“Oh, give me a home… Where the skies are not cloudy all day… How often at night, the heavens are bright. With the lights from the glittering stars…” “My Western Home,” excerpts of poem by Brewster Higley, 1870s Later became “Home On The Range” While Boston lies buried beneath 65 inches of snow – […]
“A landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life – the light and the air which vary continually.” ~ Claude Monet Art and weather together! Weather is ever-changing our visual perception of the world. An impressionist painter would equate that […]
“The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against the sky of weathered tin… The nights lengthened, went darker, brightened in their clustered stars. The chilled air smelled of wood smoke, of distances and passing time.” ~ James Carlos Blake, American writer of historical […]
“I owned the world that hour as I rode over it … Free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them.” ~ Charles Lindbergh, aviator (the first transatlantic-solo and nonstop flight) Last week’s Weather in the Foothills included a prediction for “a slight chance […]
“Lo, sifted through the winds that blow, Down comes the soft and silent snow, White petals from the flowers grow In the cold atmosphere.” ~ George W. Bungay, 1818-92 English poet & abolitionist Although 80 degrees on Monday and Tuesday of this week, the above words illustrate last week’s weather story. Way to go, 2014! […]
“The dawn of hope has come our heart to cheer; The path before us shines in the sun’s ray. We follow on, into the coming year, And in hope’s sunshine greet each opening day.” ~ Lilian Pearce A freezing cold morning greets the New Year. In the past 48 hours, snow levels dropped to 2,000 […]
“He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim ’ere he drove out of sight…” “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!” ~A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Moore Today is Christmas. More than […]
“A landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life – the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.” ~ Claude Monet The above quotation seems apropos […]
“What if the Mayflower had landed on the shores of California?” The following is based on Forecast Discussion – an ongoing and present-day bulletin of the National Weather Service. Forecast Discussion America, west coast Thursday, November 1621 *** Winds calm *** Fire Danger … Synopsis … Blessings of a blue sky and […]
“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.” ~ Helen Garner, Australian novelist Crescenta Valley’s Halloween 2014 could be labeled “The Year of the Zombies” – girl ones, boy ones, from baby to teenager roamed our street. […]