We persevered
Saturday, 26 October 2013
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.
Musings
Glowing cottage
Thursday, 24 October 2013
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….
Just wait 5/10/45/other minutes
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
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.
Accumulations expected
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
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?
Afternoon perspective
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
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.
W_W
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
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!
Timing
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
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!
Winterly harbinger
Monday, 14 October 2013
Overnight the fall weather gained a wintery underbelly. I found the frost moderately thick in the field before the sun angle rose and reached it.
And the sun has been with us all day, how wonderful!
Weedy field a-preening
Friday, 11 October 2013
In the dawn, the dim light drained the field of color, making the ground fog-mist the highlight of the vista.
Focus, architectural
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Today was a gorgeous day that sun-warmed the front porch to well over 70°F, which was perfect because we had guests to dinner, and THE place to eat in our tiny cottage is the porch, not the kitchen, if you wanna do it right.
However, not much to report photographically, so this is from yesterday, the upper exterior of one of Marquette’s many gorgeous sandstone buildings. Perhaps the most famous is the Marquette County Courthouse, in part because the trial in “Anatomy of a Murder,” both in the book by John D. Volker (writing as Robert Traver) and the 1959 movie were set there.