Sunday, October 12, 2008 , evening

Pants!

Every year I try to document, via this blog, the day that I need to give up my shorts for long pants.  Usually I make it to at least mid-November, and I think I once made it to the first week in December.  But this year?  This year I put on pants October 11th!  Our average high temp on October 11th is usually 83 degrees, but this year, it was a record-low 62 and windy.  The temperature change happened over 24 hours, with no warning, and now we even have snow on the mountains.  Much to my relief, the furnace worked when I turned it on for a test run (it used to blow a fuse every autumn).

The temperatures are going to start to rise again, and I’m sure I’ll have the A/C running again before Wednesday.  Nevertheless, I’m noticing that the winters here are getting colder and more dry.  We’ve lived here for almost ten winters, but our pipes have frozen only the past two.  The trees have suffered the past two years as well (yet weren’t at all bothered a few years ago when it snowed).  Winter used to mean the rainy season, but I don’t think it rained even once between January and May.  The weather is changing, no matter what you might think is at the source of the issue.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 10/12 at 09:56 PM
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