Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Two days till Christmas! And the anticipation is building. I love this time of year! Today is overcast and dark, but no rain yet. We have mild temperatures for December, currently 52°F. Winter textures. Photo Credit: Amy Earls My orange slice experiment is not going so well. They just won’t dry. I think we cut them too thick. Trying another few rounds in the oven at 200°F. No real loss if […]
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Rain Turns to Arctic Blast
The wind is howling through the trees, causing their branches to sway wildly. The unseasonably warm (57°F) rain from yesterday has been replaced overnight by below freezing temperatures (26°F) and harsh winds. A smattering of ice pellets has been sprinkled about. I braved the cold and the wind to try to take a few photographs… I’m not sure it was worth it.
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More Winter Weather
Friday, December 12, 2025 Snow overnight! Looks like we got about 1.5″. It stopped falling sometime after 7 am. Somehow its already begun to melt, even though its below freezing (30°F). Maybe it’s the copious amount of salt on the road? Still, it’s enough to coat everything in a blanket of white. The air is a bit misty, but only when looking at things in the distance. I love it when the snow sticks to […]
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Birds Gather in the Underbrush
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 December Rain A wet and wild day with random strong gusts of wind. The sky was quite heavily overcast earlier, making for a very sleepy and slow start to the morning. It’s now past noon and it seems that the rain has passed, leaving everything outdoors looking damp and soggy. The understory shrubs have finally (for the most part) lost their leaves, so that practically everything outside my window has been […]
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Snow Blankets the Earth
I woke to find the world transformed and everything covered in a fluffy blanket of white. It looked like more than the 3″ we were predicted to get, so I opened the back door to measure. Plunged the ruler in to find roughly 4.5″ of snow. Amazing! This kind of snowfall almost never happens here, so I am delighted.
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Sweater Weather & Apple Pie
A deeply quiet and overcast day. The raindrops make a soft pitter-patter sound as they land on the roof hatch. Misty trailing clouds hang low over the huddled brick buildings. I am grateful for a peaceful morning of calm. It’s not normally this quiet in the city, so I enjoy it while it lasts.
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Starlings Murmurate at Dusk
An aerial dance across the November sky. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Grey and heavily overcast with misty clouds hanging low over the city. The rainfall, sometimes soft other times more intense, was accompanied by numerous lightning strikes. One of which was very close by… I was started by its sudden flash and loud burst of thunder. Humid and foggy conditions continued overnight into the next day. November 20, 2025 Leaves keep flying past the window […]
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A Sudden Cold Snap
I awoke to discover a light dusting of white powder and shortly thereafter, more snow began to fall. Tiny little flakes at first, then larger fluffy ones, swirling down out of the sky. I don’t know why, but watching the snow just makes me happy.
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Leaves Crunch Underfoot
You know it’s truly autumn when dry leaves crunch beneath your feet as you walk down the street. Some of the trees are nearly bare and a chill hangs in the air. The Moon, shrouded in soft misty clouds, peers down at you from between the empty tree branches. Thanksgiving is coming!
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All Hallows Eve
The day dawned to reveal heavy grey clouds and a wet cityscape. A cold and raw morning. The overnight rain, which started around 3 am, seems to have ceased for the moment. The darling cats ask to go outside but then immediately refuse once they see the state of the weather.
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