Sunday, September 4, 2011, 8:20 a.m. EST, 70 degrees F
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“Pepper Pete,” as MEH (My Engineer Husband) has nicknamed the potted pepper plants, continues to produce beautiful green and red peppers! |
Fall is in the air. Not only are the leaves changing on some trees, including the ones within camera view, but the days are getting shorter. We hear crickets at night, the birds are flocking and starting to migrate, and school starts on Tuesday. Labor Day weekend is generally regarded as the end of tourist season in Maine, and even though we’ll still get some “outer-staters” coming in, things will start to quiet down and eventually wind down to winter.
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The sadness of “late blight” on the tomatoes: ultimately the whole plant will die, but it’s a race between the blight and first frost at this point! |
What are the season changes bringing to your part of the world, if any? Does fall bring changes to your writing and household routines?