With the temperature chilled to two degrees above freezing, in other words, 34 degrees as measured via the Fahrenheit method, with a strong wind making those 34 degrees feel like the temperature was in the teens, according to the radio weather report I heard whilst taking a brisk walk around Sikes Lake, I had myself some chilly nature communing on this final Sunday and final day of the 2025 version of November.
The photo documentation does not look as cold and windy as was the reality.
Last night's low was below freezing for the first time since last winter. Freezing had been predicted a week or so ago, but my location did not freeze.
But, last night freezing arrived, as evidence by my neighbor's vegetable garden getting obliterated.
Up til now the way the neighbor's tomato plants seemed to be thriving, we thought they might make it til the actual arrival of winter.
Last Christmas a Washingtonian gifted me thickly lined Land's End sweatpants, which I never wore, til today, figuring all that lined insulation would cause me to overheat. Such was not the case today. Not even remotely close to overheating.
Today I made the foolish mistake of not having my hands covered with gloves. Upon returning to my abode I located my decade's old ski gloves.
My cross-country skis made the move to Texas, but not the move from Fort Worth to Wichita Falls.
There has been a time or two where the cross-country skis would have been fun here in Wichita Falls, with the Circle Trail snow-covered.
The Circle Trail runs right by my abode. The Circle Trail through the hilly Wichita Bluffs Nature Area would be fun on cross-country skis too.
I shall see if Amazon sells cross-country skis. I doubt any store here does...
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