Welcome to Autumn 2011. It’s been a stunning year so far, both socially and weatherally. Weatherically? Climatologically! (Spell check says the last one is right.)
2011 is the year Abby and I became grandparents. Also this winter we had record-setting cold and snow. In April, Robert and I went to Utah for a hiking trip. This summer I taught at the college in addition to teaching at the vo-tech. Summer also choked us with record heat and drought.
This morning it was 48 degrees outside. Relief. Here, then, comes the promise of September.
I like “weatherly”. :-)
Weatherly-speaking, 2011 has indeed been a strange year. My last few years in Oklahoma, Marline and I saw record droughts, record fires, record floods… And now our first year with a baby, we’ve seen record cold temps sandwiching record heat & drought.
(Right now, as I type this, it’s colder than it’s ever been on this day in Killeen. But just a couple of days ago we set a record high, and we may do it again tomorrow…)
“Socially”? Ha. My best friend and constant companion is a baby.