“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ~ Benjamin Franklin An unseasonably cool low-pressure system has settled across the West Coast. In addition to below normal temperatures, fog and clouds blanketed the Crescenta Valley. For the most part, other than a few scattered showers, weather as such fits the definition of […]
“Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear the neighborhood of man: the coyotes wail like dismal ventriloquists, or the silence may be broken by the snorting and stamping of a deer.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt On Aug. 26, 2009 the Station […]
“Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.” ~ Marcelene Cox, American writer If only spring’s weather would continue through the summer months. The days have been warming up to almost hot and the nights have […]
“Sweet April showers, Do spring May flowers.” ~ 1557 Thomas Tusser, “A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry, April Husbandry.” Most of us have heard this familiar rhyme, commonly learned at an early age from parents and teachers. According to philologists, or literary linguists, the saying most likely dates back to the mid 1500s. I think […]
“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” – Henry Van Dyke Winter ends with a heat wave. Therefore, it would follow spring begins with cool and rainy weather. Why not? After all this is Southern […]
“May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.” ~ An Irish Blessing, attributed to St. Patrick – 433AD A weak cold front spread showers across the foothills on Sunday. Only 0.2 inches fell. The season’s […]
“It’s raining – it’s pouring …” –The Observer, a 1909 weekly newspaper Yes, it has been raining and sometimes pouring. And after a few days’ break, it begins to rain and pour once again. The surrounding hillsides are green and swimming pools have filled to deck-level throughout the Crescenta Valley. At this point of the […]
“Why, what’s the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” ~ William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing” The weather of “Jolly Old England” that Shakespeare wrote of was none too jolly. Due to the climate, continuous dreary conditions were expected during the winter months. Along […]
“As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.” ~ John Muir The “breezy” conditions mentioned in last week’s Weather in The Foothills turned into strong winds. The last of three rain systems exited the foothills assisted by these intensified winds. A few stray clouds, brilliant blue skies and milder temperatures […]
“Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, Tomorrow be today.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The current rain season continues on, one wonderful storm after another. Thus far we have surpassed last […]