After a promising early start to the color season, my leaves are now just going straight to brown and dropping. Kinda sucks. My birch is pretty much down already.
That was gonna be my guess as well. I believe '78 had an eye-like feature later in its development, but I've never seen pics of it early in its genesis.
Are we on double secret probation? I hear there is a little known codicil in the American Weather Forums constitution which gives an admin unlimited power to preserve order in times of endless weenie droning about ridges and dews.