Early Fall colors

Driving around the St. Croix River area last Saturday to visit various pottery sales, I was enjoying all the various colors in the trees.  Greens, yellow greens, rust colored dying pines (drought, I assume).  I did think it was somewhat out of place that the lilacs were in bloom.  So glad I returned here in April to enjoy the early spring and, perhaps also, summer in Minnesota, as we seem to have moved right into fall here, beginning around the first of May.  Ironically, I had intended to wait until May to return so as to avoid the crummy weather that almost always makes April the cruelest month.  There are so many wonderful adventures in weather here in Minnesota.  Dealing with them makes us stronger.