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Seasonal Confusion
Nature

Seasonal Confusion

Our weather just went from winter seasonal crappy to high summer anomaly in under 48 hours. My weather station is not yet a teenager but today was the warmest day in February it has ever recorded over its young 10 year history. A high of 81.1 degrees F. It
Feb 23, 2023 1 min read
Batten Down the Hatches
Nature

Batten Down the Hatches

The flow of electrons is under siege here. Power has been flickering on and off all morning. Our just-OK system of stringing wire for miles from pole to pole is again proving to be barely just OK. And the 2-plus inches of rain dropped on the region yesterday is now
Dec 23, 2022 1 min read
The Welcome
Nature

The Welcome

I am following the arrival of a pair of redheaded woodpeckers, ordinarily quite rare in these woods. Borne in on the tide of excess acorns, I'm told. They join their downy, hairy, and pileated brethren. The blue jays concluded there was nothing they could do about it and
Dec 17, 2022
When a Tree Falls
Garden

When a Tree Falls

Tending the kale in my winter garden, an old tree fell in the woods, finally downed by the December winds. I can report that it made a sound because I heard it.
Dec 2, 2022
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