It's Time

The autumn season here in Chicago has been wonderfully mild. We've also had very little rain. Just enough to keep the lawns green and the colors in the trees. But that has finally come to it's inevitable end with the first serious "front" of good old Canadian weather. Now, snow is in the air and only a few stubborn leaves cling to the trees.

Just a few days ago we trick-or-treated on a 70-degree evening. And last weekend I was still catching fish out of the pond in the backyard. Now their metabolism has slowed in the cold water and they don't feel like playing anymore. Not a single bite today.

The snowblower was assembled and primed today and conversely, the lawnmower was run one last time and stowed for the season. We are ready. Time to find out how winters compare from one side of lake Michigan to the other. I have a feeling that it will be very hard to tell them apart! Both of them too wet, too cold and for too long. Sigh!