Tuesday, October 15, 1963 The Frances Hubbard Diaries

October 15, 1963

Tuesday, beautiful day, 45 in am - 70's.  I fixed Carol's and Sue's shirts.  The leaves are all fallen except on poplar trees.  Can sit on the porch without a sweater and be too warm.  Doug worked on garage roof.

Comment: Apparently in the throes of "Indian Summer"..here is one sinister etymology of 'Indian summer' from Wikipedia: "the term originated from raids on European colonies by Indian war parties; these raids usually ended in late autumn (due to snow-covered ground), hence summer-like weather in the late fall and mid-winter was an Indian Summer, a time raiding parties could be expected".....so back about 250 years ago in the hills, a time of nice weather was definitely a  mixed blessing at best......