There are many interesting storm stories in my family history, starting with my Mom as a young woman. Sometime in the mid-1940s, before she married my dad, my mom and her friend Ethie were staying at my father’s summer house… Read More ›
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WINTER TREES WITH SNOW
WINTRY TREES It’s summer and we are (apparently) expecting a hurricane either later today or tomorrow — which I hadn’t heard about because I haven’t been watching the news much. If there’s a weather emergency, I usually get a blast… Read More ›
SNOWBOUND – By RICH PASCHALL
By Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog As far as Ralph was concerned this was the worst winter ever. There were years with more snow, that’s for sure. There were years that brought colder days. There was never a winter that… Read More ›
THE CASE OF THE CURSED ICE RINK
A New Perry Mason Adventure, by Earle Stanley Paschall It looks like the famed defense lawyer was not going to get this criminal off the hook. The charges were not only quite serious, but the crime was cruel and sadistic…. Read More ›
SHOUT OUT TO A FELLOW BLOGGER!
One of my online friends offered to help by kicking in to the birds’ feeding fund. Under any normal time, I’d say, “Oh no, we can handle it,” but the truth is, the birds need the right food and the… Read More ›
WINTER YET TO COME – Rich Paschall
So far, so good. We’ve gotten snow, but luckily not so much that it cost us a lot of money. Here’s hoping for a moderate — normal — kind of winter.
WINTER STUFF
I really didn’t want to tramp through a foot of snow on the deck to feed the menagerie this morning, but I sort of had to do it. Two out of three feeders were empty and all the ground seeds… Read More ›
DECEMBER’S FOLIAGE BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – December 14 –Foliage in December I realized that I needed an airing. I needed it right now and it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and maybe the next day. Garry hustled through his morning and we went down the… Read More ›
SNOW DAY!
Yesterday it was tee-shirt weather. I went out to fill the bird feeders and it was close to 70-degrees Fahrenheit or 21 degrees Celsius. So even though we knew it was going to snow today, we really didn’t think it… Read More ›
THE GREAT WHITE HURRICANE OF MARCH 11, 1888 – Marilyn Armstrong
Today is my birthday. It’s also the 132nd anniversary of the worst blizzard to ever hit the east coast of the United States. Early March is frequently stormy and snowy. Blizzards are not unusual, though typically, snow melts quickly in… Read More ›
THE DAM IN WINTER: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
THE MUMFORD DAM IN JANUARY: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE A trip to the dentist also means a chance to photograph the dam in the middle of town since the two places are adjacent. Taking advantage of a rare opportunity… Read More ›
STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY NIGHT – ROBERT FROST
Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc., renewed 1951, by Robert Frost. Reprinted with the permission of Henry Holt… Read More ›
