Thursday, 3 March 2016
This morning was sunshine and potential.
This afternoon (and continuing) was rain, sleet-and-rain, and rain…and gloominess. We had enough sleet to accumulate in the gutter (well, on top of the aging leaves), and to blow-out my snap (only shot one; such confidence😀).
Monday, 15 February 2016
Weather report: Overcast. Grey. Bleak. Cold. Penetrating cold.
So, we mall-walked. And looked outside, hoping for outdoor improvements.
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Unseen: snow flurries.
Unseen: biting, cold wind.
Conclusion: winter weather re-materialized.
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Heavy, intense rains this morning filled the streets, flowed in the back door at Trader Joe’s, and rearranged the mulch in this bed.
I strolled after the precip had stopped and found a baby-blue Mous-tang. The color looked a tad unreal in the overcast.
I also found a Buddha being overtaken by winter weeds.
And this morning the weather forecast/discussion I read mentioned “an enhanced zone of elevated cape”‚ no idea what all that means
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Should “one” have a “big thought” every day? Even stretching, I can’t manufacture one from today.
I did see a very foggy morning…on an early milk run…so I could create my second cuppa. This is the crane on the south side of the Ponce City Market in the heavy fog we had in the pre-dawn hours.
Later, the sun gave us a high, I heard, of 76°F. Waaaaay above normal (the low 50s). While I loved the warm, sunny, toasty afternoon, I also was a tad queasy. Such weather anomalies suggest the climate is off-kilter, and that has negative implications for many, many people, and for our global political economy.
My stretch…to connect (pink) flowers to El Niño…and more.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
I have seen these outdoors at the BotGarden and in yards, but never looked them up. I found an identification plaque near this one in the BotGarden, but couldn’t tell if it was for this plant. A quick smart-phone search and…tada! this is a Fatsia spp (probably F. japonica). To me, the leaves look like a strange castor bean.
This striking flower cluster was in the BotGarden conservatory, and I did not look for a label. One of life’s mysteries….
We found many volunteers and employees of the ABG busy with mid-winter spiffing, indoors and out. When we were in the conservatory, we found many rakes and trimmings, but no people. Break time?
Overwintering Canada geese (and other waterfowl) in the park…these were swimming to a white-bread-spreading family…; is that the goose equivalent of Mc_Donald’s nutrition? Photo is to show that although we saw several ghosty shadows, mostly it was thoroughly overcast.
Sunday, 24 January 2016
That weather system devolved into sunshine here in the Deep South, and cold morning temps became nearly balmy by mid-afternoon.
It looked like the wind blew the fountain spray onto the apron-stage overnight or in the wee hours creating icy formations, then the sun reduced them to rotting tubules. Probably this sequence only makes sense if you were there.
I’m not sure about the wind and I don’t know what the blue berries are. I do know the sun was glorious.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Late last night the storm settled in and the rain became white stuff. And accumulated. Not in the street, though.
By late afternoon, the wind and a slight rise in temps above freezing (but no sun) removed the snow from the mesh-table. Not warm enough to sit out for cocktails! 😉
Friday, 22 January 2016
We suited up, commensurate with the weather conditions, and braved the drippy rain to get some fresh air. The Guru wisely returned to the house just after it became true rain, while I made an additional loop. My aged raincoat started to let the moisture seep into the nape of my neck and I headed back to the warmth of the house about a dozen minutes behind him.
Later, well after dark, we got another spate of big, wet snowflakes, and I activated the flash and stepped outdoors to get a quick, impressionistic shot of cold weather in motion.
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
You’d never guess by the grey, gloomy afternoon we had that we enjoyed several very brief peeps of sunshine in the morning.
Even, for a few moments, we saw sleet in the rain. [BTW, I don’t know how the camera made our white car look dark grey or black in this photo.]