Although there's always the possibility of a St Martin's summer, in all likelihood today was the warmest day we'll see until some unseasonably balmy day in March. Officially, the high was 26°C and, if anything, it was a bit too warm. I was determined to take advantage of it, so I walked up to Al's Deli on Noyes and looped through the park to take the long way back. Blocks away from campus, I began to feel uncomfortable. It was the same this evening after dinner. Half a mile south of here, I turned around and could hardly wait to be back home.
I don't know exactly when the foliage peaked, but it's clearly on the downswing now. Strong winds over the weekend stripped a lot of the more colourful trees bare. Most of the maples I see now are more yellow than red and the basswoods were dropping their leaves still green. Flowers are still in bloom, though, including the geraniums flanking the entrance here. We'll need to take them in before temps hit freezing on Halloween night. Same goes for the azaleas, which can't seem to stop putting out new buds, and whatever ivy we want to keep through the winter. The front windows are about to get very crowded.
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