Friday, 26 December 2014
It’s winter-time here on Boxing Day (kinda). In the shade this morning, we found thick frost on the antenna base and roof of the car.
Of course, after the sun got higher, all turned to water or evaporated, pfft! Nice day.
* That is, not pumpkin….
Monday, 22 December 2014
It took all day for the grey-overcast to yield to rain (we last saw sunshine on…FRIday!). We persevered around two “red” traffic jams, and triumphed.
And, no, pool ≠ home.
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
We must note our second snow event of this winter.
First, of course, was the seven or so inches we got over several days when we were in the UP last month.
This one was on some high ground in WNC, an abbreviation used nearly everywhere around here—for Western North Carolina (we’re pretty sure). Of course, temps in the high 30s meant that snow-in-the-air almost instantly became water-on-the-windshield/road/etc. Still, it counts as a snow event/sighting.
I mention this because we are not even mid-way through December, and we may get another snow event before the month is finished (probable WI trip).
We are tough…and brave and clean and reverent. And coping!
Thursday, 4 December 2014
This morning there was a bit of rain and I thought that meant there’d be rain all day, but I got lucky—most of the day was bright and sunny.
Sunday, 23 November 2014
Would have loved to see this sunshine today, but it was rainy all day. Such is winter here in this part of the piedmont (literally, foothills, from the Italian). The wind missed us, but it’s messy south of ATL—trees down, power outages.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Backwards in time, that is. We’ve moved back to autumn. G-bye snow!
Whatta difference a day’s worth of driving makes…away from cold air and lake effects….
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Whoa! screen needs dusting….
We splurged on a fancy room with a nice breakfast (relatively speaking), and lingered in the morning, so it was about 10am when we got the car loaded and fired up.
This is what it told us. And there was a chilling wind on top of that.
The highest temp we saw was 34°F*, and the lowest gas price was $2.479. We lost the snow about 20 miles into TN. !!
* Seemed warm at the time.
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Long to-do list today, mostly niggling details. At the end, neither of us could think of more, so that was it, and we hit the road.
Flurries came and went as we motored along. They always make interesting patterns in the headlights.
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Spellbinding sunrise this morning. Clear enough that it was pretty darned cold, all things considered. After considerable prompting, the wood stove triumphed, and it’s been doing well all day, with some assistance from El Sol.
Friday, 14 November 2014
Until mid-afternoon we enjoyed plenty of sunshine, including a bit of melting and some solar gain. The temp on the front porch reached almost 50°F, courtesy of the latter…although we didn’t open it up (brr).
I found gorgeous shadows from the trees, and most enjoyed the snow that is still piled up on the lilac seed-structures. I guess that the snow endured on these fine branches and twigs means the snow was cold and the wind absent.
As I write this, the sun has abandoned us, although the overcast skies have not become snowy.