Tuesday, 8:15 am: After a few days of low temperatures in the 30s we’ve been busily harvesting our tomatoes so they don’t get frost damage. We’ve got them in bags, boxes and anything else that will hold them. During the day we take them outside in the sun to ripen more. Eventually my wife’s friend will turn this entire crop into salsa. Maine salsa, what a novel idea? A bit like the salsa commercial on television where the cowboy says where the salsa is from; and the other cowboy responds [with heavily cowboy inflected emphasis], “New York City!” Obviously this has absolutely nothing at all to do with our weather, although it’s possibly quaint in a Saint John Valley sort of way.

Fall foliage on our road

We were also busy yesterday away from our home. We had to FedEx some papers overnight. This meant we drove to the Presque Isle airport, about 48 miles away, to drop off the overnight envelope at the FedEx office. It’s always an adventure in this neck of the woods, and nothing is ever quick. Fortunately we have lots of time.

Our road in the foreground - the paved road is in Canada

Our area’s “on again-off again” cell phone tower project is now “on again”. I am keeping my fingers crossed we can join the 21st Century technological revolution. Maybe, in the future, we can actually use our cell phone in or by our house. Until then we’ll just clip-clop along. Hi ho Silver!

Brilliant read maple leaf in my wife's hand

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro Weather Station:

Temperature: 48.6° [F.]

Barometer: 29.918 & falling slowly

Humidity: 86%

Wind: S at 1 mph very light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Generally high overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 45.1° [F.]

High wind: 3 mph at 3:05 am