today's problem: winter

it really has been a decent-not-too-cold winter 'round here. however, saturday afternoon's arctic blast left a bit of snow on my front steeps which was quickly blown away in sunday's 50mph wind gusts.

plants in the hood

today's plant has got to be the snowdrop! here's the flower: where's the snow? not here, i am happy to report! last year at this time we had over 2 feet of snow on the ground and the snowmagedon was just about to happen. this year: not so much and i am thrilled this winter has been so bearable! i don't want to curse things though because the farmer's almanac is predicting a blizzard for the last two days of this month: yikes!

heat wave

we are busy setting records here in dc...damn, it's hot!

first snow storm

it is not yet winter, but temperatures here in dc have been 10-15 degrees below normal for weeks now and yesterday we got our first snow fall of the season: it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!

summer sizzle

sizzling to say the least...now that the big red oak is gone, there is no shade anywhere in my garden. would not have helped today though: that reading above @ 98° was under thick cloud cover right before the rain...which dissipated before it got to my house. damn.

how to kayak quickly

managed to get a good paddle in before the storms hit...the desire to not get hit by lightning is a motivating factor to move as quickly as possible.

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