Not as much red this year and yeah, the leaves dropped faster than normal - though the colours also came a little later than normal. I was inside with my legs up for the best time of it though.
You remind me that I have to research what makes the colours properly! :D
It's chlorophyll or something like that. If I remember right from my school days. I could be totally wrong though. I'm still hoping we get a small color run towards the end of the month here.