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Our Maple trees and a couple of Euonymus shrubs are the first to show that Fall has arrived!
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I have 5 Euonymus shrubs down the side of my drive and it's a riot of color. I'll try to find a dryish moment and get a picture.
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I have several Eunoymus and they are magnificent in Autumn. Around here, the common name is Burning Bush, an entirely appropriate appellation at this time of year.
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Had a few very cold days (6C, 40F) and a couple of nights below freezing, so we are almost past Fall... piles of leaves everywhere! Hedgehogs are still turning up at our feeding station though.
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My sister and I took a walk the other day and here are some shots starting with the front lawn.
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Beautiful!!
Would that "orange" tree happen to be a Ginko? That species always seems to hold all its leaves until every single one has turned a bright yellow! Here's a picture I took back in 2009 of a strangers yard. I assume they weren't home or the Police were busy elsewhere! :eek:
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I thought it was a Ginko at first but I walked up closer to it and realized the leaves weren't correct, so I don't know what it was. :Thinking:
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Love my little red maple tree in the front yard, plus the ferns. Soon the Kinnikinnick (edges the drive) will turn reddish in color, and then bloom. Love it.
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Pretty. :)
My ferns died off weeks ago and now I have a yard layered thick with leaves. Been too wet to do anything with them. We are almost 10 inches higher than average in rain total for the year. Wish I could send some to California. :verysad:
At the other house we are expecting a few inches of the white stuff on Thursday. :no2:
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At the other house we are expecting a few inches of the white stuff on Thursday.
Light snow forecast here, also. I am in urgent contact with the weather service demanding the person or persons responsible be reprimanded immediately. :rant: I will include a request that they send the snow eastward if you want.
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My ferns died off weeks ago and now I have a yard layered thick with leaves.
I have 3 different ferns in the front, 2 of each, must be symmetrical. :p I love watching them come alive each spring, and then flower, and slowly go to rest.
Send me some snow. I'd love it for a day or two.
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:rant:
At the airport:Rain ended @ 5 past the hr.
Freezing Drizzle began @ 7 and ended @ 8 past this hr.
Snow ended @ 5 past the hr.
Undefined precip: GSB05E07B08.
The unidentified precip is translated: Snow grains, began at 5min past the hour, ended at 7 past and began again at 8 past. Looks like I need to add "Snow grains" to the dictionary. OTOH, I'd rather just move farther south...
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"Snow grains"? I guess the flakes are in the weather bureau and not fluttering outside. :) I've heard of "snain" but that's a combo of snow and rain.
Kimmer, you can have all our white stuff, all winter. :toothgrin:
And Jim, not necessary to send your precip our way, we have enough, thank you. :p
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Technically, the definition I got from the NWS is Small Hail! Obviously "defined" after it had been called snow granules. They appear to be very small snow flakes that fall through a thin and slightly above freezing layer. Then they hit another much colder layer before finally reaching the surface. If that 'warmer' layer is thick enough, they may end up as sleet. And it the freezing layer is too thin but continues to the surface, it becomes freezing rain/mist. Of course, if... :stop: :rofl:
Weather is always interesting and difficult to forecast. ;)
Fortunately, all precip has stopped. Grass has a bit of snow, puddles on streets will probably freeze over night but I don't think we'll get any more snow. :thumbup: Friday should be back in the 40's.
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OK, I think I know what they mean by granules. Sometimes we get very small stuff that looks like tiny white microbeads, round and about 3 mm in diameter.
However that's not what we got Thursday. What a mess. Much of my entertainment that afternoon was watching the dozens of vehicles that got part way up the hill, only to spin their wheels. At one point there was a group of 25-30 cars in line waiting for the guy at the top. Finally a cop managed to get to the scene part way, got out of his patrol car and walked all the way up the hill and made the people turn around and go down. He then had everyone else do the same since no one was going to make it. Crazy. All because the weather people forecast 1-3 inches (we got 6) and town road trucks didn't bother to put down salt or plow. We've had three times that amount without such problems. My niece took 4 hours to get from La Guardia to western NJ, usually an hour and a half at most. The whole NJ/NYC area was in gridlock. So stupid.
Here are a few pics of "Fall" around my house now:
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Especially beautiful in a Sunrise! Also when you don't have to get out in the stuff!! :yes: At least I don't see any trees down back there! :thumbup: Also hope you didn't need to do any traveling. Just from the garage to the street could have been an adventure. :coolio: Looks like lots of Sun today hopefully will clear the roads, anyway.
Number 3 would make a great Desktop Image! :)
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Number 3 would make a great Desktop Image! :)
I thought the same thing. Love the story of the cop turning everyone around. I live on the top of hill and when we do get snow (even 1/2 inch) traffic up and down comes to a standstill unless you have a big ol' truck with 4-wheel drive.
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No trees in either immediate neighborhood came down. :) Well, maybe I'd better not say that yet. i got to the other house last eve after dark and was not able to see if anything came down in the back yard. Will know later when it gets light. They had a lot of tree problems in NYC area since those trees still had leaves on them, being warmer in the city area. Our trees were mostly bare. At this house there is a thick layer of leaves under the snow that will be there for some time since it is still unusually cold and will be for at least next week.
If anyone wants a higher resolution of that third pic, let me know. When I get back to the that house I'll send it to you or post it here.
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I’d like one! Do you accept PayPal?!
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I'd also like a high res version. Email is fine.