The barbed wire didn’t stop the cold biting wind early this morning but maybe it is roping in the warmer temperatures this evening which might melt some snow.
Winter Wire Wreath
Picture of the Day for January 1, 2019
The new year blew in some cold air to start the new year and month on a chilly note, but hopefully if the forecast is correct, the arctic blast won’t last more than a few days.
Cold Start
Picture of the Day for December 31, 2018
With snow falling and blowing this evening, I think I will just snuggle in a blanket and watch some movies instead of venturing out on the town for any of the new year festivities.
Snowing at the End
Picture of the Day for December 30, 2018
The month of December is approaching its end and this evening was the last Sunday sunset for the year.
Sunday Sunset End
Picture of the Day for December 28, 2018
The rain yesterday created a lot of ice once the temperatures plummeted again. My driveway is rather slippery and even inside the garage, where the rain dripped off my car, has some icy patches on the floor. An icy floor is fine for the ice caves but not where I need to walk or drive.
Icy Cave Floor
Picture of the Day for December 25, 2018
Some might dream of a white Christmas, but they probably wouldn’t put their presents under a tree which has its branches covered with lots of heavy snow as it might be a bit chilly to dig them out.
White Christmas
Picture of the Day for December 24, 2018
Back in the olden days, when school let out for the Christmas break, one of the tasks I had with my siblings was to cut the Christmas tree. But it had to be a “special” pick and not in the good way. We had planted pine trees for a windbreak and the ones we were allowed to cut were ones crowding out another tree so normally they were flat on one side or something else wrong with it. But the flat sided Charlie Brown tree worked well tight against the wall. Every year though, the tree seemed to grow five feet from the time we cut it until we got it in the house! This tree would have fit in with the Charlie Brown tree theme without a center leader to mount the star on, but would work if you couldn’t decide on an angel or star for the top and wanted both, if only you could figure out how to attach them to the twin side branches.
Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Picture of the Day for December 22, 2018
The extra five seconds of daylight today wasn’t noticeable in the cloudy day as the winter shorter days continue for a while.
Winter White
Picture of the Day for December 21, 2018
The start of winter means the shortest amount of daylight in the year, but the sunrise will still get later until the start of the year before it begins to rise earlier again. The sunset time increases faster than sunrise to gain more daylight but tomorrow only 5 seconds are gained here.
Shortest Daylight
Picture of the Day for December 20, 2018
For those wanting a white Christmas, a new coating of snow fell today making a new white landscape. It wasn’t enough to level all the tracks in my yard from the critters but new tracks will be more noticeable. And now the pine trees have a decorated look again.
New Tree Decorations
