28 September 2009

A Breath of Fall

The cold front is suddenly here, after being fobbed off by tropical air and the awful rains which destroyed so many homes and roads, not to mention nine lives. I noticed quite suddenly the other day that the trees behind our neighbor's house had sprinklings of red and orange leaves. It was only evident from the mailbox and quite surprising, although one type of tree—the locust, according to the Forest Service website in North Georgia—has already had scattered yellow leaves for weeks.

This morning I had to pull up my windows on the way in to work, as the breeze was actually chilly. Tonight the low is supposed to go to 51°F, although it will not fall that far until just before dawn.

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