I have lots of friends who are in the HVAC business and they all start to dread the cold season. Primarily because people go 6+ months without running their homes heating systems and they wait until the house gets COLD to fire them up for the first time...
Mid October is prime time for leaf viewing here in Central Maine. The last few days have really felt like fall, and the season has really taken hold. Make sure you wrap up before 5:30 or 6, as the days are getting alarmingly shorter.
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We're still a few weeks away from peak season, but it's getting closer. If you're headed to the Fryeburg Fair this weekend, a swing on routes 117, 4, 5, and 302 will give you many colors. Still, a run up to Houlton, or the Moosehead region will have the best sights in Maine...
This year, reporting on foliage has seemed a little odd. For one, the previous week's were written in summer. Secondly, it 's still hot. Not warm, hot! We're currently in the 4th hottest September on record, and broke records TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
The signs of Autumn are all here: All this week, we're giving away tickets to the 199th Skowhegan Fair. Yep, like or not, fair season has arrived! While the temps are recovering for the second half of the week, I caught myself closing the bedroom windows a few nights ago. Aside from rain, they're generally open/cracked most of summer. While Shipyard's Pumpkinhead has purposely not made an appearan
Travel and Leisure has named the top 15 drives in America to view the changing leaves in the fall and two of them are in Maine! Have you done these drives in the fall?
Now, that the unofficial end of summer is here, Maine.gov is getting ready with updates to help leaf peepers plan their foliage trips with updated weekly foliage reports.
The Weather Company, has just released their temperature forecast for September, October and November and they are saying temperatures will be above normal for us here in Maine.
I'll give you a hint and tell you I was telling the truth when I said fall is my favorite season in our contest to win Miranda Lambert tickets! I love the change in the way the air smells and feels more crisp, the vibrant colors that slowly take over the Maine outdoors, and way everything seems to pick up the pace...
This is the time year when leaves are falling all the time and we rake, rake, and rake. Leaves fall in more places than on your yard, if you have a patio, they fall there too. You can rake the leaves on the patio but you will also need to sweep.