No beautiful autumn???

I'm happy to say, this is not in Seattle. This is a picture and the message my friend Candi sent me from Montana:

"This is what happens when the temperature suddenly drops down to 8 degrees in October. Green leaves which had not even begun to turn color yet froze on the trees. A week later, the temperature is rising back to normal for October. The leaves are now thawed and are turning black. There is a strange smell in the air, like wet hay rotting in a barn. It's a weird and ugly world."

Ugh! this is what I'm hearing from our friends in across the west! I guess real winter will be a relief after this...