Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Norther

About 9:50 this evening, our long-awaited norther arrived ... the trees outside started to audibly flailing around and the temp dropped. It's a fine day that the first norther arrives in South Texas. You can figure on going from mostly T-shirts and shorts to jeans and T-shirts, but with flannels over them. Maybe put away the cotton summer cap and get out the wool winter job. Dog mostly ate the winter corduroy cap. Too bad. We can consider more stews and soups because the pot simmering on the stove adds both desirable warmth and a tantalizing perfume to the atmosphere in the house. I know, I know ... it'll be back up in the mid-80s in a day or so, but it's nice to savor the idea of the first serious cool-off. Not too far north, people are suffering and snowy. We can skip that.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What does that last..about a week?! (NY)

The Loon said...

Couple more cool days, couple warm days, then cold again, per Wunderground. Per reality, this is Texas ... who knows? Better than NY, I would guess.

Anonymous said...

The clouds this morning were just beautiful - perfect front clouds. Makes one want to curl up and nap.

Anonymous said...

We are having our usual "Indian Summer" in California. However, they say possible showers on Halloween. Hope so, with all the fires and smokey air, we really need that!