Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Oct 29 2019 09:16:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> It can get very hot and very humid and sometimes hot and humid here, BM>> so air conditioning is almost a requirement. LIS in other messages BM>> there have been numerous times when there is barely a breeze outside. BM>> ...And then there are those times when too much! NB>> Some places, a/c is more of a requirement than other places... :) BM> Yes, plus how the person responds to the heat. Some are fine, some BM> like me sweat like crazy! NB> Or, worse, don't sweat easily and then overheat badly.... But NB> others are cold even when most people are dying of the heat.... ;0 Yes, sort of like seeing people driving around in the middle of winter with their windows open. Not that their window is stuck down or the like fresh air, probably more they work outside and driving in a cozy- warm vehicle makes getting out and working in that bone-chilling cold even worse. Everthing's relative. NB>>>> Is it called Burning Bush for flowers in the spring or for red leaves NB>>>> in the fall....? Or both....? BM>>> Red leaves in the Fall. And it doesn't flower so it's generally a BM>>> shrub to give greenery along the fence. And the birds like it because BM>>> gives them protection at the nearby bird bath. BM> And a slight update to a previous message in this packet: there are a BM> few small patches of reddish leaves but at this point insufficent to BM> verify is actually the Burning Bush or just the Fall transition. NB> Progress.... by now maybe things have progressed enough to NB> tell...? The other day did see some reddish leaves, so possible. Glanced yesterday but didn't notice any change; with this morning's snow might force the transition. NB>>> Driving down to NC, I found the trees in the PA mountains had turned NB>>> more than we have here, possibly even more than up at the Pond NB>>> (although that could have turned a lot more after I left, the week NB>>> before)... some of the early ones had already turned here, though... BM>> I haven't noticed any Fall colours but it does appear the green leaves BM>> in the trees aren't as an intense green. Cooler in the mountains, so BM>> probably why. NB>> Probably... :) And now when I got to the Pond, everything is pretty NB>> much at peak... very pretty... :) But a bit more dull than some NB>> years, not as brilliant colors, just a bit more subdued... BM> According to one source this area is about ready for peak colours and BM> should be past-peak a few days into November. Still looks relatively BM> green out there to me, but as I said in an earlier message do see a BM> lighter green. NB> Suddenly, things are changing here at home, and I'd say we are NB> getting to peak... again, not as brilliant colors as some years, NB> but reds and yellows most everywhere now... and lots of leaves on NB> cars and roads and yards and all... :) When we went up to the NB> Pond to close up, most of the trees had dropped their leaves NB> there, but up in Canada, things were more at peak, maybe just a NB> little past... Yes: neighbour's front yard had a layer of leaves yesterday -- all gone with the snow! Nothing much here - yet. No trees left on the property (died of natural causes) but will get the various neighbours'. The pine trees along the back fence have been dropping needles and pine cones like mad -- cleaned those up over the weekend. As far as the foliage, looking out from my window mainly a darker orange -- no splashes of red nor orange. The green looks like it has faded from the other day, so those trees will be turning soon. BM>> Definitely darker earlier! Used to be bright outside when I'd go down BM>> for TV Time, now I'm shutting the blinds up here an hour or so after BM>> dinner. NB>> And doesn't get light as early in the morning, either... that at NB>> least will be helped a little when we go back to Real Time... but NB>> still not all that much... :) BM> Yes, and then even with Real Time will be dark at 5 p.m.! NB> Waiting so long to get back to Real Time, the earlier dark is NB> more pronounced.... Yes. And last week I was reading one of the posts here on that. The little detail of the Sun being sychronized with the clock made sense for going with Standard Time rather than Daylight: the Sun being overhead at noon seems more logical; with DST the Sun and the time are off an hour. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... October 3rd: National Techies Day --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .