Out My Kitchen Window -It Has Begun - Forecast Has Drastically Changed

The wind has been blowing and howling all morning. It sounds like a winter storm. The wind sounds different in every season. The thermometer is plummeting. It is just rain right now, except the highest elevations are getting snow. We have dropped 14 degrees in less than an hour. This time of the year we can have temperatures swings of 50 degrees or more.

The mountains have faded into the rain and snow.

• This Afternoon

  

  High: 60 °F

  Showers
  Likely

• Tonight

  

  Low: 35 °F

  Showers then
  Rain/Snow

• Sunday

  

  High: 52 °F

  Chance
  Rain/Snow
  then Partly
  Sunny

• Sunday Night

  

  Low: 29 °F

  Partly Cloudy

I took pictures of the fall colors before the rain began.

I was cleaning my lens, and this is what I saw. Sometimes
simple is the best.

Can you see the hunter stalking our herd 
of pronghorns? 

Gotcha! If they poach or hunt illegally in any way
we will turn them in. 

The pronghorns always take refuge on 
our property during hunting season. Hunters
always ask if they can hunt on our property. NO!
YOU CAN'T KILL OUR PETS!

I am heading to bed soon. Here is the latest...

Snow

34°F

1°C

Goodnight,

Mrs. Smith

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Finally, A Cooling Off...

I was so wrong about my thoughts on the weather. I really thought it would be cooler during the day by now. It has been hot...

I desperately want to make a big pot of soup, but it has been too hot to even think about cooking inside for long periods of time. I have been baking bread between 5 am and 6 am with the windows open to keep the house from heating up. 

What is strange to me is how cool the mornings have been for this many weeks without a cooling off of the daytime temperatures. The difference in temperatures is a swing of over 40 degrees. We are living in very strange times...

• Today
  
  

  

  Areas Smoke
  then Slight
  Chance
  T-storms

  High: 81 °F

• Tonight
  
  

  

  Slight Chance
  T-storms then
  Partly Cloudy

  Low: 45 °F

• Friday
  
  

  

  Mostly Sunny
  then Chance
  T-storms and
  Breezy

  High: 66 °F

• Friday
  Night

  

  Chance
  T-storms and
  Breezy then
  Slight Chance
  Showers

  Low: 43 °F

• Saturday
  
  

  

  Chance
  Showers then
  Showers
  Likely

  High: 59 °F

• Saturday
  Night

  

  Chance
  T-storms then
  Slight Chance
  T-storms

  Low: 41 °F

• Sunday
  
  

  

  Partly Sunny
  then Slight
  Chance
  T-storms

  High: 67 °F

• Sunday
  Night

  

  Partly Cloudy

  Low: 39 °F

• Monday
  
  

  

  Sunny then
  Slight Chance
  T-storms

  High: 71 °F

What a blessing it is when small storms pop up and the sun goes down.

Using both solar ovens to cook our meals has helped to keep the house cool. I have a pot of black beans heating up in one oven and I am baking cornbread in the other. Using the solar ovens has also saved us money on very expensive propane, which I am very dedicated to do after having to pay the highest price ever to fill up our tank. I will do a post on the cost of propane once it's filled and we get the bill. 

Things To Be Happy About:

When Summer begins and ends...

When Fall begins and ends...

When Winter begins and ends...

When Spring begins and ends...

Starting over again...

Mrs. Smith