With the meteorological fall a mere two weeks away, I thought I would share a maple leaf from one of the ones growing in my yard as a reminder the cold winds and long dark nights are nearing for those of us in the northern hemisphere.
Here in the far northern reaches of Minnesota, the next month's forecast holds early September frosts for us. Though they are long range forecasting a warmer winter this year. A bit easier than the many days of -0F we had last year I hope. My old bones can feel the season's change coming.
My dogs can already smell the fall days afield in pursuit of a ruffed grouse or two. And maybe a sharptail or two also if my repaired knee is up to that.
If you pay attention to the time the sunsets, or by its path in the sky, you can get a sense of the momentum of the seasons change. Already over 2 hours of light are gone, and more leave each day.
The leaves start falling here in a couple of weeks. In a couple of months, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for some 80+ degree stretches. Yard cleanup while it's still shorts weather sucks balls. And not in the pleasant way.
It's 27.3 @ 82% humidity here. I want to be cutting my grass, but it's still so wet it just clogs my mower. I'm hoping the sun will burn off some of the moisture, but we're not meant to get much sun today. It's been such a weird year, I have no idea if it's going to go up into the 30s again or if we'll start seeing it drop toward autumn temps.
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