Did my Japanese Maple Die?

Before I left for a week in August, my little Japanese Maple looked like this–

I came home to find it looking like this–

Concerned that it might dying. I removed all of the dead leaves, and waited.

Relieved that today my little Japanese Maple now looks like this–

When the Weeping Jade was planted in the garden.

After Numerous Days of Rain

The rain and storms have wrecked some of my succulents. We have had more rain from July to March, than we had July to June the previous year.

Echeveria pulvinata Red Velvet

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Not sure what this plant might be. I purchased it for .50 at the local Farm Supply

Senecio Jacobseni Weeping Jade
Some of the leaves on this plant are rotting.

Another plant that I have yet to identify, but it is lovely and about to bloom.

Datura pod, seed ready to be planted. The plant was started from a volunteer the previous year.