When I got up and went out to feed the birds, it was pouring — and warm. Less than an hour later, the temperature dropped and a pretty heavy snow was falling. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow and rain in… Read More ›
#Weather
Waiting for rain
WINTER ARRIVES (SORT OF)
It rained like mad in the morning. An hour later it was snowing like mad. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world. I processed two photos in black and white. It’s a monochrome world in winter. It’s not a lot… Read More ›
THE CROWD BY THE FEEDER
After all my gratitude at the lack of snow this winter, of course it snowed this morning. We only got a few inches — maybe three? But not far away, they got half a foot and the week’s not over… Read More ›
NO SNOW, JUST RAIN AND WIND
And now we wait for winter to end … While the rest of the country had bitter temperatures and heavy snow, we got torrential rains and hurricane-level winds. Our warmer weather lingered a couple of days longer and by the… Read More ›
DAWN ON A SNOWY MORNING
Not just any old snowy morning. The very first snowy morning. All the forecasters said we’d get almost nothing. But Garry’s old pal is semi-retired, but he still very connected to the weather. He wrote to say “Oh yes you… Read More ›
WALKING SQUARE 8
WALKING IN WILDER WEATHER They have forecast snow for tomorrow night and maybe Wednesday too. Not a lot, at least not this far south, but they will get a wallop up in Maine and in Canada as well as out… Read More ›
BEFORE THE SNOW FLIES
WQW #40: GETTING READY FOR THE COLD Around here, in the northeast, you have to plan for the cold. We always say “Need to get that done before the snow flies.” Given the erraticness of the weather, the snow could… Read More ›
THE OLD BONES METEOROLOGICAL STREAMING SERVICE
Owen said his bones were telling him that the weather is going to “do something.” I have been feeling the same way and had gone back on medication yesterday. After being very quiet and not bad at all, my back… Read More ›
BIRDS BEFORE THE RAIN
There has been a wild surge of bird activity lately. I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of rain or just the time of year, but many birds have come and hung about. Today was catbird day. Of… Read More ›
RAIN AND FALLING TREE LIMBS
It’s really raining. I has been raining very steadily since yesterday morning and it’s raining even harder now. Not much wind, but I guess all that water in the dying tree back behind the deck has made the branches heavier… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 