Tuesday, December 12th It was much warmer this morning. And it's warmer still.. now that the sun is up. From the looks of things, we'll be back in the 70s by the weekend. I've been thinking a lot here lately about collecting. I spent my whole life collecting things. As…
Monday, December 11th As the sun sets on a Sunday evening. It's a cold and frosty morning... Most of the color is on the ground! The season is mostly fall-en. It's probably as close as we're going to get to snow on the ground.
Sunday, December 10th The cold front that blew through last night has brought a return to fall, but tonight winter will arrive as the temperature plunges to 34°. At least that's the foretelling of the prognosticators... But, the winds of the night did a good job of stripping the color…
Saturday, December 9th Music on a Saturday Morning https://youtu.be/95xfVmz4uy0?si=pzN_Nb_OxviUYfoS https://youtu.be/s_5rjM10Chs?si=Lk65SdJwUKzS4Pey https://youtu.be/Bpi4kkfdUkw?si=eYLJ6K4gnua3nc7f
Friday, December 8th The day is dark and dreary. Warmish and damp. When I woke up this morning it was already 67°. Water was standing in the driveway. Windrows of blown damp leaves rested in piles like sand dunes on a beach. Out back the red oak leaves are falling..…
Thursday, December 7th It's another chilly morning on the back porch. The temperature is 44°. I must admit, we've had a remarkable run of sunrises and sunsets. Just beautiful starts and finishes each day.
Wordless Wednesday, December 6th
Tuesday, December 5th Once again the morning is chilly. Even now it is 49° outside. It's just a bit chilly in the house too. Though, the temperature is still above where it would cause the heater to kick on. But since the days are still mild, I haven't turned the…
Monday, December 4th It's chilly out this morning. Almost too chilly for shorts and a t-shirt.. almost. While waiting for the sun to come up this morning, a song from an album of Rodney Crowell's first published in 1994 came up on my playlist. The album name caught my eye…
Sunday, December 3rd
Saturday, December 2nd
Friday, December 1st After more than 2 inches of rain yesterday, this morning dawned very, very foggy... 100% humidity. And it feels anything but fall like outside. The temperature this morning is 66°. But, the fall color is still working its way into the landscape...
Thursday, November 30th It's a damp but warm-ish morning. The weather prognosticators have been foretelling of a possible "weather event" for today. They began casting their warnings a couple of days ago.. One of the nice things about damp air and overcast skies is it brings out the fall colors…
Wordless Wednesday, November 29th
Tuesday, November 28th I was out enjoying the sunset on the back porch where it was still but cool when I realized that I never posted this post this morning... So as I enjoy the relatively cool 57° with the sun just touching the top of the trees still... I…
Monday, November 27th This morning the pre-dawn light brightened a chili start to the day. The low for the night bottom doubted 39° according to my phone. The morning light tends to add more color to the trees than is actually there.. strangely the predominant color around here as we…
Saturday, November 25th On Thanksgiving Day I saw an image of my red oak tree from 4 years ago. In that image, the tree had already gone through its entire fall color change. So I guess this year fall is a little slow in coming... But, as you can see,…
Friday, November 24th It's kind of a blah morning. After an overcast Thanksgiving, we have an overcast Black Friday. And, since this is the one day of the year that I will never shop on.. we'll be hanging around the house and doing the switch over. You know what I…
Thursday, November 23rd The house is decorated and the turkey is in the oven. Family is beginning to arrive.. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving...
Wordless Wednesday, November 22nd
Tuesday, November 21st
Monday, November 20th As we move towards Thanksgiving bits of color are beginning to show. But even so, the predominant color is green.. except at sunrise.
Sunday, November 19th
Saturday November 18th
Wordless Wednesday, November 15th
Tuesday, November 14th The prognosticators are calling for another overcast day. But already this morning I can get a glimpse of patches of blue sky. And looking to the east the sun is trying to peek through the overcast. The day long light rain we had yesterday managed to drop…
Monday, November 13th It's a rainy cool Monday. While the temperature is only 61°, the dampness makes it feel much cooler.. though the wind blowing from the north probably sucks just a few degrees out of the air. It's pretty much been just like this since Friday. Though after our…
Friday, November 10th It's time to switch our focus from the sunrise to the Red oak for the fall. For the past week I have noticed the beginning's of fall color. It started out as just a bit of lighter green scattered through the canopy. But as the week has…
Thursday, November 9th Happy 45th Anniversary Sherry When we stood before the justice all those years ago. I don't think I ever envisioned being here and now... Somehow.. after all these years.. we've become our grandparents. That was brought home to me as we went through mom's house and found…
Wordless Wednesday, November 8th
