This month has been a good one for outside projects. Mornings have mostly been cooler, even when the afternoons are hot.  It’s still very dry – it would be nice to get more rain – but the hills are still green.

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July has been very hot, and flowers are blooming everywhere.

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This month the weather has been mostly cool and beautiful.  The summer procession of flowers is moving along, but slowly, and the blooms are lasting a long time.  Tropical heat arrived a few days ago, so now things may change.  Continue reading →

Until about a week ago, the month had been sunny and cool – then summer weather arrived.  Still not much rain, but we’re getting plenty of sun and heat.  Continue reading →

Spring is here!  This month has brought a dramatic change – from ice storms to green leaves and spring flowers. Continue reading →

We’ve had lot of weather drama this month –  ‘normal’ spring days mixed with hot summery temperatures and then, in the middle of the month, 21 inches of snow.   Even with days of warm temperatures, that much snow took more than a week to melt.

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It’s still winter – the time of the winter when we get days, or sometimes almost a week, of warm temperatures.  On those days the snow melts away, but then it gets cold again and snows again, so it’s not spring yet.

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It’s cold here these days!  January has been snowy and very cold – more like winters in the past.  In the last few years we’ve had hardly any snow and we’ve been able to work outside most days – but not this winter.  Continue reading →

It’s been a cold December this year – with more snow and ice than we’ve had for a while.  And this week a big snowstorm came to finish off the year.

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November weather has been mostly cool and dry – perfect for outside projects.  But winter arrived in the last few days with strong winds and snow, so it looks like our fall projects are finished for this season.  Continue reading →