“Over the river, and through the wood, to Grandfather’s house we go; the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow…” Lydia Maria Child, writer, abolitionist, suffragette and Native American rights advocate (1802-1880) Where do we go on Thanksgiving Day? Our family gathers at home with family and friends […]
“We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and decaying trees, the thunder-cloud and the rain.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 Waiting for the rain. My rain gauge remains at exactly 4.96 […]
“A pessimist sees only the dark sides of clouds and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.” ~ Leonard Louis Levinson, Author Saturday night’s sky was full of speculation. The usual stars were visible against a dark and clear November backdrop. […]
“At last it comes. You hear a patter … you see a leaf here and there, bob and blink about you; you feel a spot on your face, on your hand. And then the gracious rain comes, gathering its forces-steady, close, abundant … And never pausing, the close, heavy, soft-rushing noise…” ~ John Richard […]
“And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.” ~ Lord Byron Weather in the Foothills is more than a CV Weekly column. A glance or time spent outdoors defines “more than.” Sunshine, blue skies, fresh air and warm but comfortable […]
“A cut-off low is a weatherman’s woe.” ~ Dr. George Fischbeck KABC-TV, weatherman 1922-2015 Better known as just “Dr. George,” meteorologist Dr. George Fischbeck became an icon of the weather-world. He was both a respected scientist and a much-loved TV weatherman. Wearing thick black-rimmed glasses along with a bowtie he delivered his forecast with […]
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens All of a sudden it seems to be getting darker at a much faster pace! As a person mesmerized by summer’s extended-light evenings, I am not a big fan of nature’s implementation of the sun’s dimmer switch. […]
“Such vast quantities of water … held suspended in the air in clouds so light, fragile and evanescent … How is the water-dust suspended in the atmosphere? … Sometimes we see a dense heavy mist lying so thickly over the fields that it seems as if nothing could dissipate it, yet it is so thin […]
“It’s large, it’s warm and, at this point, the drama is will the trade winds relax enough in the next two to three months to make this the El Niño of our generation?” ~ Bill Patzert, JPL climatologist Our once lush backyard lawn disappeared last weekend. Now a dry streambed, banked with California native […]
“I spent years traveling around the world searching for the best place to live. I looked for beauty and climate advantages in every country on the globe. And when I returned I found it right here where I had started from – in the Crescenta-Cañada Valley.” ~ Seymour Thomas, local artist, 1890s Always be […]