Though that picture was taken back in January of '17, stepping off the plane on Tuesday at T. F. Green International reminded me that winter ain't all that far off.
Over the weekend just passed, the weather out in Sandy Eggo was a pleasant 80-ish. (When we got there it was in the 60s!)
When I checked out of my hotel Tuesday A.M. (round about 0430) it was around 59°, not exactly balmy but rather higher than 40°, which was the temperature when The Missus Herself and I returned to Chez Sarge, and me in a light jacket!
So yeah, winter is coming (not to quote Eddard Stark, but he was right).
I'm off the rest of this week, then all of next week (trip to New Hampshire for Thanksgiving is in the planning stages). I need the break.
Hey, maybe I'll continue that story I was writing! Just kidding, I will get back to that shortly, but I am in too good a mood to harsh my mellow just yet.
Let's go Brandon.
It is, Sarge. Here, the remnants of Autumn are trying to lure me in with the false promise of "not this year".
ReplyDeleteI do not believe it. And once it turns, Winter lies that there was ever a thing called Autumn at all.
Autumn lingers, waiting for winter to push it out into the cold.
DeleteHey AFSarge;
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, I am sure the cats are glad the staff is back to full compliment. ;) I am missing the heat from my California stay, the older I get, the less I like the cold, funny that. But I suppose Thanksgiving and Christmas can't be real unless it is cold.
I have mixed feelings about cold weather, but hot weather is definitely a "no like" for me.
DeleteNew battery for the tractor, change the hydraulic fluid on the dump truck and plow unit, inspect the tire chains. Mount the plows the day after Thanksgiving. Old Guns
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're ready!
DeleteIt is doing the usual Florida thing here. Getting to the 60s during the day and 40s at night just in time to warm up to 80s/60s for the coming holiday, though the weatherguessers are promising one day of 55/33 next week (yes, a sharp drop from 80s/60s to 55/33 then back to 80s/60s. And me with a holiday meal to cook that warms up the apartment like a can of thermite in an armored personal carrier. Bleh.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are getting some decompression time while you can. How much of the Clan is gathering in Nude Hampster for Turkey-Day?
And looking forward to your Muse returning to work on the Story, but then again, gloomy post-apocalyptic isn't the best skull candy for the holiday. (untype untype untype, must not get political must not get political must not get political.)
Though I have found my true sexuality. I am part of the LGBFJB spectrum...
I've heard that Florida weather can be that way. While the occasional warm afternoon is a nice thing, it's easier to get used to the colder weather if it just goes "all in." Up and down and the old bones don't adjust like they used to.
DeleteNot sure what, if anything, I'll be writing between now and the New Year. Gloomy ain't in me right now.
As to your last, copy and concur!
We here in Ormond by the Sea know that Fall is on the way - 48º mornings and (TA-DAH!) "The Gobbler" at WaWa. Yaaay!
ReplyDeleteYum. That sounds good! (I confess, I had to look it up.)
DeleteI had a chuckle a few years ago when I picked up my nephew at the airport from Minneapolis. I’m in my old army field jacket and it’s 60°. He laughs and says “back home this spring!“
ReplyDeleteThere is Minnesota cold (or Rhode Island cold) and California cold.
I did have a revelation though when I attended his wedding at Banff, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada in October.
Towards the evening he had an open bar outside with a roaring bonfire and I’m surrounded by Minnesotans.
One woman was telling me her secret for living in Minnesota winters. She had about three or four jackets all for different levels of cold.
Adapt and overcome!
Layers help!
DeleteAnd reading beans comment I am reminded of weather in Wichita Kansas. It might be 20° below zero one day and 60° above the next. It sits in the middle of all of these weather fronts. A Kansas saying is “if you don’t like the weather, wait 20 minutes“.
ReplyDeleteColorado was similar!
DeleteAs we said back in Amarillo, TX:
ReplyDeleteThe only thing between here and the north pole is a barbed wire fence. The blue northers were especially abrupt.
The swings aren't quite as wild here in Missouri, but can still change fairly quickly.
First time I drove through Amarillo, January of 1986, there was fresh snow on the ground. It can get cold in those parts!
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