"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Autumn"; (taken from a Christmas song by Bing Crosby....)
As you say Mike, some leaves brown/curled up and falling as the trees struggle getting sufficient moisture to their roots; thankfully this morning it has been chucking it down and set in for the day so - hooray !! Our Beech trees are in mast so it will be like machine gun fire of nuts if the wind picks up in Autumn - might need a hard hat !!