September 6, 2011
The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee deluged us today. It amused me to hear the weather forecasters describing it as the “remnants” because we received three times as much rain as Hurricane Irene...
View ArticleSeptember 28, 2011
Colorful Rain While watching the weather this evening I heard a stat that didn’t surprise me: In the month of September, we had just one day of sun and more than 8″ of rain. The reporter interviewed a...
View ArticleOctober 20, 2011
October Rain We awoke to the aftermath of a cold rain overnight. It was still foggy and damp this morning, but with a hint of sunlight breaking through the clouds there was still promise that the day...
View ArticleJanuary 17, 2012
Up The Mountain Driving up Paris Mountain this morning, I was struck again by how different the climate has been this winter at our elevation of 1,926 feet. From the freak October snow storm that...
View ArticleWhite Flower
Wet White Flower Snow in late October and April sandwiched between one of the warmest winters on record in Virginia. It’s been a bizarre year. We awoke to snow this morning, with the mountain receiving...
View ArticleMacro Monday: Lily
Rainy Monday It’s been a busy Monday so far, but I did take a few minutes to walk around the yard for some macro images since we had a soft rain falling on and off. Cameron and I spent the past few...
View ArticleUpperville Horse Show
Almost every year I spend my birthday at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show, whether I’m showing, working or just playing. Yesterday, it was the latter, and I had a wonderful day hanging out with my...
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