My big heartbreak in the garden this year occurred in October when our next door neighbor had a very large tree in his front yard to uproot and fall across our property.  We knew the tree was not in good shape as you could easily see the dead area on almost half of the trunk at the base.  Oddly enough, the tree did make one final effort and leafed out.  Poor thing made it through Hurricane Florence, but Hurricane Michael with its wind and rain took it out.  I was sitting in my office when I heard it fall.  It fell across our driveway (luckily my car was in the garage, and Tom wasn't home) and into our front yard.