Fall colors

It's taken a while, but one of my trees in the front yard is finally in its autumn yellow. Its neighbor, same species, is still very green. The yellow tree is the smaller of the two, with bark damage that may have been from a wind storm five years ago, before we bought this property. The broken bark may have stunted the tree's growth. If it lives a few more years I will be surprised. But as long as it grows leaves every spring, I will let it live.

The crape mertle nearby is in a pretty red now. My oak seedlings are all red and orange Next year they'll get bigger pots. My red and purple sages are all in new bloom again.

At 6:30am it was 44F outside with 44% humidity. It's unseasonably warm sofar this month but more appropriate temperatures are due in by T'Day.

Chicagoland already had its first snow Monday night. Porter County, IN had five inches of snow Tuesday morning. No thanks!

Freeze warning

Watches and WarningsHereford Forecast /O.NEW.KTWC.FZ.W.0002.081107T0700Z-081107T1500Z/
COCHISE COUNTY-
228 PM MST THU NOV 6 2008
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST
FRIDAY. WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL...WIDESPREAD
FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN COCHISE COUNTY
TONIGHT. IN MID-OCTOBER AND THIS MORNING...SEVERAL STATIONS IN
COCHISE COUNTY EXPERIENCED FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING CONDITIONS.
FRIDAY MORNING HOWEVER WILL HAVE WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES FREEZING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY...RATHER THAN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING
OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR
ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER
SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND
PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.

October Temps

October


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56°F
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November

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Gulf Fritillary

I spotted this guy in my front yard, resting on the pineapple sage. It took me a while to identify it. I haven't seen this species in the area yet.

http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_gulffrit.htm