Comments on: Our Absolutely Amazing Fall

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:30:51 +0000

Hi Shirley,
So funny the differences in our weather which is Florida vs NewEngland! We are SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy that we have finally had some cool weather. It has been in the 40’s the last few days at night and we were able to open the whole house up and let in the cooler cleansing air. We have been living in the AC since about April. It is so amazing to me to see all the people out now riding their bikes and walking their pets etc. I always marvel at the amount of people that do live here in NW Florida (the panhandle) that we do not see all spring and summer. Then like magic folks start to appear out and about. We pray for cool and you all pray for warm…isn’t life funny sometimes!

By: Milla

Milla — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:54:05 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your writing. Fall is beautiful, if less colorful and more rainy here in the pacific NW. And soup, yes it is soup weather and handicrafts weather and apple sauce weather.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:34:50 +0000

I love the fall colors… the months and months of snow and cold not so much… but the snow can be really beautiful too.

Yes, we do get some very bad thunderstorms here. We’re sort of in a valley surrounded by mountains, and the worst storms seem to stay right over us for a long time. We’ve had some bad experiences with lightning strikes… not hitting the house but hitting trees very close to the house. The window glass just suddenly cracked (making a terribly loud noise) during a particularly bad storm… probably something to do with the air pressure. As you might have guessed, I really, really don’t like thunderstorms!

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:55:05 +0000

I was born and raised in eastern Canada but have lived in Texas 19 years. I sooo miss a “real” fall. Enjoy it. And your gorgeous tulips and daffodils in the spring.

Do you get many violent thunderstorms like that? Sounds NOT good.

By: Tessa C.

Tessa C. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:26:16 +0000

It’s funny but your summer experience pretty much mirrors mine. I had big plans for the summer but they all got rained out. Actually we got so much rain that even on the days when it wasn’t raining the ground was way too wet to do anything outside. My garden was a total loss. On the other hand this fall has been very nice. The weather hasn’t been like summer but it’s been warm and dry and it has been a pleasure to be outside doing those chores that just didn’t get done before. Now I just hope we get a mild winter!!!