The lilac's blooming for the third time this year.

[Mousetoescamper]

The bush was in full bloom in late April and bloomed again in June. There are only a few branches with flowers, but I've never before seen it bloom in November. I broke off a sprig to get a closeup under good lighting.

[cachukis]

1. Enexpected world coming.

[Mousetoescamper]

2. Indeed. I saw spring bulbs emerging last week.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Exquisite flower! And in November even.

[Mousetoescamper]

4. The sprig smells as good as it looks.

[2naSalit]

5. At least half...

Of the lilacs around here never bloomed this year at all. My buddy's neighbor has a raspberry patch that was producing a second crop these past couple weeks.

It was +62F here today in SW MT... warmer to the east.

[Mousetoescamper]

7. Today's high temp here in S. Central PA was 66F.

My fig tree still has green fruit that never ripened.

[2naSalit]

9. It hasn't rained...

In weeks and they shut the sprinklers off about the same time and we still have green grass on our lawns. It isn't growing tall but it's still green and barefoot-worthy.

[3catwoman3]

6. We have had a second blooming on our lilac bush. Far NW suburbs of greater Chicago.

Mostly just on the top most branches, not a lot, and they are a darker lavender than the blooms in the spring. They smell just as good.

[Mousetoescamper]

8. We haven't yet had a hard frost, which usually occurs by the last week of October.