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39 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Anyone know what this is? Saw it on my door this morning and have never seen one before here in CT. Looks like some leaf mimic I saw in the rain forest of Costa Rica?

Is that a katydid?

6 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Agreed.   So the day length/shortening is the same every year, so maybe it was lack of sunny days….we had lots of cloudy days this autumn. 

Yesterday after every little gust of wind it was raining leaves. My lawn is covered again already.

32 minutes ago, met_fan said:

I love finding those giant nests after leaves are down that you never realized were there.

I found a giant one in my bushes not 5 feet from the door I use every day, lucky I or my dog never got stung, we never knew it was there until the fall. My dog stuck her nose in one near the front porch once, thankfully, she's not allergic but got a scare.

34 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Was walking the dog (wearing shorts and tee for the 4th straight day) and with the leaves down we saw this big old nest about 20’ up 

One of the courses I golf collects those in the winter, they have over 20 of them hung on the walls in the clubhouse.

12 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Not the best pic but off my back porch.   The greens are pines. 

That's more than 50%, last cleanup should be easy for you.

2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Same.     
the oaks are pouring down here now.  

Same here but I have no oaks on my property, the woods across the street are lined with oaks and the leaves blow into my yard, that was the longest task today, getting rid of the oaks. Acorns are crazy too but not many blow into my yard. I would say 50% of leaves down? What do you guys think?

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

It’s happened before but I don’t recall a stretch of 4 days in a row like this in late October.  

I'm sure it has I just remember doing leaf cleanup with gloves on because of the cold and wearing a sweatshirt. Just a tee today and sweated.  Last cleanup will be colder than today, guaranteed.

3 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

High of 76F here.   Swampy though.    

First time I remember sweating doing leaf cleanup. I got a lot done today, one more cleanup and I should be good. My brother has this kick ass leaf blower, borrowed it today and made life easier.

75 here now, it's a great day to do some fall cleanup, let the rest of the leaves fall and I'll do one more in about 2-3 weeks, by then it should be a bit cooler.

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

71F. Last mow getting done today.

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I'm just about to do mine, I might go over the lawn one last time clean up and leftover leaves before I put my winter fert down.

So he was found nearby in Lisbon Falls.

Anyone know where he was found? Justice served and time and money and grief saved for the state of Maine and the victims families.

1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said:

So much damage.  From the helicopter video I grabbed this shot of a highrise.  Windows blown out with so much structural damage you can see right through some units.  Wonder how their  highrise building codes along resorts compare to Florida?  Andrew was a near miss for dense buildings but would Florida's highrises look like this if a true Cat 5 came ashore in Miami-Dade?

Where there a lot of casualties?

58 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Always surprised how busy the last weekend in OCT usually is here with peepers.

Not much to look at..

 

Next town over from me, Sturbridge, MA is always inundated with peepers this time of year. I used to like it when I tended bar, I'd clean up for a couple weeks in October.

6 hours ago, eyewall said:

Very nice video! I may have not had much luck up there on my trip but the NC Mountains really popped this year!

Got some good reds and orange which was lacking over here, bright yellows and some muted reds here but it's much brighter there.

25 minutes ago, tamarack said:

This, a thousand times.  Since Cool Spruce had the stroke (can it be a dozen years?) I've had more conversations here with Jeff than anyone else, and it's not close.  Now he's dealing with yet another personal tragedy while in shock for what happened a few miles to his north.  Stay strong, Jeff; others in your family need you.

You can tell just from interacting with him here that's he's such a good dude, really down to earth salt of the earth type.

53 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Glad we not in CT

I'm at 68 here, maybe I'll hit 70 later.

Sorry for your loss Jeff, your family will be in my prayers today.

34 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

We still don't know if he targeted those he shot. However, if he didn't kill himself,  he is obviously an angry, unstable individual and could strike again somewhere.  That's the worrisome part of all this. 

Didn't he leave a suicide note to his son? I haven't read all posts so not sure if this has been discussed.

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Even ORH is warmer than you. Are you near woods or something?

Not that unusual looking at this

MesoWest Surface Weather Maps (utah.edu)

13 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Even ORH is warmer than you. Are you near woods or something?

Surrounded by them, I've been on the low side last couple of days, I was in Worcester earlier, it was much warmer.

6 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

81F fake heat here with about 1/2” of lady bugs everywhere; can’t saint for the cool down next week

I only got to 73 but getting inundated with stink bugs.

They're looking for some guy in Mass that killed his wife last night, was it a full moon last night?

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Spoke with a good friend of mine that i bowled with and he played corn hole with Rob at Schmenngees in a league this past winter, He also bowled in the Weds night league at sparetime so now i know why he chose both places.

I know the lanes, I bowled there when I was on the tour. Such a sad day, hope they catch this guy soon.

Is it two guys or the same guy at two different places?