Sometime during the night and through the rain, the Japanese maple lost half of the leaves from its heart shape.

yesterday:



I found the blood-red leaves dropped on the ground below it this morning.
The surrounding orange leaves are still largely intact, there is just a hole where part of the heart was.

In other news, I voted today…
yes, yes, for the Cubs to win.

You know that already.

But also for that other thing.