Late change of the seasons
Nov. 16th, 2005 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerAlbuquerqueens are so starved for anything weather-like, that it was front page news yesterday that we were about to have our first hard freeze of the season. Average first freeze is Nov 1...this time it hit the wee hours of this morning, Nov 16. So much for our late late late growing season.
In the 24 1/2 years I've lived here, I don't think I noticed the change after the freeze quite as much as I did today. The mulberry trees lost ALL their leaves in one huge kerflop, after the mercury dipped to 26.5 this morning. The streets in this older part of the city are filled with golden leaves. The cosmos and the vinca, which were valiantly blooming away are all now shrivelled and desiccated. What a change a few hours can make! The Joseph's Coat roses look pretty sad, with the saggy late season buds, but the Iceberg roses seem to be still perky. There an orange wildflower that's still game after the frost...some type of gazania, maybe.
This year, I'd REALLY love to see a good snowstorm here. We've got 3 months to squeeze it in, now that if feels like Winter. Dry, yes, but still winterish.
I know Danny will be firing up the upstairs fireplace this week!
In the 24 1/2 years I've lived here, I don't think I noticed the change after the freeze quite as much as I did today. The mulberry trees lost ALL their leaves in one huge kerflop, after the mercury dipped to 26.5 this morning. The streets in this older part of the city are filled with golden leaves. The cosmos and the vinca, which were valiantly blooming away are all now shrivelled and desiccated. What a change a few hours can make! The Joseph's Coat roses look pretty sad, with the saggy late season buds, but the Iceberg roses seem to be still perky. There an orange wildflower that's still game after the frost...some type of gazania, maybe.
This year, I'd REALLY love to see a good snowstorm here. We've got 3 months to squeeze it in, now that if feels like Winter. Dry, yes, but still winterish.
I know Danny will be firing up the upstairs fireplace this week!
