Acorns and Sap

[Weekend Pundit]

Is it just me or has anyone noticed the acorns are falling from the oaks about a month earlier than usual? I've also noticed a 'sprinkle' of sap appearing on the windows of my pickup and 'dotting' the paint.

A neighbor mentioned yesterday morning that our road felt "sticky" when he was out for his "morning constitutional" and I noticed that a number of leaves on the oaks out behind my house look like someone sprayed them with a hose as they appeared to be wet. They were wet...with sap! I don't recall seeing oaks looking like this.

This morning as I was leaving for work I noticed a wet patch on our road where an oak's branches overhang the road. Curious, I stopped and got out of my pickup, bent down and ran my fingers along the dark patch. It was wet and sticky.

Tree sap.

I honestly don't recall ever seeing this before. I certainly haven't seen it in the 7 years I've lived in my present home or during the 14 years I lived in my previous home just on the other side of the hill from where I live now.

Is anyone else seeing this?