Thursday, 8:45 am: This morning is delightfully cool with light frost on the ground. Our sweaters and jackets are lined up, ready to go. I was talking with a friend who recently returned from a vacation in Florida. He said they had a cold wave hit while he was there enjoying the sunshine. Chuckling he said it dipped down into the 80s, which for Floridians was cool. Being a robust Mainer he weathered it well.

My brother's view of a USMC CH46 over NYC (Photo by Frank Ames)

My brother and sister-in-law will be flying to Florida tomorrow. Instead of sitting on the beach sipping Margaritas with little paper umbrellas in their glasses and sand in their teeth; they will board a cruise ship and explore the Caribbean in air-conditioned comfort and probably with little umbrellas in their glasses too. Good sailing Frank and Kathy. Don't forget your plaid shorts and sun screen.

Our weekly trip into town yesterday was accompanied by a visit to my dentist for my regular cleaning appointment. My pearly-whites are now nearly pearly-white. Too many years of tea, coffee and soft drinks have left them with some staining. But they’re all mine. There’s no “store-bought” teeth in my mouth: Although The rest of me might be falling apart. Thankfully, I still have a few punches left on my lunch ticket.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 38.4° [F.]

Barometer: 30.313 & rising rapidly

Humidity: 100%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles [ground fog earlier]

Skies: Generally clear with dissipating light ground fog

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 34.7° [F.]

High wind: 1 mph at 3:51 am