Musings

…so I wore sandals—no socks—to do errands.

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We didn’t get no snow, but what we got was icy. And had stopped accumulating before dawn. What a dark dawn it was!

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Today was one of those days that started out one way, and drifted to a very different evening weather. Sunny and breezy became overcast and windy. Temperate is becoming cold at this hour, with overnight freeze warnings.

I took the Fitbit for a walk in the late morning, returning as the wind came up and sun became spotty.

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We had a few phases of spectacular sun, and this, the earliest, was the best. Of course, by late afternoon, it had devolved into rain.

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Temps as high as 44°F (nice, if the sun is out and it’s not windy) brought nearly the end of the snow. Sun and clouds played tag, with stints of rain now and again. Very inconsistent. Loved the sunshine times.

Today is Day One of a short series of loved-one’s birthdays. D. today. M. tomorrow. K. Saturday. HB to all! We will celebrate from afar….

Posted at 5:19 PM | Comments Off on Glowing cottage

This little juxtaposition is probably unnoticed by pretty much everyone passing by this still life, which lasts all winter.

The day has played out cycling between big drifting flakes and sun/melting, with a few episodes of overcast/windy. We’re in the latter at the moment.

We hear that north of here they got six to eight inches, but maybe half that here, but difficult to assess as there were so many melting cycles. Now there are just scattered patches of snow and most of the mowed grass is snow-free. Several times, the green was obscured by the white stuff.

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This was less than an hour ago, when it had stopped and I thought, oh maybe this is all we’re getting.

But, no; it’s been coming down in big fat slow flakes for the last half-hour.

I promise this is the last of the morning oh-look-there’s-snow posts. And, the science experiment is: how much snow fade with this hotspot wifi?

Posted at 9:41 AM | Comments Off on Accumulations expected

I succumbed to impulse this morning, and did an Instagram-style blog entry…forgive me.

After the dramatic early hours of the day, we ended up with a wash of pre-sunset sunlight backlighting, in this case, a few grapes still on The Botanist’s grapevine, over by the juniper and the peonies (the floral decorations on the path by the outhouse). I will have to nab those grapes, but maybe the fact that the critters have not already consumed them is an indication of their less-than-attractive flavor….

UPDATE: Whoops, more flurries, then just overcast at dusk. Sheesh.

Posted at 6:08 PM | Comments Off on Afternoon perspective

Winter Storm Warning off to the west.

Here: drifting flakes, then rain, then more flakes, now perhaps it’s clearing.

Just so it stays above freezing. ?

Commenter OOTF (Out of Town Friend—aka WDW) sent happy news yesterday. He is now a father-in-law. Congrats to the happy couple!

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Last night I heard a rumor that the S stuff may put in an appearance this coming weekend. Here.

Right now it’s raining—just started.

So, good thing I made applesauce this morning when it was merely overcast!

Posted at 3:21 PM | Comments Off on Timing