tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post1786432949927317419..comments2024-02-28T17:42:05.365-05:00Comments on Outside Clyde: Good to the First Frost.Christopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-10205171476075609722007-10-30T11:31:00.000-05:002007-10-30T11:31:00.000-05:00Christopher, your photos have been so beautiful! M...Christopher, your photos have been so beautiful! Most of my life was spent where the colors changed and I do miss that part. As Carol notes, in Illinois the oak leaves sometimes hung on to the tree the entire winter, not leaving until pushed off by the new leaves emerging in spring. <BR/><BR/>We don't have many hatches to batten, but may once again be trying to eat in a kitchen stuffed with Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-20827024985117471252007-10-29T00:04:00.000-05:002007-10-29T00:04:00.000-05:00No frost in San Franicsco (maybe in February), but...No frost in San Franicsco (maybe in February), but for tomorrow, the forecast says this: "A chance of light showers. A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm." I don't know about you, but I find that hard to take. Maybe a light shower. Maybe a thunderstorm. Otherwise clear and sunny!chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-40737513948232822902007-10-28T13:59:00.000-05:002007-10-28T13:59:00.000-05:00Well, I can break the trend here and say that a fr...Well, I can break the trend here and say that a frost is not predicted for us in coastal South Carolina - but then we don't even come close to sharing the Autumn experience with any of you - although I still remember waking up in Michigan, after the first hard freeze, and walking out into a landscape that seemed to change 110% overnight - and I have a feeling that you are going to find winter Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-46552642722793325362007-10-28T06:55:00.000-05:002007-10-28T06:55:00.000-05:00I like to think these seasonal chores put us more ...I like to think these seasonal chores put us more in tune with natural processes. The squirrel d___ well better put away his acorns before winter or he will not survive, the bear fatten up for hibernation, etc. We humans like to think we are above the rhythms of nature, but we are not.<BR/>At least in our area, this has not been the most colorful of autumns. I think you will enjoy future ones Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-52660714252106532362007-10-27T22:53:00.000-05:002007-10-27T22:53:00.000-05:00Kim my seasonal experience is limited at best. 23 ...Kim my seasonal experience is limited at best. 23 years in North Florida where the seasons were mostly subtle, 6 years in Colorado where the open space and endless skies dwarfed the trees, Aspen was about it for fall color and cold and snow was a new and invigorating thing for a Florida boy and then 20 years in Hawaii.<BR/><BR/>I will say this thing called fall here in the mountains of North Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-64260641157120930162007-10-27T22:36:00.000-05:002007-10-27T22:36:00.000-05:00It's so strange to see the same forecast, from Car...It's so strange to see the same forecast, from Carol in Indiana to you down in NC to me up here in Cleveland. And to know that we all still have green leaves, too. (Up here, it's not just oaks. Even the neighbor's beech tree, which is usually early to color up and drop, is only half green.) I may or may not get a frost on Sunday night--I'm close enough to Lake Erie that I will be in the "patchy Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-18582763940073283972007-10-27T22:13:00.000-05:002007-10-27T22:13:00.000-05:00You don't think I am behind schedule in my fall cl...You don't think I am behind schedule in my fall clean up do you Carol? <BR/><BR/>Really this scheduling stuff to seasons may be the most obnoxious transition I have to make.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-51982864394657622372007-10-27T21:57:00.000-05:002007-10-27T21:57:00.000-05:00Yes, "button down the hatches" as they say, frost ...Yes, "button down the hatches" as they say, frost is coming. We knew it would eventually. And those oaks? Those leaves will gradually turn brown and then seem to hang on to the tree all winter, or as long as they can. <BR/><BR/>Good luck!<BR/>Carol at May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.com