THE "LAST HURRAH" OF FALL

BLUFF THAT SEPARATES THE ONION RIVER AND PIKE CREEK WATERSHEDS,
LOOKING SOUTH ALONG HWY. 13

SAME BLUFF, LOOKING NORTH

Friday, 8:30 AM.  35 degrees F at the ferry dock, 32 on the back porch. Wind NW, very strong. The sky is partly cloudy, the humidity 61%.  The barometer is mostly steady, now standing at 30.36".  It looks like it will be a cool but pleasant weekend.

   With the chance of a freeze predicted, I brought in what tender plants I could manage from the back porch and decks last night.  A few others got covered and the banana was left on its own.  It looks OK this morning.  It was windy last night, so cold air did not collect in pockets and it was not a killing frost, but it won't be long before we get one.

   Cold temperatures and wind have stripped many of the trees; maples, ash, poplars, etc. of their leaves and the color has faded to mostly the bronzes and browns of oaks, punctuated by the vivid greens of the pine, fir and spruce.  There is still fall color, but it is quite subdued.

   This weekend will be "the last hurrah" of fall.