autumn

Here's a checklist of items to check before or when you turn on your heating system for the first time.

Short answer: literally at any time. It's Minnesota. Long answer: it's a bit more complicated than that.

Even though it isn't official (at least according to the calendar, anyway) I guess it really IS fall in Minnesota.

Here are some fun things to look forward to with the upcoming changing of the seasons.

Near record warmth is possible in the Rochester area as the summer season comes to an end.

I woke up pretty early Sunday morning and started taking care of some things around the house. Our washer had given up the ghost on Friday night and I had replaced it on Saturday morning. After that was done I went to the landfill with my brother and sister to dispose of all the roofing tear-off materials from my parents' house...

In a span of the week, it is summer-like and right back to autumn to spring. It is the weather. Last weekend, the 10th and 11th, felt a little bit like summer. According to official reports from Rochester's airport, Saturday was 72 and Sunday was 85...