I was extremely whiny on Monday working in the cold wind. Maybe it’s just me, but haven’t we had an inordinate amount of wind this fall?

My friend Sharlee lives on Chappy. For years we have traded garden and/or weather related anecdotes.

That was some serious wind last weekend. Sadly, it stripped all the beautiful reddish-orange leaves from my sugar maple. The good news, however, no real damage was done on the property and we did not lose power.

By the time this reaches the news stands we will have the news of the damage done in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa.

When I was growing up, Daylight Savings Time was six months of the year. I lived 500 miles west of the Vineyard…therefore it was very dark in the morning and light until nine or so at night.

Because I tend to believe the worst case scenario when I listen to the weather forecasters, I got in a tizzy on Saturday and Sunday. I scurried around and brought all the house plants into the greenhouse.