On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Yesterday ended up with over an inch of rain. However, today it let up, and the clouds thinned out a bit as the day went on. This afternoon I headed out into mostly cloudy skies with patchy sun breaking through. I got a report of 20+ Pine Grosbeaks over near SEARHC, but wasn’t able to … Read more
I woke up this morning hearing several Varied Thrushes calling in the yard. When I took the garbage out before 7:30am, it was fairly light. Daylight seems to be coming to the morning more slowly than the afternoon. Rain fell fairly heavy this morning. Temperatures were in the upper 30s, but dropped as the day … Read more
Yesterday was wet throughout the day. Over 2.1 inches fell at the airport, enough to break the old record for the day (set in 2013) by nearly an inch. Today I had an MMO shift scheduled to start at 7:30am, so was up fairly early (by my recent standards). The forecast had called for partly … Read more
Yesterday I spent the morning and first part of the afternoon getting some work done. By the time I saw a report of Pine Grosbeaks between the park and campus, rain had started to fall. The clouds were thick enough, that even though sunset was an hour away, it didn’t seem worth trying to head … Read more
It remained clear overnight and was frosty on the ground this morning. There was some nice feather frost on the car windows, but I didn’t have time to try for good pictures (needing to scrape windows and get to class), so I just grabbed some documentary shots with my phone. I was a little surprised … Read more
I was a little surprised this morning to see there had been a bit of snow (or possibly hail – a couple of the squalls that went by were intense) accumulation last night – not a lot, but enough to make slush on the streets. Throughout the day it was the wintry mix that sometimes … Read more