It's November 29, I'm in Michigan, and I just finished MOWING MY LAWN!?! And, I spotted this:

[Siwsan]

A still blooming Vinca. This is absolutely the weirdest year of my lifetime.

[MaryMagdaline]

1. I know! Just saw pictures from my SIL in ATlanta - azaleas in the background!

[spinbaby]

11. My azaleas are blooming

I’m in Pennsylvania.

[MaryMagdaline]

12. Wow!

[CottonBear]

15. We have azaleas and summer annuals blooming in Northeast Georgia. NT

[MaryMagdaline]

16. Incredible

[dawg day]

2. Snow this week, though, I bet

Probably the ground is too warm for any real accumulation.

[Siwsan]

4. The forecast, here, has gone from something like 7" to 2".

So, who knows. I swapped out my push mower for my snow blower so I'm ready for anything.

[niyad]

3. What a lovely surprise! Thank you for sharing this beauty!

[Siwsan]

6. You are most welcome!

I couldn't belief it, when I rounded that little garden and saw that pretty purple blossom. But then I couldn't believe that I was still mowing my yard, in November.

[malaise]

5. The Vinca is beautiful but global warming is deadly Sydney Australia last night

I heard on the news at lunchtime that the temperatures in Australia are going through the roof

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/29/sydney-and-northern-nsw-to-swelter-through-another-day-of-above-40c-heat

Bushfire threatens Sydney homes after city swelters through hottest November night on record
The weekend marked the first two consecutive days above 39C recorded in Sydney since 1960
Sydney has sweltered through its hottest November night since records began more than 160 years ago before temperatures again climbed above 40C in the city on Sunday ahead of a cool but gusty change.

The temperature dropped to just 25.3C at 1.09am on Sunday at Sydney’s Observatory Hill and rose above 30C shortly after 4.30am. The previous record for the warmest November minimum temperature was set in 1967 at 24.8C.

On Sunday, temperatures in Sydney peaked at 42.6C at Sydney airport at 1.20pm as the extreme heat posed a fire danger across New South Wales.

[Siwsan]

8. I saw that too.

By this time, last year, we had already had at least one heavy snowfall. From what I understand, the forecast for Michigan is a drier and warmer Winter at least through February. All I can think is, we'll see.

[riversedge]

9. I believe Aussie is starting summer about now (as we start Winter in Northern Hemisphere)

[malaise]

13. Yes it's summer down under

and it's way too hot already

[riversedge]

14. way too soon. Have a nice day. Very cold wind here in mid WI. I was going to put some garland

on mom's deck but I will stay inside today. Windburn time. Old man winter is blowing away.

[malaise]

18. Stay warm

[Iwasthere]

17. Those temps mean nothing to me

Too much work to try to convert them all in my head.

[malaise]

19. Google is your friend

https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit.html

[soldierant]

28. I know someone who lives in Maidenwell, Queensland,

fairly isolated. She just had quite a scare. There's bush there that hoses can't reach. It took multiple helicopters multiple days to put the bush fire out to the point where she can now sleep through the night agai Until the next one. And the fire season is just beginning.

[malaise]

29. Yep brush fires are everywhere

and technically summer in Australia is December - February. They are breaking heat records before summer officially starts.

[Ohiogal]

7. Beautiful!

My knockout rose plant that gets absolutely no special care at all has 3 buds on it right now.
NE Ohio here. Crazy, indeed!

[riversedge]

10. Enjoy and thanks

[roamer65]

20. This year was the latest I have ever mowed lawn in MI.

The last week of October.

Usually I am done by October 15th.

[Siwsan]

21. I kept thinking, oh, the grass isn't that high. I'll just wait until Spring to mow.

Then I suddenly had a flash of past Springs when by the time the ground was firm enough for the riding mower, the grass was heading to prairie height. So, being as the temps are in the 50's, and it is sunny, I figured it was a good idea to squeeze in one more mow.

[roamer65]

22. I hear ya.

I noticed up your way the winter wheat is coming on very strong. Stronger than usual. I do elder care up there each week. Another few years and spring wheat will be viable.

[rurallib]

23. I live in Iowa. One year @ 30 years back my neighbor mowed her lawn on December 2nd

The next day we had a really bad blizzard. Don't tempt the weather goddess

[Siwsan]

24. We are set to get some snow, tonight.

Original forecast was for 7". Now it's down to about 2. Then temps go back into the 40's, for a while.

[Bayard]

25. The fall bulbs I planted a couple weeks ago are coming up

Tulips, daffodils, and iris. Last week was sunny and 60's. This week will start being down in the 20's with rain/snow.

Yes, it gets weirder all the time.

[eilen]

26. I know right? It was Sunny. All. Day. Today.

I am in Syracuse, NY and I think it is a law we have heavy grey skies until March at least with maybe a few days of January thaw before the Canadian icy winds swoop back down. Anyway, it is November 29 and my impatiens are still in bloom!!!!

[FrankTC]

27. Man the Barricades!

We're having unusually warm and sunny weather this fall, which probably bugs hunters (Where's our tracking snow!) but pleases many of the rest of us. It's worrisome not just for climatologists, but for those of us who enjoy rural life. After all, northern Michigan is God's country, or one of them anyway. And about the only barriers against being flooded with immigrants (white, brown, black, whatever -- it's not about race) are the crap weather and the crap economy. Also maybe the crap cultural opportunities, though speak for yourself 'cause brewpubs. With balmy weather one of our force shields is down. We're counting on you, Mitch, to snuff the Biden recovery and keep us more downtrodden than the rest of the US. That's an admittedly tacky sentiment -- but truth be told, I like being progressive in a rural land. Development has a price. And, on the other hand, global warming has its guilty pleasures.

[Niagara]

30. Beautiful!

It's Mother Nature's reminder that there's still beauty in this world, even if it's been a messed up year.