I like Winter. I went to Minnesota to grad school in the early 1970s, and I quickly decided I much preferred winter to summer (98 degrees, 98% humidity-ugh!). In Minnesota, winter is bitter cold, with temperatures as low as -45 at night, but the sun is shining most days. There's no more beautiful sight than …
The news media and local government have been talking about nothing else for the past few days, than the huge winter storm that was bearing down on us. We saw weather maps with swirls of clouds, and were admonished to "prepare for the storm" by laying in supplies of blankets, candles, flashlights, and food that …
Continue reading Winter Wonderland. It’s Snow-homish County! Updated Tuesday 1-14
I just had to take this screen-shot this morning on my phone. I use WeatherBug, recommended to me by a "genius" at the Apple Store. As I heard when I lived for awhile in the Midwest, nobody ever shoveled 2 feet of "partly cloudy" off their doorstep. Or 2 feet of rain, either. Our rain …
By the Calendar, and by the Sun, today is the first day of Winter. Sunset today was 4:18PM. Since in my neck of the woods it's 43 degrees and raining, with nearly two inches of rain in the past three days, I went back to the Archives of Winters Past for some photos. Happy Winter …
Living in the Pacific Northwest (AKA Pacific North-Wet), means mostly rain and not much snow. However, the Cascade and Olympic Mountains are within a 2-hour drive from most places. Here are some pictures of the area where I live, from previous years. My own back yard bird feeder, with a junco and song sparrow. This …
Continue reading Winter is here. Local winters in past years.
Last time I checked, the outside temperature in my town was 33. We had snow over the weekend, and there is still some on the ground in my neighborhood. Here are some winter shots from years past. Brrrrrr... Also from 2012. The round thing in front is our bird bath. The parking lot …
New header, and it's snowing again at Calling-all-Rushbabes. Wear a warm coat, and enjoy!
Here's a little guy I captured through my kitchen window in January of 2011. He is a Townsend's Warbler and he comes around most winters. I love the black mask on the yellow background.
