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Covid Sunday Blues Redux

This morning dawned gray and wet, heavy rain falling at a slant and slashing at north facing windows in the stiff breeze. It’s warm though, about 52F, and the snow from last weekend’s blizzard has mostly melted. Later the rain is forecast to change to freezing rain and then sleet as the temperature drops rapidly…
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Covid Blues Update

A cold, bright morning, the interwoven bare branches of trees silhouetted against a high blue sky. Earlier a crescent moon illumined the south, high above the horizon, and morning planets stood brilliant in the east. The week has been calm, if chilly. That is forecast to change by Saturday, replaced by a strong nor’easter. It…
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Covid Sunday Blues

Sunday afternoon. Bright sun, milky blue skies, and cool for this time of year. The sun rests a bit higher in the east than a month ago, even as temperatures have fallen. On the marsh and in the bay a thin coating of ice has formed; it swishes with the wind and tide. We’ve continued…
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Mid-January Check in

Today dawned sunny and cold, frigid by local standards. We were up at 4:15, just in time to see the full moon framed by the high window in our bathroom and go back to bed. Magnificent!