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To: SiouxPal who wrote (2665)	10/15/2005 7:05:27 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) of 24227

Some cities also set new records for warmest average September temperatures. . . up here in the Frozen North, things aren't so frozen this autumn. usually, by now, night temperatures are dipping below freezing each night, the leaves on the trees have turned red and would be beginning to fall, the vegetable garden would be pretty much blasted by night after night of hard frosts -- in fact, it would have been "done" by about Sept. 15th at the latest. insects would pretty much be finished for the year, and the migratory bird movements would have all but ended. not this year. uh-uhn. i just picked an egg plant in the garden yesterday and there are still tomatoes ripening out there -- and i haven't even bothered to cover the plants to protect them from the frost! leaves on most trees are still green, although they are turning yellow and falling off in the strong winds and rains that we've had this week -- but more because they seem to be worn out from a long summer of severe heat. we had all of the windows on the house wide open 24 hours a day until about 5 nights ago when it finally got too cool and damp to leave them open. still only have a couple of baseboard heaters on in on part of the house (that is nice). still have ducks and geese flying back and forth over the farm -- not bothering to migrate. last week, i shot quite a lot of photos of butterflies in my gardens -- still seeing the odd Monarch flying by even as late as 5 or 6 days ago. crickets still chirping at night and Spring peeper frogs still calling. if it turns sunny again as it is supposed to this week, i'm betting we see more butterflies and that i'll still be seeing plenty of snakes and frogs when i go out in the forest. yep. i know. maybe this year is just a fluke. i've never seen it go on warm like this -- steady without some fluctuation -- ever. have seen warmish autumns and a couple of years ago, we even did a 10 mile hike on Nov. 26th in shorts and t-shirts when we should have been in parkas and could never have hiked that trail in running shoes. climate change? you be the judge. ~croc

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