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Change in the Air

 The signs of fall have started.

It was an unusually hot summer here in Vermont. Or, maybe we are seeing the results of climate change and crazy weather patterns will be our usual.


But it is August. The nights have been cooler. There are signs of leaves changing here and there. Drifts and drifts of goldenrod are definitely announcing a change of seasons is on the way.


Would that we start to see signs of other changes.

Comments

  1. SuemnAugust 29, 2020 at 2:48 PM

    MN had more 90 degrees days than usual too. The 70 degree weather is with us for at least the upcoming week now and I love it.

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  2. Linda ReederAugust 29, 2020 at 3:45 PM

    Some of our big leaf maples are going golden already, but then the tree right next to it is still green. Stress, I guess.
    There's plenty of that stress to go around.Unfortunately it's not turning me golden. :-)

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  3. RianAugust 29, 2020 at 4:17 PM

    It was 105 F here yesterday. Today I got a "heat advisory" warning on my iPHone. No problem. I don't intend to go outside. Our son drove through Arizona on the way here this week. He said it was 112 F there. Enjoy your cooler nights.

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  4. MaebemeAugust 29, 2020 at 8:01 PM

    For your sake I certainly hope so. Take care and stay well!

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  5. gigi-hawaiiAugust 30, 2020 at 10:38 AM

    I like your photos. Lovely. Yes, we are waiting for change to happen in November.

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  6. Arkansas PattiAugust 30, 2020 at 10:53 AM

    Some kind of weird here. It hit 101 degrees yesterday and I managed to mow while it was still in the mid 90's. Then the rains came. My clean lawn is now sprinkled with leaves. Today the windows are open, still raining and I am wearing a sweat shirt. Enjoying the cool. Weird but certainly not boring.

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  7. BarbaraAugust 31, 2020 at 5:56 AM

    Our heat has been so bad that I'm afraid winter will be cancelled

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  8. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)August 31, 2020 at 9:42 AM

    Okay I begin to write on here and it flashed. If you got that I apologize. blogger!! We had a very big storm and a lot of rain here and this morning is cool for us. I am diggin' it. I love fall and we all know it's not long enough. We had plans to be up in VT this fall but now...stuck here. Just share your picks and I will get my longing in somehow. :-)

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