Early Winter?

[Caustic Burno]

The hordes of hummingbirds here pulled out last night.
That’s two to three weeks earlier than normal.

 

[M.Magis]

Seems odd since we're still seeing them up here in Ohio. I would love for an early frost, our deer here are dropping like flies from EHD. Realistically we're still 5 or more weeks out from first frost.

 

[Rafter S]

It's 87° here right now, on the way to 91°, but it felt like fall here this morning about daybreak.

 

[1982vett]

It's 87° here right now, on the way to 91°, but it felt like fall here this morning about daybreak.

Hasn’t been 105 in a while…..

 

[Dave]

A week ago it was over 100 here. The last 5 days the high has been around 80. Several of the mornings it has been 40. And one day the low was 39. It feels great. Yesterday I pulled on a sweat shirt over my shirt when going out to change the irrigation at 6:30 in the morning. It was after 11:00 when I pulled it off. Hooray summer is over!!!!!
We had about 10 Hummingbirds hanging around. About 2 weeks ago 8 of them left for parts unknown.

 

[Rafter S]

Hasn’t been 105 in a while…..

Same here. By the way, here's the forecast for where I'll be next week. And yes, I'm looking forward to it.

 

[farmerjan]

@Rafter S ......WOW... our temps are going to be in the 80's and lows in the upper 50's to 60's for the next 10 days. This is west central Virginia.... But finally no forecast of wet weather for 10 days pretty much.
It was 52 this morning, coolest it has been since spring. Fall is coming.

 

[Rafter S]

@Rafter S ......WOW... our temps are going to be in the 80's and lows in the upper 50's to 60's for the next 10 days. This is west central Virginia.... But finally no forecast of wet weather for 10 days pretty much.
It was 52 this morning, coolest it has been since spring. Fall is coming.

Maybe I should have been more clear. The forecast at home next week is lows in the mid 70's and highs in the mid 90's. I'll be on vacation in the mountains in northern New Mexico.

 

[farmerjan]

AHHHHHH makes sense. I couldn't believe that Tx was dropping that much....

Maybe I should have been more clear. The forecast at home next week is lows in the mid 70's and highs in the mid 90's. I'll be on vacation in the mountains in northern New Mexico

 

[greybeard]

It's been pretty cool (comparatively) here in Central Texas.
Going to be in the lower 60s at night next week



I told my wife last weekend, her swimming pool days are about over for this year...

 

[Caustic Burno]

48 this time of year is almost unheard of.
That’s in the creek bottle had 52 on top the hill.

 

[Rafter S]

. . . I told my wife last weekend, her swimming pool days are about over for this year...

She doesn't like swimming in cold water?

 

[farmerjan]

Those temps are considered warm up here for summertime swimming @greybeard ... I know of several people that have pools that will not close them down until mid-Oct here...

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48 this time of year is almost unheard of.
That’s in the creek bottle had 52 on top the hill.

That is like the deer in our fields here. 10-20 in a herd everywhere. Son's girlfriend is a very good shot and has gotten 10 on the kill damage permit this summer and most have been does... I have a doe and twins that likes to spend their time next to the clothesline and the twins lay down right there under it... Ignore me when I come out on the deck until I go down the steps and holler... Counted 31 or 32 in the small lot between me and the Christmas tree farm next door... NO WONDER they demolished half my garden... and we have had lots of rain and it is GREEN here...
Now we have a bear tearing up our sorghum-sudan field AND is into our corn field... a big boar bear they say 400+ lbs... and a sow with twins has been seen also. HOPE and pray they get another 20+ deer this year. We are overrun like you are with those hogs. Sure wish we were closer... I would love to get some of the 100+ size ones to put in the freezer....I cannot imagine the damage they are doing... at least the deer do not dig up the fields... just graze them to the dirt in the winter..

 

[Rafter S]

Those temps are considered warm up here for summertime swimming @greybeard ... I know of several people that have pools that will not close them down until mid-Oct here...

That is like the deer in our fields here. 10-20 in a herd everywhere. Son's girlfriend is a very good shot and has gotten 10 on the kill damage permit this summer and most have been does... I have a doe and twins that likes to spend their time next to the clothesline and the twins lay down right there under it... Ignore me when I come out on the deck until I go down the steps and holler... Counted 31 or 32 in the small lot between me and the Christmas tree farm next door... NO WONDER they demolished half my garden... and we have had lots of rain and it is GREEN here...
Now we have a bear tearing up out sorghum-sudan field AND is into our corn field... a big boar bear they say 400+ lbs... and a sow with twins has been seen also. HOPE and pray they get another 20+ deer this year. We are overrun like you are with those hogs. Sure wish we were closer... I would love to get some of the 100+ size ones to put in the freezer....I cannot imagine the damage they are doing... at least the deer do not dig up the fields... just graze them to the dirt in the winter..

That reminds me of Port Mansfield. The locals feed the deer that come in from King Ranch. If you drive around at night they'll be bedded down in people's yards. I'll never forget one day I went to the local store about 1:00 in the afternoon, and there was a doe nursing a fawn ON THE FRONT PORCH of a house beside the main road.

At least I assume it's still that way. I haven't been there in about ten years.

 

[greybeard]

She doesn't like swimming in cold water?

It's not the water temp. It's the air/wind when part or all of your wet body is out of the water.
Yesterday's water temp 1' below surface was 82 degF which was fine, but the wind made your skin feel a lot cooler. But even 82 is 16 deg below normal body temp.

I'm on blood thinners so I really feel it but I get used to it pretty easy.

In other greybeard world, I was stopped at a light in town and saw a pickup turn in front of me onto Constitution St here, pulling a gooseneck full of round bales.
Wife didn't understand the sigh I let out..

 

[farmerjan]

It's not the water temp. It's the air/wind when part or all of your wet body is out of the water.
Yesterday's water temp 1' below surface was 82 degF which was fine, but the wind made your skin feel a lot cooler. But even 82 is 16 deg below normal body temp.

I'm on blood thinners so I really feel it but I get used to it pretty easy.

In other greybeard world, I was stopped at a light in town and saw a pickup turn in front of me onto Constitution St here, pulling a gooseneck full of round bales.
Wife didn't understand the sigh I let out..

We get it.....

 

[backhoeboogie]

Two weeks ago we had a surge of humming birds CB. I'm not sure I have ever seen so many here at the house. They emptied a couple of feeders. Now we only have a few.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Two weeks ago we had a surge of humming birds CB. I'm not sure I have ever seen so many here at the house. They emptied a couple of feeders. Now we only have a few.

The adults bunch and leave first, the adolescents follow a week or so after.

 

[daneg]

Our hummingbirds pulled out about 2 weeks ago.

 

[Brute 23]

I have gmfekt this difference the last week or so.