Tag: snow
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Stillmeadow Revisited
After a blistering July, August began with deep chill. At one point Friday afternoon the temperature was 63F with a stiff breeze blowing in from the northeast. I kept putting on layers until late afternoon when the sun came out, the wind died down, and the temperature rose into the low 70’s. This morning the…
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Floors Are Hard!
Today dawned bright and clear, the trees shining orange and pink, and branches standing out with sharp clarity. A couple of days ago we had the season’s first light snow, initially sparking a discussion about whether the white stuff on the ground was snow or heavy frost, a conversation ended by many softly falling tiny…
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Evening Snow
The flakes began to fall about an hour ago. Now the world is monochrome, dusk spreading across the landscape along with the intensifying snow. There is little wind and, unusually, the flakes fall straight down. We are told the wind will pick up overnight, making travel difficult at best. Our evening clients all cancelled or…
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Snow Day
After a few warm weeks we have snow. This is the third nor’easter in the past two weeks. Each time we have been on the periphery of the storm, yet we have managed to accrue several inches of sticky snow. It being now March, the snow usually melts away in a couple of days.
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