On the subject of strange plants, I was working in the yard yesterday and observed that one of the apple trees and the lilac bush are in bloom.

In November. confused

I also have a pot of paper whites (bulbs). Usually, they start sprouting leaves in late September to October and bloom in January and February. This year, they started putting out leaves in late July and started blooming in September.

Very strange.

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland