There's a freeze warning on for tonight, and colder overnights promised for the coming week. What? Hey, darn it, it's only October! You know, leaves turning (but not falling so early!), mildly crisp air, campfires of an evening, hot buttered rum?* The pumpkins aren't supposed to frost up 'til All Hallow's Eve. None of this freeze-yer-rump-off stuff yet!
...Now I have to gather the last puzzled green toe-maders (Where'd the warm go? they ask) and set them on the window ledge (or not) to make their way to table as poor orphans. 'Tis sad.
Gotta wonder when the first snow will hit -- and if it's rebound from the summer's drought. H'mm, where'd I put the snowblower, dammit?
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* Interpretations do vary. A lot.
I would b e frying those green maters, yum.
ReplyDeleteYou know, we wouldn't be worrying about Global Warming if only Algore hadn't had the Election Stolen from him by those Evil Republicans.
ReplyDeleteOr so I've been told.
No freezing here, thank God, bt it is in the fifties still, & has been all day. In South Texas, that counts as unusually early chill.
ReplyDeleteMy heavens, Sabra,how do you ever stand it? ;)
ReplyDeleteI actually started the furnace. I don't hold with running a lot of heat but the house was around 62F after I'd spent the afternoon away and The Throne was becoming distinctly chilly.
Robert, I'm giving serious thought to frying them. However, none of the big ones survived unbugged, so what I have are all cherry tomatoes. They can still be fried but it's fussier.
Les, you don;t say.
Algore must have had a layover in Indianapolis yesterday.
ReplyDeleteNow now, it isn't "global warming" anymore. It is "climate change." A much safer prediction.
ReplyDeleteIt is safe to predict that climate will change because it always has in the past.
I remember reading in The Frontiersman that "normal" weather for the Ohio valley in the 1700's was snow on the ground from late November to late March. We may be returning to that model...which would also affect ya'll north of Indy.
ReplyDeleteI used to not understand why people moved south in their elder years. I'm beginning to understand one achy joint at a time now...
They say that were suppose to have a weak to moderate el nino which will bring plenty of snow to all of us. I can't wait for the snow to come. I live in California and it's been so hot here. It just started to cool down this week. I'm ready for much cooler weather.
ReplyDeleteI am NOT overly suggestible. I'm not.
ReplyDeleteBut I did have to go make some hot buttered rum (first recipe, more butter, and a dash of salt). It suited this chilly Minnesota evening just fine.