“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy…” – John Muir speaking of Yosemite Last week we left a very cold La Crescenta for an even colder Yosemite National Park. Sunday morning, the temperature was 8 degrees at Yosemite Chapel. Quite […]
“Baby, it’s cold outside…” Yes, it is! In fact very “cold outside” with even colder temperatures on the way. Not uncommon weather for our area. January and December are typically the two coldest months out of the year. With these facts and our current weather, I shiver as I ponder the answers to the following: […]
“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’” – Bing Crosby Last week, Mt. Wilson had a light dusting of snow at its highest elevations. Short-lived perhaps but it brought the same delight as the first snows in other regions of the country. And […]
“What joy! For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth and, joining hands with the winds, we felt ourselves divine!” – The recollections of tobogganing in the winter ~ Helen Keller, “The Story of My Life” Oh yes … feelings such as Miss Keller’s abound this time of year. […]
17 December 1620 “Now the heart of winter … the weather was very cold and it froze hard as the spray of the sea lighting on the coats, they were as if they had been glazed.” ~ William Bradford, historian & governor of Plymouth Plantation These words were written three days before the landing of […]
“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions As the most recent blessings or misfortunes.” ~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English writer and politician Can weather be the one true determining factor of who will be the next president? In just a few days, the elections will be over […]
~ At twelve o’clock you must be ready, and hold your pumpkin steady. For by its rays of candlelight, On Halloween all things are bright! ~ From a vintage postcard Redwoods, pumpkins and rainbows. Common theme here ? Absolutely … Last weekend found us in the northern most reaches of California, the wilds of […]
“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and The Great Pumpkin.” ~ Charles Schulz, 1966 Weather is typically considered a safe topic. Linus van Pelt, of the Peanuts Gang, would agree. But speaking of The Great Pumpkin is strictly off limits. In doing so, it’s yearly appearance […]
“We were flying over America and suddenly I saw snow, the first snow we ever saw from orbit. I have never visited America, but I imagined that the arrival of autumn and winter is the same there as in other places, and the processes of getting ready for them is the same. It does not […]
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss Do you remember when summer vacation included Labor Day and continued on […]