Category: Summer
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Almost Mid-August
A day of on-and-off cloud with storms promised for later on. A couple of rare weak tornados touched down locally on the weekend and some of todays storms might turn tornadic as well. Its humid and warm, but not miserable, which is an improvement. Although we are well into August the landscape remains lush, so…
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Late Mid-Summer
A hot, humid late mid-summer day. After weeks of off and on rain, this week is forecast to be mostly dry. We had little rain last week, although rain had been forecast, so this week’s dry spell inevitably reminds of of the drought of recent years. A couple of weeks ago Jennie and I traveled…
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Flood
Today dawned soft and warm, sunlight shafting through the trees and across the field. The landscape is a spectrum of intense greens, punctuated by brilliant blooms. Wildlife abounds. We’ve been following the news from Vermont closely, as we have friends and family living there still. We’ve had abundant rain but western Massachusetts, parts of new…
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At the Solstice
Well, it’s been a while since I last posted, mainly because I was dealing with Lyme fatigue and foggy brain. Now I know what friends have been going through. Fortunately it was diagnosed and treated quickly. As per the norm, I never saw the offending tick. We awoke to a lovely early summer morning, following…
