Looking out my Backdoor: The world turned downside upside

I’m not saying winter is over and done. I’m not that presumptuous.

However, it surely does feel like spring has bumped winter off the edge.

Why, when we’ve only sailed through mid-January, am I waking up to mornings 15 and 20 degrees warmer than at Christmas?

Why are some of the jacaranda trees beginning to flower? Those trees bloom in April and May through June. Purple flowers pop out like moles in a newly laid lawn. This tree, then that tree, then the one over yonder. But never in January. Any leaflets still clinging are falling fast.

Why is my avocado tree, the newly planted Haas, in full f...