Wednesday, 7 December 2011
It’s nasty windy outside, with a shockingly cold edginess we haven’t experienced since last winter. Brr. We are lucky, however—preparing to dine with friends in a house extra-warmed by the oven…key lime pie for dessert!
Sunday, 20 November 2011
We got just a couple of sun-burst moments today, and this was the first, when the grey of the sky was tempered and our tempers warmed.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
I know my friends in Michigan are watching white stuff come down, but here it’s leaves that are airborne, and the persistent azaleas are still abloom. Nevertheless, we’re expecting the coldest night of the fall tonight.
Friday, 28 October 2011
We sure aren’t ready for snow here (oooh, Colorado), but we did have some precip—after I took this shot around noon. I love when the leaves are down yet still are fluffy and colorful. Is it okay to describe dry leaves as fluffy?—you know what I mean—they’re not matted by rain yet. The difference by tomorrow morning will be…noticable.
Read a bit about the Northern and Southern Iroquois—umhm, Haudenosaunee—today….
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Continuing our southbound trek, we wound our way through and climbed up and down amongst the southern Appalachians. We not only drove into and out of clouds, we also splashed through real rainfall for a few miles. As we crested the last few bumps en route to Georgia’s Gainesville, we could see light beneath the cloud layer, and, indeed, when we drove into the MetroArea, we had no precip to make unloading more complicated.
BTW, yesterday we visited only eight states. Eight!
Friday, 16 September 2011
Despite yesterday’s fading leaf, today I found a happy late-season lily (canna?).
We visited a delightful independent book store—all kids books—over in Decatur—Little Shop of Stories (cute name; cute store), during our search for the legendary Pat the Bunny (by Dorothy Kunhardt—yes, I had to look that up). Pat dates back to 1940…. Little Shop—highly recommended.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
We haven’t been able to say we’ve had a rainy day in a while, but we can/did today.
However, instead of presenting an interesting wet-plant photo, I am noting that my long-time favorite non-Keen sandals now are held together by a thread—well, two…the heel strap on the left….
Monday, 5 September 2011
From Athens, Friday; the old Snow Tire recapping building has been massively repurposed…dine at The National next time you’re there…and enjoy freshness and flavor excellently blended.
Our late afternoon was too exciting as bands of rain from Stormy Lee came through. Fortunately for us, the wind and tornadoes missed our neighborhood.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Buildings at Whitefish Point, on a sunny day, recently.
I spent quite a while today confused about why the flooding was so bad in VT—and not in NH. My sense of geography is not the best, as I tend to think of those two states as joined at the hip, as it were—at least sharing a river. As in, place where rainwater drains from the landscape.
Late in the afternoon, I finally investigated, just a bit, discovering that the track of the center of the storm went through VT—and not NH, hence the differential.
All of this pales when I consider The Real World.
Saturday, 13 August 2011
My Mowing Man got chased indoors by a cloudburst, and when it passed the sky silhouetted the orchard, and looked far more interesting than this photo showed.