From Summer to Winter

In my previous post, I discussed how warm it was on Saturday. The temperature was 73 degrees. TSO and I waded up to our ankles in the bay. Even a shark was happily swimming about in what could have passed for summer sunshine. 

Yesterday, the temperature was in the 50s. It did little to brighten up what turned out to be a very windy, rainy day, however. I suppose it was a transitional storm because today was nothing like Saturday, except for the severe clear blue sky.

We woke up this morning to an outside temperature in the 30s. It never got above 45. As I write this -- at 8:17 pm -- the temperature is 36 degrees. The overnight low is forecasted to be 29 degrees. 

So, just like that, we transitioned from summer to winter, with only an ugly autumn day in between. This winter weather pattern is expected to last through the week. 

The severe clear sky carried through to this evening. The nighttime sky is amazing here. With our bare eyes, we can see the Milky Way, Mars, Jupiter, and other celestial bodies, such as the Pleiades (a/k/a Seven Sisters). Last week, TSO bought a fancy telescope. As we stood outside tonight while he set it up, a shooting star of some length fell from the sky. It was beautiful. Time will tell whether our wishes will be granted. We had an up-close look at Mars and the Seven Sisters within the Pleiades. It was too cold to stay out much longer, so that's all we did.

The Pleiades to the Naked Eye
(Picture From the Internet)

 

The Pleiades Through the Telescope
(Picture from the Internet)

Cape Cod continues to surprise us with its natural beauty, and the little surprises we encounter on an almost daily basis. We are blessed.