20. October, 2003 - changing seasons
- I drove up to mom’s again yesterday. One of the nice things about this trip in the fall is that I can watch the Changing Colors move southward. Last weekend, the trees at mom’s were bare, but those in the northern suburbs were looking pretty colorful. Yesterday, the trees are bare as far south as Forest Lake, and in theory the colors would be looking pretty good here. But the reality is that about half the trees on my block have already dropped most of their leaves, and the rest are still mostly green. And I still haven’t gotten out to take any pictures of them this year. I suspect I won’t, either.
- The weather lately has been weird and wonderful. Well, maybe not that weird, since I am living in Minnesota, and in the fall, we often get big swings in the weather. But we’ve had days where the temp didn’t get into the 50s (that’s above 10C for you metric sorts) and some days where we were well into the 70s (20s C). Since last week was a mess in my personal life (and I should note that I can only blog about part of the mess, which frustrates me as a writer, and the parts I can’t write about have been a lot more serious than the bits I can), these weather fluctuations came at just the right time. See, I was about out of clean clothes last Wednesday. But a trip to Target for some new underwear and socks (I needed them anyhow) got me through the crisis of the whites, and the weather shifts have allowed me to use both fall/winter and summer clothing stocks, so I managed to put off the laundry for over a full week longer than I normally would have been able to. Of course the eventual reckoning (which happened yesterday) was painful, since nearly every single bit of clothing I own was dirty, but I managed to get four loads of laundry done for the week, and I should be able to find time this week to catch up on the rest. As an added benefit, I think this is going to be the last hurrah for wearing shorts, so I can probably safely pack them away for the winter now, all cleaned and folded in the new storage tubs I also bought.
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Last updated on Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:10:29.