Opening Day

See the Opening Day of ski season at River Run.

Black-capped Chickadee

Back-capped Chickadee at the feeder

Weather Report: November 26, 2013

This is how it is

More often than not

In recent decades

This time of year

In these parts:

Cold nights and mild days

And very little snow.

Neither prayer or public opinion

Or subsidized air service

Will change this course.

Vegetablarian

Slice of Vegetablarian and a mug of Mutton Buster brown ale at Wise Guys Pizza in Ketchum

Breakfast Burrito

Breakfast Burrito @ Bigwood Bread Cafe. Ham, egg, cheese. Salsa.

Sunrise on Baldy

Mallards fly upstream

Under heavy-laden skies

Promising rain this day

In mid-November

As the rising sun reflects

On the snow-capped mountaintop.

Baldy from Velocio

Bald Mountain from Velocio

The Weather Outside on November 17, 2013

The weather outside
Is clear and calm and cool
Above the clouds and fog
At lower elevations.

Beaver Moon

See the waxing Beaver Moon

That rises as beavers prepare for winter

Before the ponds freeze

As trappers set their winter baits

To capture their furs.

You may call it the Hunter's Moon, the Frosty Moon, or Snow Moon...

The Weather Outside on November 16, 2013

The weather outside is wintry

With soft flakes falling

From grey skies that blanket 

Valley and mountainsides.

It is a morning for boots and mittens

Fat-tired bikes and furry paws.

Mountain Cottontail

Tracks of the Sylvilagus nuttallii

The Weather Outside...

... is brisk and clear

With winds that scrape the peaks

Of mountains and scour the drifts 

Of man-made winter 

In advance of a snows

Forecast for midnight and beyond.

Der Fleischfresser Omelet

Der Fleischfresser Omelet at Konditerai.

Bacon, ham, sausage with Swiss gruyere cheese and rosti potato hash browns.

Snow Guns at River Run

See the blizzard blow
Beneath clear blue skies.

Snow Markers

See the snow markers

Sprouting at the edges of pavement

In neighborhoods all over town

Forecasting the coming of snowplows.

Littlest Library

Little Free Library.
Take a book; return a book.

Magpie

“I have a magpie mind.

I love anything that glitters."

The Weather Outside...

... Is delightful.

Abundant sunshine

With a light breeze from southwest 

And some high thin clouds.

Mittens in the early morning

Light jacket or sweater after noon.

Bicyclists and dog walkers

Fill the paths and lanes.

Breakfast Sandwich

Breakfast Sandwich @ Bigwood Bread Cafe

Egg, cheddar cheese and ham on asiago cheese bagel.

The Weather Outside on November 10, 2013

The weather outside is splendidly
Mild and calm and clear
For a November Day in the mountains
Looking north to Griffin Butte.

Levitation

See how the ice on a frozen puddle

Gathers above

Leaving a hollow space

Between itself and earth.

The Weather Outside on November 7

The weather outside is steady rain
After a morning snowfall
That washed away down low
But clings to the upper slopes
Going into evening.