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| The remnant of the cold front are blowing quickly to the south. |
On Wednesday morning the dog and I walked to the west end of the dirt road to see what was going on. The wind wind was blowing hard from the north after the passage of a cold front the night before. The temperature in the mid 40's felt quite cool but the humidity was falling fast which helped dramatically. I felt uncomfortably cold in the icy wind but as usual the dog loved the nippy weather. Once we arrived in the cover of the trees , toward the end of the road, the wind was less brisk and the walking was a lot more comfortable. As we walked along I was able to hear the wind blowing noisily through the treetops making them wave and causing leaves to fall all around us. Winter in Grand Bay is coming on strong this year and making a fairly strong and early showing. I don't know if this early cold indicates colder weather in our future or not because some years when it was cold early it became very hot in late December. It is difficult to judge the weather here based on short term trends. Grand Bay weather is fickle.
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The Bracken fern like to grow
in pinestraw. |
Once we arrived at the end of the road I found some very green ferns growing in the pine straw. This is the Bracken fern. It grows all over the world and the young fiddleheads are eaten by many cultures as we would asparagus. I have looked into preparation and found a site called
Honestfood.net which tells how to safely eat a bracken fern. There is some care and caution needed as these ferns can contain high amounts of a carcinogen or cancer causing agent. These ferns will probably be killed when the temperatures go below freezing on a regular basis and return again in the spring.
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The Sweet Gum leaves go out
in a flash of glory. |
As we headed home I found that some of the red leaves had collected in the grass along the road and created a snapshot of where we are now in the season. Neither here nor there. Not fall and not yet winter.
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The clouds were overcome by the
deep blue sky. |
When I arrived home I lay on the grass and looked up at the clouds whisking past and it was a very soothing scene. The blue sky and white fluffy clouds moving swiftly to the south signal good weather ahead for the next few days. We will celebrate Thanksgiving day tomorrow and we have much to be thankful for. Thanks for stopping by to read my blog today. Bye.
