For the second morning in a row...

10 years ago

...we have clear, cloudless, blue skies, and a little nip in the air. It's such a relief after the heat and heavy humidity, which seemed worse than normal this year.

We had a storm three nights ago, which brought down a Bradford pear three in the yard, so I spent most of yesterday afternoon lopping off everything too small to be used as kindling, and hauling it up to the brush pile. My son-in-law will cut the tree up on his next day off.

Working outside was so pleasant for a change, that I did some other weed pulling and trimming. I also picked pumpkins, and have them hardening off on picnic tables. I am babysitting today, so my outside time will be spent on the porch swing or rocking chair. :)

I dread the really cold weather, but the crisper, cooler temps area appreciated!

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glenda_al

10 years ago

I'd love to join you on the porch swing or rocking chair!

It's cooler, 79, right now, better than the usual 80's this time of day all week.

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gadgets
10 years ago
Amen to your comments about the cooler weather here in Ohio. I so appreciate it.

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schoolhouse_gw
10 years ago
Last night was the first night in a looong time I didn't use a fan in the bedroom - even the small fan on the dresser.
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chisue
10 years ago
We are thrilled to have the windows open in the bedroom overnight for a little break in the heat. But...it's just a break, with highs of 90 making a return visit for some days next week. Weatherman says September 23 was the latest recorded high of 90 in Chicago history.

Sorry you lost your pear! We have six of the more columnar pears, but I've seen the branching types ripped by high winds. (Can't recall which is which variety.)
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Jasdip
10 years ago
I've been enjoying absolutely gorgeous temperatures the last few days. A welcome relief from the overly hot summer we've been having. It's about 23°C today, and it's been going down to 10 and even 9°C at night. It's temporary though, we're supposed to be back at 30°C with humidity again this week.
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
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10 years ago
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I'm happy to hear that more of you are enjoying the cooler temperatures.

The Bradford pear was the second generation to come down in the same spot. Fifteen years ago my mother gave me a pear tree that she'd found on clearance at the garden center. It made the most beautiful tree, but it was broken off in a high wind when it was about 8" in diameter. The one that fell a few days ago was a sucker that came from the stump of the first tree. It didn't have a very good root system, and I knew it would eventually suffer the same fate as the parent tree.

Bradford pears are notorious for weak architecture, but the leaves are gorgeous when they start to turn colors in the Fall--each one is like a stained glass window.
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10 years ago
Down to 47 last night. Great for sleeping.
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schoolhouse_gw
10 years ago
I cut down a peach tree today. And the funny thing is that on my way with the saw I noticed at the very end of one of the only two healthier looking branches - there was one perfectly ripe peach. As if it said, "Here is my farewell gift". :( I picked it and ate it right there.

This was a dwarf peach, maybe seven years old. It had been in poor shape for the last two years, branches dying off. Early in the summer I noticed beads of "sap" all up and down and around its trunk and branches. A bug of some kind no doubt. I never was good at spraying.

Mamagoose, my pear trees are getting on in years and have lost branches to high winds and just plain die-off many times. They still produce loads of pears despite looking terrible. This year the pears are much smaller tho.
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What a lovely farewell gift from your peach tree.

Bradford pears are ornamental--tiny little 'pears' the size of a fingernail are good only for the birds. I have a 'Moonglow' pear a few feet from the Bradford pear. It had only a few pears this year--I picked up one from the ground yesterday and brought it inside to mellow. There were only a few pears last year, but the year before was a very good year.
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10 years ago
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Oh yes Mama Goose, here in mid Michigan we have some of that crisp cool weather too; it's wonderful! Some of the maples are actually starting to turn orange now as well.....beautiful fall is on it's way....
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