Second Summer

[PollyannaMom]

Sadly, we are experiencing second summer here in New England (But I'm a fall girl, patiently waiting for the real thing.)

 

[mommasita]

Not second summer - September is doing exactly what it’s supposed to here where the Prairies meet the Rockies. Beautiful warm sunny days (18-25C) with nice, cool nights (5-15C). The crops have mostly come in and the leaves are starting to turn so the landscape as far as the eye can see is blazing gold against bright blue sky. It’s a very pretty time of year.

And while we know nothing of second summer, we are very familiar with “first winter”. We will almost certainly get a dump of snow between now and Thanksgiving, which will give way to some more autumn until real winter settles in, anytime after Halloween. We do have four seasons here, three of which are some form of winter.

We leave next week for our first visit to the Atlantic provinces on a Maritime cruise. I am dying with excitement to see the lay of the land and what the autumn landscapes are like there.

Oh my, you are going to love it, at least I hope you do! Have a great trip

Hopefully you stop in PEI, so many things right at the wharf! Make sure to get a Cows ice cream right there.

Sounds beautiful by you, here we did have a few cool nights last week, but now it feels like July , I am not complaining, we know our snow is coming also, but hopefully not that early

 

[Buzz Rules]

Oh my, you are going to love it, at least I hope you do! Have a great trip

Hopefully you stop in PEI, so many things right at the wharf! Make sure to get a Cows ice cream right there.

Sounds beautiful by you, here we did have a few cool nights last week, but now it feels like July , I am not complaining, we know our snow is coming also, but hopefully not that early

@mommasita , does Canada have better ice cream than the USA?

 

[CdnCarrie]

It was a fairly warm week in Peg City this week. Raining now but 23 degrees. Lots of smoke this week!

 

[tvguy]

@mommasita , does Canada have better ice cream than the USA?

Is there bad ice cream? I have to wonder if at one time the butter fat in Canadian Ice Cream was higher than ice cream in the U.S. I just remember in the 1960's my cousins came down and they had never seen skim (non-fat) milk and my Uncle said something about (at that time) there being rules that milk had to have some butter fat in it. Don't remember if he said they didn't have non-fat milk the, or if it just wasn't popular.

 

[mommasita]

@mommasita , does Canada have better ice cream than the USA?

I’ve no clue, I’ve never compared. I just know that Cow’s is the best !

 

[Buzz Rules]

I’ve no clue, I’ve never compared. I just know that Cow’s is the best !

Ben and Jerry's would probably disagree.

 

[mommasita]

Ben and Jerry's would probably disagree.

Not even the same thing, https://cows.ca/

 

[Buzz Rules]

Not even the same thing, https://cows.ca/

For the record, I've never tasted Cow's ice cream. It is on my bucket list if I ever visit PEI. Ben and Jerry's is similar. They are both ice cream brands, so how are they different?

https://www.benjerry.com/

 

[Buzz Rules]

Not even the same thing, https://cows.ca/

Just an FYI, if you wanted to try Ben and Jerry's ice cream, it's available in Canada.

 

[mommasita]

Just an FYI, if you wanted to try Ben and Jerry's ice cream, it's available in Canada.

I’ve tried it

 

[Buzz Rules]

I’ve tried it

And Cow's is still better? Häagen-Dazs as well? I'm not trying to pick on Canadian ice cream. I'm just genuinely curious. We can't get Cow's ice cream here.

 

[Living42Day]

Yes, and I hate it lol

We've been trending upper 80s to lower 90s for a while. It's going to go right from summer to winter, which is a bummer because I love those 60-70 degree days!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Not even the same thing, https://cows.ca/

Those look amazing!! - I really want to try the chocolate orange!

 

[Dead2009]

It's been in the 80s here but im sure that will soon change lol.

 

[The Mayor]

They used to call it Indian Summer here in MA and we are full into it now. It's been 80's and a bit humid here for the past week and is supposed to stay close to that next week. Really mad I had to close the pool last week because I had a small procedure done on my shoulder and can't swim or lift anything heavy with it for a couple weeks. Now m sitting out on the deck staring at the pool cover in swimming weather.

 

[mommasita]

They used to call it Indian Summer here in MA and we are full into it now. It's been 80's and a bit humid here for the past week and is supposed to stay close to that next week. Really mad I had to close the pool last week because I had a small procedure done on my shoulder and can't swim or lift anything heavy with it for a couple weeks. Now m sitting out on the deck staring at the pool cover in swimming weather.

Yes, we used to call it that as well.
That sucks, sorry to hear it.
I hope you heal quickly .

 

[Dan Murphy]

They used to call it Indian Summer here in MA and we are full into it now. It's been 80's and a bit humid here for the past week and is supposed to stay close to that next week. Really mad I had to close the pool last week because I had a small procedure done on my shoulder and can't swim or lift anything heavy with it for a couple weeks. Now m sitting out on the deck staring at the pool cover in swimming weather.

What a bummer, Steve. Well, spring is just around the corner and you will be prepping that pool for opening.

Here, for Indian Summer, we first have to have the first frost, followed by the nice final effort warmup. Always nice heading into real fall and winter.