Our landscape has changed to shades of brown and the skies have been very gray. Looking through this month’s photos I was surprised to see so many with sun and blue skies. I guess I prefer taking pictures on days with at least a little sun. Continue reading
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Journal for October 31, 2024
We’re continuing to have warm, dry, sunny and very windy weather. The drought is starting to be hard on plants – leaves on some of the trees curled up and turned brown without ever changing color, and even the leaves of some of the prairie plants have shriveled. But the fall colors were beautiful and it’s been great weather for outdoor projects. (Today we’re finally getting some rain!)
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Journal for September 30, 2024
It’s been a very warm month with not much rain. It’s been good for working – in the cooler mornings – but we’re hoping fall weather will arrive soon.
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Journal for August 31, 2024
So far the end of the summer has been warm and wet with lots of flowers.
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Journal for July 31, 2024
It’s been a hot, wet month. For a while we were getting thunderstorms nearly every day, often an inch of rain with each storm. The birds were looking a little bedraggled.
Journal for June 30, 2024
It’s been a beautiful month – warm with plenty of rain so we sometimes feel like we’re living in a rain forest. The lingering drought from last year has completely disappeared Continue reading
Journal for May 31, 2024
This has been a beautiful warm month – spring sliding into summer. Continue reading
Journal for April 30, 2024
Rain and warmer weather are slowly turning the landscape from brown to green.
Journal for March 31, 2024
Most of March has been warm, sunny and very dry. Finally, in the last week, we got a little winter – cold temperatures, and several snowstorms with a little rain mixed in. Now spring is slowly coming back.
Journal for February 29, 2024
This has been another amazingly warm month. We’ve only had two small snowstorms. The mornings have been frosty, but the afternoons are mostly warm and snow-free. Continue reading