Today was perfect weather (in my opinion), for summer, anyway … the sun was out, but there were periodic clouds moving across the sky, and the weather never got much hotter than 70 degrees. There was a breeze in the air and the light was taking on that lazy, hazy quality it gets at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

From today’s Ann Arbor News:

The Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a wild winter with heavy precipitation and dramatic temperature swings in the Northeast.

The northern Plains and Great Lakes will be snowy, the almanac says, while it will be milder in the southern half of the country.

The Northeast will have unusually wet weather – either as rain or snow, according to the almanac.

“The big thing is it’s going to be a winter of extremes,” said Managing Editor Sandi Duncan, whose almanac hits newsstands tomorrow.

Yes, I know I’m a freak. Pelt me with snowballs if you see me in November. (I know Steve will.)