Greetings and welcome!
Most of the fall color show has come and gone, but not all of it. The tamarack are coming into color. Some aren’t quite there yet, but a patch a half mile down the road will be in its full glory.
I am not sure if they are a maple or a beech, but some sort of tree like that is coming into color with big beautiful crowns of orange and yellow dotting the landscape. There is a spot looking to the west of 141 just south of Wausaukee that is really nice. I will have to figure out what species that they are, so far I have only seen them at 55 driving by.
Some seasonal attractions.. Driving by I saw that there is a haunted house on Moonshine Hill Rd just west of 141. I have no idea what it is about, I just saw a sign. Sounds fun though..
There has been a corn maze on Nejedlo Rd & 141 just south of Wausaukee for years. They are open again this year, and they have pumpkins too.
The weekend looks decent enough. There is a storm expected to blow through Friday night, and the forecast model that I checked showed it clearing out in time to leave us most of Saturday and Sunday in nice seasonal weather. I am expecting highs in the low to mid 50s and overnight lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
At this time of year it seems like almost every nice day comes with some wind. I’d expect that wind this weekend, especially with the parting storm. Likewise, if the skies are clear Saturday night it could turn into a cold night. Maybe we should change that low of 38 and make that a little flexible. Depending on cloud cover we could shave 8 or 10 degrees.
We have had some good hard freezes ( and a little snow too..) so the insect world has been rid of mosquitoes and ticks for the most part. The biggest pests right now are gnats and lady beetles. It has been pretty wind for gnats, so they haven’t been much of an issue.
As far as the Asian lady beetles, some friends have encountered the usual warm fall day swarms. I have seen only a few, but a lot of carcases. I had some ants earlier this year and I got some of this insecticide . It killed everything, apparently including the lady beetles. I think I have seen maybe 5 bugs in the last two months. At that point I might not be the best judge of the lady beetle activity this fall.
One last note, I have been working on the Big Snow Page quite a bit lately. It has a new home on a faster server, a new look, and some serious security protocols. It won’t be long before I start my updates over there and put this blog into hibernation.
Time for me to move on. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB
Ehhh, I was just up for an overnight and with the warmth and my patio doors facing south, I had TONS of lady bugs. I actually had to drag the vacuum out to suck them up. Hopefully they will be gone soon.