Musings

This is the same view/trees as the three-days ago photo. So much more golden. So much closer to winter (spelled wintrer first wry-try…).

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The last few days I’ve noticed that the morning temps here and at our UP locations are nearly the same. Afternoons diverge, but the morning chills are very similar, and sometimes identical. Here’s a bee stunned from the morning chill.

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We made the transition to the winter quilt this week, so I’m noting that the seasons have officially changed.

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Not enjoying this hot spell; yet, the light is inspiring.

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The worst of the storm here was overnight, although we had rain off and on all day, plus some wind. I got up about 7am, and thought, yay!, we still have power. It went out about five minutes later. Oops. We were VERY fortunate as it came back on about 8:35am, which is when I fired up the coffee maker, and soon the inhabitants were no longer restive.

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In Kentucky, I-75 traverses Appalachian-high mountains, and occasionally clouds sit low. We rarely see this given the timing of our trips, but today we did. Just saying.

In Georgia, we rarely stop at a rest area when homebound, but, we did today. And discovered blooming cherries. MaNachur welcoming us?

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The morning was a bit overcast-murky, then the sun peeked out in the afternoon, but the triumph was the colorful, dynamic dusk sky.

Stupendous.

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In the wee hours, we had some wind and a little rain. Leaves fell. Many leaves.

MaNachur made this still-life atop the stump, including that most of the leaves are colorful side up.

Meanwhile, the lake stayed quiet, although with white foam stripes on the surface.

Walking back from the lake, I heard airborne sandhill crane calls, then this group flew overhead. I was in the right place at the right time.

We had overcast all day, but very little rain considering how dry it is.

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Dense fog, the radio voice said. Here, with the moon.

Still foggy after sunup, here with a falling leaf frozen in mid-air.

All that moisture outlined the spiderwebs…here, with (large) spider.

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As dry as the ground is, I’m still surprised by ground fog and dew in the mornings.

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