As if even Mother Nature wanted to put up bunting to celebrate our new President, she allowed Autumn 2008, in the Detroit area at least, to linger longer than usual. Not only did we have three days in a row of sun and temperatures of 70 F/21 C degrees from November 4-6, but most of the leaves were still on the trees and brilliantly colorful. But they must have been holding on by a thread because by Sunday many of the trees were bare and our front lawn was covered in leaves. However, the human celebration continues...