It really is winter now.  The low temperature last night was -8F.  It got up to -1.5F by the time we took our walk, but with the wind chill it was about -20F.  Brrrr!  Continue reading →

The weather is teetering on the edge of winter.  We’ve had several days with dustings of snow that lasted until the sun came out.  And then one day when the temperature got up to 55F and it felt like spring. Continue reading →

There are still flowers blooming, but not many, and every day there are fewer of them.  A lot of the fall flowers are blue-purple. Continue reading →

We finally got some rain – an inch and a half over the last few days.  Everything feels wetter and now the weather is getting colder.  Here’s the view out our front windows as one of the storms was rolling away. Continue reading →

Summer is ending with some very dry weather – we haven’t had any rain in weeks.  The prairies survive when it doesn’t rain, but they’re beginning to look a little wilted.  But the flowers are still blooming, and the birds and insects are working on their preparations for winter. Continue reading →

We’ve had almost a month of wonderful late summer weather – not too hot, cool at night, and just enough rain.  Now we’re getting ready for a few hot days. Continue reading →

It’s hot – our thermometer reads 93.6 degrees right now.  I’ve been pulling out Wild Parsnip early every morning – by about 10:00 I’m dripping wet, and it’s too hot to do any more.  But there are lots of moths, and it’s nice to be outside at night, so I’m staying up late to watch them.

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It’s a beautiful, lush time at the farm right now.  It’s been raining a lot – we finally got more than one day of sun in a row this week, and the temperature climbed to 80.  Continue reading →

This is the time of year when there are too many things to do, and too many pictures to take.   I collect loads of photos, and don’t write blog posts.  So this post is mostly photos. Continue reading →

The snow is finally completely gone – I think!  It feels like summer most of the time, except on those 45 degree drizzly days.  In the last few days it got up to 80 degrees, and we’ve had thunderstorms and almost two inches of rain. Continue reading →