To winter or not to winter
The snow is clearing pretty quickly. I haven’t checked the weather forecast for the next couple of days. It could go either way: all brown again, or…all white, again! We’ll soon see…… Read the rest
The snow is clearing pretty quickly. I haven’t checked the weather forecast for the next couple of days. It could go either way: all brown again, or…all white, again! We’ll soon see…… Read the rest
It looks messy in the outdoors. The snow is melting off again, the ground’s still frozen but the surface is mushy grass and squishy mud. Not the most pleasing, pretty picture, but now there’s a hit of real warmth in … Read the rest
A few hours of steady snowfall blanketed the landscape and we have a magical winter wonderland postcard scene. It may be enough snow to stick around for a while, unless next, it rains!… Read the rest
Wood heat has been the winter way around here for the last few years. The old wood stove, and stacks of firewood. In cold snaps, where it stays well below freezing, day and night, the fire is always burning. In … Read the rest
What a difference a little snow makes. Winter has changed around here over the last 20 years, It’s hard to really remember how it was exactly, except that I’m pretty sure there was a lot more snow. And it was … Read the rest
The first fine day of the all-new year! Not as wintry as it might be in the Great White North. Guess I’ve gotten used to the new winters: a few days of any sort of weather, then a complete change. … Read the rest
An early spring look at the field, as the snow recedes and the soil takes over. This is the exact moment when the new season begins for me. Seedlings are already growing indoors, planting plans put to paper, things are … Read the rest