Oh Linda, that is so scary! I'm glad you are safe. I had to drive in ice once (from Detroit to Midland) and hadn't a clue how to drive safely, boy was I scared.

I just posted on another thread that these won't be in my yard much longer as it's getting cool here.

Cruel photo Cathy! We had the 60+ temps yesterday too but at 4 pm the weather change came in. Pouring rain and by this morning it was in the 30's, going to 23 tonight. Froze my *ss off this morning at 6 am going to the Home Despot for pointsetia's and wreaths. Add the biting wind and I am glad my decorations went up last weekend.

Smart move Linda, heading back home.

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Editing double post. If this works it's so cool.

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Cathy you are a wicked, wicked woman! It's just not fair that you still have flowers and all I have left is....well....stems!

Linda

At 3pm today it was 30F with blowing snow but yesterday was nice and in the 60's. We are under a winter weather advisory until 6am Sat. Not expecting a lot of snow but there is about 1/2" on the deck already and I can't see across the lake.

Linda, sorry you had a scare but glad you are safe.

I decided it was a good day to clean the oven, no Black Friday shopping for me.

Nancy

Today was glorious - sunny and in the mid 60's. Saturday and Sunday the high is only going to get up to mid 40's.

I see a soup in my future!

Teresa

I'm in Chicago.....freezing my a$$ off....went down town for dinner.
YesterdaY WAS NO COAT DAY.....

Hahahahaha....only in the Midwest! Shorts and T shirt today, Parka and Uggs tomorrow....

Ah well.....winter is finally here. Let's hope we have a mild one.

Linda

Thanksgiving day was fantastic - in the mid 70s and sunny, and then this morning (Friday) the fog came in and stayed all day and kept the temperatures down to the upper 60s. It's supposed to be 81 degrees tomorrow, and so one day does make a dramatic difference. I need to paint my new kitchen door tomorrow, and so I will be getting up early for that. I'm concerned about leaving an empty doorway from the outdoors to the kitchen for an extended period of time, and so I plan to set a lot of mouse traps. Mice only get in when doors are left open.

Lars

Fabulous weather on Thanksgiving and also on Friday. On T-day, there were loads of people out walking, biking and running. It was delightful. Yesterday was pretty much the same. Today, Saturday, is sunny, chilly and windy. It's 39F at the moment, going up to 43. It has been a mild fall, with the exception of a hurricane. One side of my house is very protected and the geraniums in the window box are still blooming. I didn't bother with mums this year because I my annuals were still blooming. A cold snap did get the impatiens, though. I hope we have another mild winter, like last year.

Thursday and Friday were beautiful here in central Maryland, just needed a light jacket. But last night it all changed. The wind howled all night, even a few trees down in the neighborhood, and it's FREEZING today and will stay in the 40's for the next week.

My SIL and grandson are headed to State College, PA for a football game. Many layers, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, hand warmers, foot warmers, face warmers, etc. And they'll still be cold. It's snowing up there today. As they say, perfect day for a football game!

It was sunny and 70 yesterday in Central Coast CA. Today it is suppose to hit 75. Beautiful weather for working outside in the garden. Still have roses blooming.
Clare

It was in the 60s here on Thanksgiving too, the kids were outside playing without jackets. Friday it turned colder and last night it snowed. We got some gale force winds on Lake Michigan, causing the surfers to come out. They're nuts.....

60MPH winds actually blew a house down, although there were extenuating circumstances. It was in the process of being renovated and somehow just blew in half. I guess it'll need some more renovation now! The wind kicked up enough beach sand that it closed some roads until the crews could clear them and there was the usual flooding of homes along the lakeshore, that was kind of surprising since the lake level was so low this year because of the drought. I think most everyone has power back now and the wind has died down, so it's the normal November stuff.

I did finally plug in the tank heater at the farm, it's below freezing every night and I don't think we'll have another warm up to speak of. I caved in and pulled the bok choy yesterday for kimchi.

yes, I think winter is sneaking up on us....

Annie

I thought I had posted a photo here of the senecio flowers I have blooming, which look like daisies. I've had the senecio plant for over two years and was growing it just for the leaves, and so I was very pleasantly surprised when it started blooming. Several other succulents have started blooming, and two cymbidiums have put out several new spikes, in addition to another orchid that I cannot quite identify. The spike it put out looks like a bromeliad, but the plant looks like an oncidium or dendrobium. It might be a hybrid.

We finished hanging our new kitchen door today - yesterday we did the priming and today we did the final top coats. Kevin said he was very happy to be rid of the doggy door, as am I, but I am especially happy because the old door was rotting from the outside. It looks like we also need to replace the outside threshold. I should have had Derek do that when he was installing the new door.

Lars