October has begun in earnest now. The chill in the morning air was enough this morning that I wished I were wearing gloves when walking the dogs.
October was the eighth month of the Roman year which is why we call it that from octo, Latin for “eight”. Pretty confusing since it’s the tenth month of our year. According to the Venerable Bede, the first English historian, the Anglo-Saxons called this month Winterfylleth so things could be worse.
