Indian Summer

I often read the "Quotation of the Day" from the New York Times. Today's was rather poignant.

"This is the first year we’ve competed with the beaches." Carol Olsen, director of the Rockefeller Center ice rink, the famous ice rink in the middle of New York City, said yesterday, as the rink opened for the season, "This is the first year we’ve competed with the beaches."

Long-term forecasts suggest that this record-breaking warm spell is due to end and temperatures should drop to more-normal levels later this week. This is likely to be (according to those forecasts) the last really warm spell of the season.