If you look at the newspaper, we are ahead in all areas.
of precipitation.  Precipitation - month to date; 
normal precip. to date; precip.since 10-1. 
All are in the positive range.
Time to mow the lawn and mulch the leaves.  I was
able to mulch 50% of the leaves from 4 huge
trees, it just took time to mulch the leaves. 
Easier than raking the leaves.
If you have any celery, cut and dry.
LOTS of winter annual weeds are just starting
to grow;  hoe, or cover with 6 inches of mulch; 
layers of paper or cardboard.