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.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
We drew upon our driveway cleaning yesterday, and escaped today for a few hours.
And, yes, now that we’re feeling like the snow is ruling our lives, that is a big deal.
I am beginning to get an idea of the crazy-making encoded in “cabin fever.”
On the winter-changes outdoors, the lake is beginning to freeze over. I saw little bergs bobbling along the shore.
Monday, 10 November 2014
We watched the weather transition soon after this. The snow stopped, and the wind kicked up. I don’t know if you can pick out the one red spot near the center of the photo, a lone apple hanging on above the reach of the deer.
Great apple production this year, both many apples and nice apples. No spraying or other bug repellants applied, and yet, far fewer insect invasions in the fruit than I ever remember seeing before.
Inside, the Guru brought in lots of wood and the stove kicked out the heat, very pleasant.
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Good to know the eagle is still watchful along the beach. That’s him/her just left of center, in what’s left of his/her favorite treetop. (Trees sometimes have a rough time on this property.)
The freeze has just struck, and so some of the apples have centers that got frozen. Worse weather is coming within the next day. We have plenty of firewood, groceries, and vodka/gin.
Friday, 7 November 2014
Woke up to a dusting, and a stunning early-dawn sky. Lucky us, the sun emerged, and took all the snow before the day was out, and most of it by mid-morning. By the afternoon, the sky had clouded up, but the morning was stellar.