White As Snow

It did not snow overnight, but it kind of looks like it. There is frost on the pumpkin this morning, and yes, even over two weeks after Halloween there are still pumpkins out there. The only one that belongs to us is the 5 foot tall plywood variety pumpkin that I hand-crafted back during an earlier period of unemployment (I've had a few of those). We usually keep that bad boy out there through Thanksgiving. Believe it or not, there are a couple of those lightweight plastic foam pumpkins rolling around the neighborhood, literally. Nobody knows who they belong to and they just roll from yard to yard whenever a decent wind comes along.

If one of those guys is in our yard today it is liable to get raked up. Today is final fall clean-up day for the outdoor environment surrounding the Albrecht homestead. Most of the leaves are in the backyard, since earlier in the summer I uprooted the only tree in the front. I will be running the gas out of the lawnmower and weed whacker, and putting the patio furniture away for the winter. I really don't like winter, but that is just my opinion.

The forecast later in the week could include a bit of winter-like weather. There will be an upper level low pressure system, with a pool of cold air, that will stir up some snow. Most of that should stay in the mountains but we will be on the look out for flakes in the valleys too. Today should be no problem. The sun is out now, but clouds will cover the area by afternoon. Rain should hold off until after dark with wet weather tonight. That will give me enough time to get the yard work done.