Brrr!

Okay, so I know that the Equinox is right around the corner, but we usually don't get these nice cool mornings in Houston until Fall is in full swing. Okay having looked at weather.com, it wasn't really that cool - in the low 70's, but dang it felt good. Must have been the low humidity.

It's really hard to keep in tune with the seasons in Houston. Mostly because we don't really have any. Trees drop their leaves any time the temp drops below 75 (which could be in the middle of summer) while some deciduous trees never drop at all. Last winter it was so abominably hot, I wore shorts and t-shirts most of the season.

I am trying to get myself more seasonally oriented, though. That's part of the reason I wanted to start brewing. Making wine and mead seems such a "Fall" thing to do, although I have the feeling I am going to keep going through next spring and summer. *grins*

In mead making news - I forgot to call my mom last night and ask her about the ancient orange. I had an issue come up with bad planning of dinner (started making soup and forgot I was going to make bread to go with it - which takes 3 hours - the soup ended up being simmered long and well!), and with everyone but the baby out of the house for the evening I felt very much at loose ends and didn't know what to do with myself. *shrug* The recipe is supposed to be fool-proof, hopefully it is. I'll call tonight.