Saturday, 25 December 2010
In our neighborhood, the snowfall began before dark—big, wet flakes plopping down, melting on the road, staying on the azaleas and grass. Mid-evening, it’s still accumulating, but not freezing here. (The “yet” is implied….) To the north, I’m hoping people are deciding to stay or go before the temps drop farther.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Spending time in the desert, or a desert city, during a rainy spell (even if it lasts for your entire visit, pretty much) is special.
Here’s the view across San Diego‘s airport and bay, with Coronado in the background.
This is beyond the fabled marine layer, and truly socked in, unless socked in means the airport was closed. It wasn’t, and we left only a few minutes late.
Home, sweet home.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
I’m living under the influence of a pineapple express. Rain, mist, and general cool spitty unpleasantness.
So we stayed in a watched a DVD movie and monitored the wifi for irregularities—slow-downs and short stoppages that the router did not cause.
Sedate Sundays can be The Best!
Thursday, 16 December 2010
The Arum maculatum made it through the winter weather, when it spent a while utterly limp and nearly flattened. Last night we skated without skates trekking in and out of the driveway to enjoy a fantastic low country boil (with rich cookies for dessert) at F&D’s (thanks, again!), but by about 9 am the temps started rising and we de-iced.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
This is a shrub in our front yard, name unknown to me. Of course these are blue (colored) berries, and not blueberries, yet still pretty.
Although our temps did get above freezing today, they’re dipping again, and it was never sunny-nice out.
Monday, 13 December 2010
Our temps never reached the freeze point today, and we’re expecting lows in the low teens. So: Brrrr!
Wonder how the ABG fountains are faring—this was the other day when this bubbly specimen managed to escape the freezing fingers of Mother Nature….
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Snow decorating Arum maculatum, before aeolian processes flipped it away.
Our weather turned today, with wind (big wind—advisories across most of the state, with gusts over 30 mph), and even snow—although the meteorologists this morning said the latter wouldn’t get to this part of the city—hah!
I know there’s the post-solstice astronomical winter (which has not yet arrived), but there’s also winter (or other seasons) as defined by the weather—the poetic delineation, perhaps? And we’re now enmeshed in winter here in the Sunny South (only a very few glancing flirts with sunshine today), given the flurries, low temps, bitter winds, and the like (brr!).
Friday, 3 December 2010
We had a winter day today, both like and not like a Michigan winter. The temps were warmer, so no ice like this (from last week), but we did have the unbroken grey overcast.
Somehow, frost got the tomatoes in the front yard over a month ago, but the protected ones in the back yard have survived. They’re not too happy, but they haven’t been frosted, either. (Remember, in their Mexican homeland, they’re annuals, or at least that’s what I was told there.)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
This picture proves we saw snow before we scooted south, where we’re merely finding cold—admittedly, the Atlanta version of cold.
The Guru piloted us down our friend I-75 in the dark hours, arriving in the wee hours this morning, happy with the plethora of lovely recollections we have of visiting friends in many states in the central USA, and seeing sights ranging from Paris, WI to Toledo and Cleveland, to rural OH and KY. Among the many highpoints were seeing Ruth in Chicagoland, spending a quiet Sunday in Milwaukee, going to the DIA and Eastern Market in Detroit (etc., happily), visiting with many relatives in Michigan, and attending Maureen’s defense yesterday.
Interested in reading more about the jiggety-jog nursery rhyme, click here….
Friday, 26 November 2010
I experienced many interesting and exciting events today. The standout: yup, the snow drifted sideways in the wind, catching for a few minutes here and there in protected places. By afternoon, the temps weren’t much warmer, but the snow ceased to fall and be blown about. Which made me happy!