The leafless one of the two tallest trees in the village is a perfect specimen! I bet it is quite glorious will all of its leaves.

As far as climate change goes, living where I do in California doesn't have huge temperature changes but we have been experiencing a drought for quite a while. Last year there was a break when we had an extremely wet and windy winter...lots of damage...like I have never seen. I have recently moved to Southern California and the fire season went well into December and when the rains came, mudslides wiped out Montecito (part of Santa Barbara). I do think the weather has become much more dramatic than any other time that I can remember. I'm getting old so perhaps my memory has faded. ;)