Sure...the poor birdy comes here (S. FL) and would be blown back to you by the hurricanes.
Altho...it is only 82 today, and at night 67 to 72. No crispy flowers here!! I haven't replanted since 10/24 when Wilma blew them all next door.

Oooh, I know where that fountain is. I've gotten a bit of cash from the ATM there after wooping it up at the Boneventure. :)
If it's any consolation, my drive to the bus stop this morning involved navigating fog so thick I could only see car lights in front of me if I was within 2 car lengths of it. Fun!

You wouldn't be much better off here in Florida. It scorching hot, we've got suffocating humidity and we're forced into watching some stupid storm called "Gamma". I just hope Mother Nature doesn't forget to check the calendar this year and remembers that she's all done with this hurricane trash in FIFTEEN days. Maybe I shouldn't tempt Ms. Nature like that.... not much worse than Mother Nature with a case of PMS and a bad attitude!

Poor flowers! It's even above normal here in Cincinnati. Unlike CA though, that still means in the 60's and rainy and generally icky. Wanna trade? :)

I will be HAPPY to send you some rain/sleet/snow that is happening here in Iowa (where we also got some tornadoes west of here this weekend) if you would like. :)

We're supposed to get a couple inches of snow here in by tomorrow and NO ONE here knows how to drive in the snow... It's lovely.

:)

it's warm here in Western PA too.65 or something.....it's damn humid today..it's mid-November people, where are the cool crisp temperatures...I want crisp not CRISPY!!!!....
I had a mammogram today...OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!...ya know I know it's something we all need to do, but OWWWWW!!!!

I'm jealous of the heat. We are supposed to get snow today. SNOW!

Um, we're /supposed/ to have snow here (in Tahoe), or so rumor has it. The resorts are set to open this weekend...you know SKI resorts...what people will be sliding down, I don't know as it's been CLEAR with highs in the high 50s, low 60s. The only white stuff I've seen recently is the whip cream in the mocha I got this morning. Global warming? Nawww, get out!

I was just thinking the same thing this morning as the weather man told me it would be a whopping 80 degrees in the Bay Area.

i went to an all-girls catholic school for a couple of years. my classmates were pretty boy-crazy, and most of them became moms right out of high school...if they weren't already coming to school pregnant and wearing muumuus. i still use my catholic school girl uniform, but only on halloween so i can be gogo from the kill bill movie.

It is 70 in SC today. We are expecting rain (YEA) for the first time in *months* and then cool weather tomorrow. Something about a front coming through. I just hate I put away all my summer clothes last month. I look funny in a sweater at 75 degrees, but darnit, it's November and I want to feel Holidayish!

I also went to catholic school for 10 years. All the nuns gave me was serious fodder for jokes. And 20 years later, I'm still mocking them. Enjoy the weather while it lasts - you *know* we'll be bitching about the "biting cold" when it dips down to 50 in February.

Wow, is that fountain in your backyard?!?!

You must admit though CAP, it is better then sitting in snow and having to wear all of those coats and gollashes (?). And I need the sun for a bit longer as daughter is having 13 for a sleep over on Saturday and they need to be in the tent....not in my house like last year, when it poured rain and the tent leaked.

Poor flowers -- that'll teach you for being all green-thumb-y like!

Um, um, I bet a nice pair of fuzzy feet would feel so good on a day like today in LA. :P

For as much as I hate cold weather, I stood in my closet this morning and screamed "Get cold already!" as I stared at all my pretty sweaters. It's still in the 70s here in NC. We are in a drought and have severe water restrictions so everyone's grass and flowers will soon die. Soon they will start mandating that you can only take a 4 minute shower, can't wash cars, and have to wash clothes and dishes sparingly. So not only will it be hot but it will be stinky. Strange how other parts of the country are dealing with snow and the Carolinas have turned into a desert.

Oh honey, you're still acclimating. L.A. often has Santa Anas right through Xmas. And then the El Nino rains come around March, you'll like that part.

Try being here in Arkansas. Last I heard. we're under a tornado watch.
Tornadoes?! In November?! Tornadoes (or is it tornados?) used to a spring thing.
I remember when I was little, it actually used to be cold in November. Once it even snowed on Halloween. Not so much anymore.
:o(
I've gotten pretty adept at the scarf knitting, but it's too freakin' warm to wear a scarf.

And the Catholic School thing--I almost went to Mount Saint Mary's but my parents heard that it's commonly known as Mount St. Mattress. Hence my public high school education which is why I don't know the plural of "tornado".
:o)

Well, it has snowed here today and the snow is still sitting there on the ground. which probably makes it about 32F (though I can't be bothered to get up and check).

Catholic school wouldn't have helped. You might have been worse in rebellion against it. Your mom is probably unsurprised by your comment.

As much as I would love some warm weather...

I love that this week Portland has decided to be cold, sunny and beautiful. It reminds me of fall in Colorado growing up. Sigh. Only it's green still here...and most of the trees still have fall color.

Perfect knitting weather.

Looks like you may not be meant to wear all the cute little scarves you have made... hahaha, I'm in Virginia and have now gotten many chances to wear those scarves you loved! thank you by the way for validated my knitterly worth!

Purl - I understand your pain. I've lived in (NOrthern) Cali for 8 years now and I still don't get the weather - crappy when it's supposed to be nice and nice when you're expecting crappy. I remember when I was in LA for work last year about once a month and it rained EVERY time. I didn't even know it rained there at all until then. Just keep your scarf in your pocket for the minute it gets cold (you know, like 68F or so!)

