Winds of Change

Sunrise, November 5, 2026In any year, at least in my home here in the very center of the United States, November is a month of change. The winds bring the transition from the warm, humid air of summer to the colder, drier air of winter. The winds also bring the birds!Winds sometimes bring pelicans!Sometimes these changes are slow and subtle. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they come with wild swings in pressure. Sometimes they are more gentle. However they come, they always come in November.Sometimes, when I’m lucky, they bring avocets!Fall has been progressing along in a mostly slow and subtle manner, with lots of gray, some light rain, and some misty mornings scattered among many sunny and even calm days. Then came Tuesday.Franklin’s gulls in the early morning light.Tuesday morning, it was raining. I went out anyway, clad in weather-proof gear, because you honestly never know what you might see right now. I was delighted to see a sky-filling rainbow! Later, I heard that…

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