A surprise cold front with snow dumped on us last night leaving us at only 17 degrees F by 11 PM last night. By this morning it was only 10. The closest we've been to cold weather so far was a couple mornings in the last week when it went down to frost temperatures - like around 32 degrees F so this was a major temperature drop. They said it was 25 degrees below normal. It set a record for the coldest 10th of October in history, and was the earliest date we had snow in the last seven years. We got about four inches. Most of the trees are still green with leaves. Whenever this happens it usually kills a lot of trees that haven't sent their sap down for the winter yet. It also wrecked our chances for a gorgeous fall. All the leaves were frozen and will now just turn brown and fall off. A lot have fallen already. The shock of the cold made the ash tree out front drop all of its leaves in a sudden leaf-fall this morning onto the snow. It made for nice pictures though. It is only up to 22 degrees now at 4 in the afternoon. Alas my plans for working on the perennial bed today were wiped out. Maybe it will warm up again next weekend.
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