Mary Ellen spotted this blooming azalea in her West Roxbury yard yesterday. They normally bloom in the spring.

Mark Smith surveyed some of the fruit now coloring the plants at the Arnold Arboretum.

Brooks Payne biked over to Forest Hills Cemetery the other day.

Mary Ellen watched a city mower doing the fall trim around the hill at the center of Millennium Park in West Roxbury. Although the top of the hill consists mainly of heavily manicured soccer fields, the sides are allowed to grow wild - but not too wild, to block the growth of any trees or other plants whose roots might puncture the liner.

Meanwhile, up in Downtown Crossing, crews were doing their annual post-time-change emptying of planters: Read more.

Most of the trees are still green, but some of the youngsters have already started getting their leaves ready to drop.

An agitated citizen filed a 311 complaint today because there are a lot of leaves on the ground at Roberts Playground in Dorchester.

H/t Amy B.

One tree at the top of Millennium Park in West Roxbury wasn't wasting any time getting ready for fall today.

The view across the Public Garden lagoon towards Arlington Street this afternoon.

Adam Castiglioni admired the foliage today in Leventhal Park in Post Office Square.