Monday, 9 November 2015
Here’s a newish park that is designed to catch some of the rain and make this puddle to reduce runoff. Impressive.
We’re darned soggy in this town, although I hear the skies may clear (or the rain will back off) tomorrow afternoon (TA). I’m so excited!
Friday, 30 October 2015
Heavy white frost this morning, abetted by the droplets remaining from yesterday’s rain. The grass crunched underfoot. The wind the last few days has brought down many of the leaves, and we can see the dawn breaking relatively easily.
There was even a skim of ice on the rain barrel. Thin, but still.
More evidence that it’s time to think about leaving. Sigh.
Monday, 26 October 2015
The orange layer this morning was squeezed by the clouds, and more golden that previous mornings. Still pretty, though.
Another light frost, spotty. These leaves were wet when the temps dropped, and became rimed…
…as did this mushroom. However, its high-moisture tissues mean that it will not survive much longer.
Focus!
On the other hand, I also found a dandelion bloom!
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Rainy this morning, then overcast. I futzed around the house and then couldn’t stand it any longer, and went out to check out the property. Windy…I wore a raincoat, but no drops.
This spot in the foreground used to have a smokehouse, a wooden structure the size of a smallish shed, as I recall. I don’t remember it smelling smokey, so I don’t think it was used to smoke meat during that time. I’m not sure when it disappeared, but it was over a generation ago. I think if the leaves weren’t down, I’d be able to find at least one or two of stone corner-supports. In the spring, there are so many species of the earliest bloomers here.
I also got down to the lake. Small waves. Past the opposite shore, it looked like it was lighter far away, but maybe it really was overcast all over the world. After I was back at the cottage, though, out the window I saw SUNshine! Shadows! I almost went out again….
Then, a few minutes ago, I was on the back porch and heard a few drops of precip.
Saturday, 10 October 2015
I did get out for a neighborhood stroll-adventure, and about half-way along, I walked into spitty, light rain that came and went. Fine, I thought, I can deal.
Then it got just a bit more rain-like, and I sent a text…raising my rescue crew. Nice. I wrote, not bad enough yet, but thanks for standing by. I kept going. The rain level returned to almost nothing…then spitty again.
With a minimum of ten minutes to go (tyranny of the Fitbit), I thought, yippee! I can make it, and I did, scooting in the door just before the rain commenced. It must have been a victory lap (anthropomorphizing here), as a minute later it went back to spitting.
Monday, 28 September 2015
The rainy season is full upon us…and the critters of the outdoors. Sometimes it lets up, and sometimes it’s just a mist. So far, I haven’t noticed a hard rain in the last few days of precip. More is expected….
Another effect of the weather is that the latest round of blossoms—and the autumnal leaves—are dropping.
Still, I’ve been persistent and gotten out. (My hair’s a cloud of humidity-reaction.)
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Heat wave, without a doubt. And it’s SEPT! Howze this happen? No blankets needed…so little cooling at night. Sigh.
However, a bit of ground-fog in the morning highlights the overnight activity of this kind of spider.
Monday, 31 August 2015
In my head (a naïve place, apparently), it’s early summer, like July. Outdoors, I see hints of autumn, leaves well past mid-summer in their growth-fading progression, plus the species that are blooming and fruiting (drupe-ing, too!) indicate that summer has crested, and the slide into fall has begun.
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Strange weather is not rubbish weather. More or less.
Over in the Colonial baseland (aka the UK), the term “rubbish weather” means it’s rainy or otherwise unpleasant out.
Today, the weather’s been several versions of strange. Maybe not just rainy, but…? Anyway, not quite rubbish. (If I understand the modifier correctly.)
First, I noticed when I was out in the sticky humid at 7am, I felt a breeze. Very strange. Not unexpected many places, but unusual here to have a breeze….
Through the afternoon, mostly quiet (ish), but these waves of rain kept visiting…. Even now! (This photo is from the maybe 4pm wave…. Can you see the slanty rain?)
Just wanna say, the flowers persevere….
Gonna miss Jon. Figure no matter where the wind blows, The Election will hinge on The Swing Vote, and I don’t see that going for The Donald. We shall see….
Friday, 24 July 2015
This morning the overcast from yesterday afternoon’s popup showers carried over, making the morning sky a tad gloomy. Not winter-gloomy, mind you, just different from a clearer morning….
Contrast that with a clear morning (day before yesterday), presaging a day of penetrating heat.
This morning I missed the red, orange, and gold tones…. As the day has worn on, we didn’t get a break from the heat/humidity, so no color and no break…sigh.
The no-longer-noisy cicada I found on the sidewalk didn’t make up for it.