It has been in the 80's for the past couple of weeks, but plunged yesterday and last night and there was snow covering everything this morning at 5 AM. I put my next-to-the-last log on the fire, started the coffee, and came back to bed. Maybe when I get up the snow will have melted and it will be 80 degrees again.
The Bittern was circling the pond, getting ready to land just as it was getting dark last night (what a strange looking bird), so he must be spending the season here again. This should get the rest of the outside plants, but the good news is, the greenhouse is still full of ripening tomatoes. The cold does bother them in that the skins are getting tougher, but their flavors are wonderful.
The weather update just come on and we aren't expected to get much above freezing for the next week - 34 is the expected high today and nothing above 45 for the next week. For myself, I'm not sure that I can stretch one log for that far, but the pond and it's inhabitants should pull through just fine.