Monday, December 30, 2013

The Year a Difference Makes

This isn’t like last year
Or the one before
But still it’s much the same
With frigid nights
Giving way to clear and cold and dry days.
The snows will come
But not when you call them.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

10-Day Forecast


Wake to the pre-dawn chill
See the stars and crescent moon
Through the fog of your breath.
The sun will rise 
Turning the sky bluebird blue
And warm these lanes
Between patches of worried snow.
Come evening look for high clouds
And a chance of flurries
To leave an angry inch of powder.

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Monday, December 23, 2013

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Fog Settling In

See the fog settling into the valley
Just after sunset this Solstice Day,
A chilling dampness in the air
After cold and clear and dry all day.



Nativity at Our Lady of the Snows

See the nativity scene
Out front of Our Lady of the Snows

Snowcover Day 15

An inch of snow last night
Helps preserve a meager snowcover.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The Weather Outside on December 17, 2013

Light snowcover lingers
Another week with no replenishment
Supported by evening’s chill
And the shortest of daylight days.
Morning rises brightly
With a promise of mild temperatures
And calm skies.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Snowcover Day 5

Fifth day of snowcover 
On the valley floor
A week earlier than last year
When it held on for 100 days.
Little snowfall so far
But plenty cold enough
To preserve this pack.


Monday, December 9, 2013

Friday, December 6, 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Weather Report: December 3,2013

Cold and mostly clear
In the wake of first winter storm
That dropped a couple inches of snow
In the mountains
Ice in the valley.
Stiff breezes last night.
Calm today.