Holy liftin snappers - single digit temperatures

From 30˚ C. temperatures, and humidity to pray for, the weather changed as hurricane Earl whipped up the eastern coast drawing in northerly air and bringing in cold, rainy, cloudy days.

The Habitat for Humanity Build knocked off early, but they still did some work! I found time, between blogging, packing, doing executor work (4 years, it's been!), and took some Bala Build photos.

What a temperature shift!

Summer was longer than in previous years, as it warmed up early and we were able to swim in relatively warm water in May/June.

We can be grateful for that!

Saturday, the high was 13˚ C., but the lake was much warmer than this for now. Sunday morning the thermometer reads 9˚ C.

Town was busy, lots of folks up in the rain, with kids and families hanging about. This is the time for indoor games.

Heavy heavy rains didn't dampen everyone's spirit.

Determined kids were out tubing, with poor old parents dragging them around the lake in the pouring rain.


No spirits were dampened there.

can you spot it?

I scooted him back out into the forest.

As I was out packing up in the carport, I spotted this little guy.

Oliver eats frogs, crunches their little legs like the chicken bones he steals from the garbage.
I'll take you closer. He was nowhere to be found, and the frog lived to tell another tale.

Whaddya want, woman?

Later, we arrived home from dinner out (we sold our dining room table!), to see the cat sitting on the wood pile.

I figured out why.
Look up.
Look waaaay up!
Good little bug eaters.