I adore you, really I do... But complaining about gorgeous weather? You had better just do a karma turn-around there, honey! I woke up to 26 degrees this morning. But, did I complain? No! (well, okay, maybe a little) Then I got an email from my sister who works in Antarctica. Holy Bejeezus that would suck.

Oh, honey, come to Chicago for some winter mess. Went out at lunch and it is COLD and rainy. Tonight it is supposed to snow (but not stick). I am jazzed about the snow. I am one of those people who like winter.

By the way, I had an incident with one of my cats last night. He ate a saftey pin. I was working on a quilt and saw one fly through the air and then in his mouth. Totally freaked out. I was up the entire night checking on him. Have any of your pets eaten strange stuff?

To Quote the Great One, Jimmy Buffett:

"I was supposed to have been a Jesuit priest
Or a Naval Academy grad.
That was the way my parents perceived me
Those were the plans that they had.
But I never fit the part,
Too dumb or too smart,
Ain't if Funny how it all worked out?
We are the people our parents warned us about.''

well...here (in New England) it is about to snow and we still have to get all the leaves off the ground. I'd really rawtha have another 2 weeks of temperate weather -- as opposed to the one we're about to be in the middle of. But instead, it's marathon leaf raking time and the one who doesn't get her potted perennials in the ground before it freezes is an utter fool. I am hoping that is not me.

Wish we could split the difference. Here, the high for today (and aren't we lucky it's even this warm) was 51 degrees.

But wouldn't 70 - 75 be lovely??

I agree I made all of these scarves! and cute little hats and things and now I can't wear them why you ask? BECAUSE I AM IN THE APPALACHAIN MOUNTAINS AND IT IS STILL 70! Its supposed to be witches tittie cold and its 70! All of these cute projects wasted!!! It better be cold by Xmas becasue my friends will be forced to wear their cute scarf and hat sets!

it's freakishly warm here in boston too -- it's supposed to go up to 70 tomorrow or something insane like that. i know that 70 isn't 90 but at this time of year we're waiting for our first major dump of snow -- the kind that sticks to the ground.

so sorry about your crispy flowers.

is your drew mr. crochet? just wondering because i just read all about him in the latest issue of knit.1

it IS hot.
and i'm sick.

i hate LA.

I just snorted Ginseng Green Tea up my nose whilst reading about Mother Nature. Can I try telling her similar things over here in Michigan?

I'm with KD; High of 42 today, windy, hard drizzle, and that's the warmest we'll see until after Thanksgiving. Lordy, the leaves that need a-rakin'. Snow for sure on Thursday. But I still wouldn't want to live in So Cal.

you're making me laugh aloud!!!! :) THANKS! the weather report here says our butts will be 27* by thursday night. BRRR! brrr, considering how balmy it's been in n.c. i do wish for *seasonable* weather, but inlight of fuel prices, i'd rather not have to turn the heat on!
if you want cold weather, take a winter trip to the north shore of minnesota ... that's where i first experienced my nasal hair crackling, my chin froze, my eyelashes had frost on them, and then i had to go use the outhouse at MINUS 40*!

I went to go ride (bike) this morning before work and it was thirty fucking eight degrees. Rode on the trainer in front of the tv instead and was still cold for the first 10 minutes! I'm sorry for you, though, cuz you can't wear all your Uggs and yarn stuff!

The main thing I hate about the weather here in so cal is that you always have to be prepared or "layer." Yea sure, up here in the desert it was 80 degrees but you can bet as soon as the sun goes does at what? 3pm! (hate the time change) it will drop to 50 degrees! We get to wear shorts and tank tops but can't leave home without your sweats and parka!

BTW Purl...LOVE LOVE your blog. I am your newest stalker I do believe! Take care of you, and your children.

I tried to feel sympathy for you. Really I did. Because in my heart of hearts I want to be a nice person. But then I remembered that it's cold and windy and wet and rainy and miserable here in Toronto and I'm just getting my umpteenth cold of the freakin' year and I just couldn't do it. Sorry.

Hey, it was 75F here in DC today. HELL-freakin'-LO. I own a yarn store. I want -- NEED -- cold weather.

I'm a product of Catholic school. Doesn't help a girl's virtue one bit -- we had pregnancies just like all other schools, I guess.

Yeah, November - what the hell? It got to almost 80 here today, when it should be in the damn 50's.

I'm pissed, too, like you.

Go ahead and get laid already Mother Nature....THAT is too dam funny!!!

This is normal, normal Southern California weather. I can't tell you how many Thanksgivings my family spent with the windows open (or even the a/c on sometimes) while the turkey cooked because it was so freaking hot. Normal, I tell ya. Just hope that the winds stop quickly. I hate the wind.

Well, here in southeast Texas, it has been around 85 for a few days, but today is is in the 50's!! But it ALWAYS rains when the weather gets cooler as a result of a cold front. We NEVER have cold weather without rain, and it's not cold enough to snow :(

You could always come to AZ... Hotter than Hell, erm, LA in the summer, but we're finally cooling off IN NOVEMBER!!!

I feel your pain. :)

San Francisco was a record 78 yesterday. So so so wrong. Especially since it was only a week or so ago that it was pouring rain. I mean I was wearing wool last week. I want to wear sweaters.

I love pictures of birds! And the comments must be exactly what this bird thought at the moment. Love to imagine what birds think while sitting around in the park :-)

It's kinda like that too here in Houston, except it is really hot and humid unlike LA.

Yes please alert Mother Nature it is NOVEMBER! Who ever had to worry abt a hurricane the week before Thanksgiving??!?!?!?!?
And yet people keep moving here.......
BTW I love the pics of your cats and CANT WAIT to see Kitty Pi done!!!