Brrrrrrr!!!!

It is definitely getting colder around here! It is not uncommon to get temperatures in the 20s when I am standing at the bus stop in the morning. You see, minimums seem to happen right around day break and just after day break is when the winds start. So with sun up at 7:30am, at 8 or 9 it is bad at the bus stop. Luckily we have all sorts of warm clothing now.

Almost all of the leaves are off the trees now. Didn't get much opportunity to take photos of the reds and yellows. It all kind of happened in about two weeks. Went yellow then red, then brown and dropped. The ones beside the carpark were a different shade every day. Now they are all falling off. That means that we get less protection on our apartment from the wind, but when there is sun, it can get through. We also have leaves six inches deep out the front.

That's the other thing that has been lacking - sun! It is cloudy most of the time. It rains on and off, but mostly it is cloudy and dry. Not too much to complain about, but dreary. The other thing that comes along with dry and windy, is STATIC! Llew just got the loudest shock on the coffee table that hurt right up his arm. Getting in and out of cars is hazardous. Don't even think about putting on or taking off jumpers without being constantly grounded. And hair, well, all over the place. Add the beanie to that and there isn't much point brushing it when you get out of bed (except with my stupid hair).

We still haven't had to have the heating on over night. Just an hour or two when we get home from work and a little in the morning if we are not going to work. We have a great doona and woollen blanket. We are hoping to keep the heating bills down a bit this winter. Of course the heating is on at work. Very on. About 76F on! So much so that I take off my jacket and jumper and only need a short sleeve shirt to work in my office. I tried turning it down a bit, but it won't actually get any lower.

It has actually been snowing in parts of Indiana, but there is masses of snow in Minnosota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. It just hasn't come this far south yet in anything significant, just bits here and there that don't even settle.

So we are battling cold, hot, dry, wet, windy, leafy, probably soon to be snowy conditions. Yay!