Greetings and welcome!
It was a cold night last night. Athelstane Weather marked a low temperature of 34 degrees. There was a little frost in the low spot by the pond, but the rest of the back yard escaped un-frosted.
It only got down to 60 in here this morning, about the cut off for starting a fire in the wood burner. Since I only brought in oak last night, I passed, sticking it out in the 60 degrees instead of going for the annual 110ยบ with the doors open ritual. There is still time for that..
The day is recovering quickly, and as of 9:30am we are up to 55, and well on the way to a high of about 70. We could have another cool night tonight, but less of a chance of frost. The NWS forecast has us in the upper 30s or low 40s overnight.
The rest of the week and the weekend look like a pretty consistent forecast of a high of about 70 and a low of about 55. There is no rain expected in the next week.
The fall colors started being more apparent in the past week. Now we are seeing the ferns and othe meadow plants starting to die back, as well as some of the underbrush. There are a few leaves here and there getting some color on the bigger trees, but it is still occasional.
The Labor Day weekend brought the end of the rafting season on the peshtigo River. The campground usually stays open a few more weeks, and they are running rafting trips on the Menominee for the next couple of weekends.
If you see trucks with dogs in the back or stopped sticking an antenna out of the window you know thatit is bear season. Here in Zone B bear hunting with dogs starts tomorrow, and is dogs only for a week before the season opens for other types of bear hunting.
It looks like the 17th brings the opening of a lot of other hunting seasons including bow deer and wild turkey.
Well as usual the clock is getting away from me and I have to scoot. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB