Primo Evening!

What a bodacious (M-W's word of the day) fall this has been! We had a few days of lower than normal temps, (see photo of a few weeks ago when Chris, Laura & Owen were here - sweaters and jeans!) and some nights in the low 40's, and then we have had glorious weather for the last two weeks or so.

The cold spell killed off the mosquitos, so sitting outside in the evening has been wonderful! I am outside right now, watching some of nature's splendid displays. The wind is calm, it is about 75 degrees at almost 8 PM, the sky is mostly clear overhead, the harvest moon has just risen over the ridge in all its orangy glowing glory, and there is a large cumulous cloud to the southeast that is being lit from within by lightning. Wherever the storm actually is, it is so far away that we can't hear any thunder, we can just see that cloud light up again and again.

If this is global warming, I'm all for it. Oh, and did I mention that we went swimming today? I have never before been in the lake so late in the year, but it was almost 90 today, I was working from home, and it just seemed right to spend my lunch hour in the lake.

Tom said to be sure to mention that in order to get the following pictures, he had to be in the lake too! He actually went in first, and I reluctantly followed. It was very cold, but also very refreshing!