Not so cool.

While waiting for the frost warnings issued yesterday to come to fruition, I donned a jacket and went out to cut the grass here at the Aerie. Even working during the "heat" of the day (1 PM to 2 PM) I couldn't break a sweat pushing the mower around. Between the strong wind that was blowing and the cool temperatures (the high for the day was just 61 degrees), sweating was not going to be a problem.

Mom and Pop Robin on the other hand.... They were not happy at all when I brought that noisy, gas powered mower anywhere near their nest that held their precious babies. Although they held back and did nothing but squawk at me from the trees. Must be liberals. Of course, they failed to comprehend that shorter grass means they can hunt worms and crickets more efficiently.

Freeze? Frost? Nah, not even close. The low at the Aerie was only 39 degrees early this AM. (We covered the 'maters anyway...just in case. The wind was really blowing all day yesterday and that made me think it was less likely that we would have a real frost as stirred up air seldom does produce frost...or dew. It was a mere 50 degrees when we pulled the bird feeders in at 8 PM however and that did not bode well. Especially when the wind died a short time later like some one cut the switch on the fan. The sky was crystal clear with stars and a first quarter moon shining brightly.

No frost but great sleeping weather.

Up at the Bolt Hole it might have been a different story. A weather underground station about five or six miles away as the crow flies (and about 400 feet lower in elevation) reported 31 degrees at 5 AM this morning. The Bolt Hole is usually a few degrees colder.

So I'll give the weather.com folks and those from the national weather service that issued freeze and then frost warnings a 50% on this one. (Means you could have just flipped a coin to get the same results.)