self-correction. It depends solely on the wisdom and self-restraint of citizens … which is opposed by the folly and lack of self-restraint of other citizens.

If you’re in the US, vote. Make good choices, people.

It’s still below freezing overnight, so unsurprisingly the waterers in the chicken runs are frozen, with some nice icicles. (Don’t worry, they have heated waterers inside the coops.) πŸ“β„οΈ

Chickens and frozen waterer

Frozen waterer

Icicles