Cold and dry

Skagit River Mt. Vernon

 

We have a welcome break after days of almost tropical wet weather. Yesterday was the first completely dry day in November. The worst flooding since 2006 in western Washington. Bellingham, 90 miles north of Seattle, was in the bull's eye of the Pineapple Express. Unusual, because it's typically drier and colder near the Canadian border.

The Skagit River drains the west slopes of the Cascade Mountains and it came within a few feet of flooding downtown Mt. Vernon. A double whammy of heavy rain and snow melt.

Well, that's behind us and winter returned in the mountains. But it was beautiful in Seattle yesterday, almost like an early spring day and so warm the Dutch iris and alliums are confused.  Hopefully I'll get the compost mulch spread on Friday and can forget about the garden for a few short months. 

Not much else is new. The days, quite frankly, blend together this time of year. We're looking forward to Thanksgiving next week. We haven't been to the house for over a month and feels like forever since we saw the girls.