7:09 PM
| Sunrise at | 6:48 AM | in direction | 74° | East-northeast |  |
| Sunset at | 8:48 PM | in direction | 286° | West-northwest |  |
I brought the plants in today. There isn't much reason to leave them out longer and while our temperatures average 10F degrees higher than the Airport and downtown, why stress the plants by over night temperatures just a little below their comfort range?
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| Another Amazing Interior Sky |
The cranes are gone and the hillsides show more yellow each day. Aspen families turn as one while the birch turn selective branches and are more patchwork in appearance. Some aspen are almost as red as the fireweed this year. I wore a wool sweater during my walk today because there was stiff wind, moisture and it was in the mid 40s F. I saw many people with hoods up against the wind and chill.
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| A view of the hills from campus |
This is not my favorite time of year. Despite the beauty, the anticipation of winter and cold outweighs the beauty of the lingering foliage. My daughter was born toward the end of October and it's about then that I seem to have made the transition from grief that the visible life of summer flora has passed to acceptance and enjoyment of the cold, the darkening days, and the snow.
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