Had summer-like weather yesterday until about 6 PM then the sky opened up with torrential rain,reports are saying between 5-6 inches fell.Street flooding in Allentown brought out the frst responders to rescue those that did n't turn around and almost drowned.Lots of small stream flooding which cancelled my idea of hitting a few local creeks for any left over stockies.Just going to flop in my lazy boy and watch football.My next Salmon/ Steelhead fishing will be in November when I visit my Daughter in Ohio.

Most of the leaves are gone and temps hovering around freezing at night. Very much rain the last few weeks. there will be no water issues this winter. Going on vacation put me a week behind. Need to finish my wood ad get the stove started this weekend. I have Thanksgiving week off so I will hit it then a few days. Still alot of odds and ends to get done this weekend. Calling for snow on the tug

Don't know about the leaves in yinz area but we had virtually no fall colors to speak of. Little to no sun plus the blowhard wind didn't help either. What a disappointment this year.

Getting the last  of the outside, with the exception of some window installations, work done has been hard with the endless Seattle weather.  At least I don't feel guilty for taking off to fish when I did, as it rained 3 straight days.  I've flown into Seattle 3 times and only saw  Mt. Rainier once. The other morning I shut my kitchen light off when it was already off. A strange yellow light had permeated the room.  I'm suffering from SAD. Steelhead  Arrival  Displacement. When you know steel are in the river, but you can't get away to fish. At least the election bombardment is done. I vote for sunshine.  Good luck to those in the woods and on the water.

The ground is covered. Final wood is in the basement and ready to be stacked ad fire started. Went out to shut up the henhouse and found an ermine in one of the boxes. A battle ensued and I prevailed. It was living in the rafters as I seen what I thought was a mouse the other night going into a pile of feathers. Maybe that's why the girls have not been laying
 

Don't know if this link will help but it is interesting.

https://www.purinamills.c...ckens-stop-laying-eggs

Just how I like it. If only the wind would quit.

BeenThereDoneThat.
Don't know if this link will help but it is interesting.

https://www.purinamills.c...ckens-stop-laying-eggs

I have considered all of them. The whole summer egg production was down but not bad. I attributed it to introducing the turkeys. About a month ago production went from 6  eggs a day from 10 chickens to maybe one a day if that. They have also been eating the few eggs played.  I chalked it up to molting and processing of the turkeys. Even my best laying leg horns are not producing. Birds are from 1.5 to 2 years old. I have increased protein. Now finding the ermine living in the coop, she could have been the egg thief and stressor. We will see. 

The first snow squall of the season rolled through the mid Hudson region a short time ago.  The ten minute squall was nice to see but too early for my liking.  I hope we don't see accumulating snow until well after Thanksgiving.  Lol

I hope the snow here stays around until after thanksgiving. Then freeze the lakes and no snow