Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 8th, 2013
Finally a decent amount of snow fell overnight and this morning, a good six inches of dry fluffy snow. The tree branches hold snow until there is just one snowflake too many, and then they bend a bit more and release a cloud of snow. Dan got to experience that first hand today when he […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2012
The Winter Equinox came and went, cloudy weather and intermittent snow storms. Finally this morning the skies cleared and the temperatures fell. Winter has arrived. It’s the end of the year and 2013 is off to a much better start than last year. We have been here almost 7 years now, and it feels like […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2012
Yesterday the temperatures were well above freezing and there was no snow and ice on the roads unless they were in very shaded canyons or way above our elevation. And Johnny’s Seeds sent us a catalog. I told Dan this meant we need to go plant something. He suggested a drive instead. We were both […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2012
Yesterday it started snowing, lightly most of the day, and then it got serious about the project. So, shoveling sidewalks in my immediate future and we need to put the blade on our Ranger to be able to plow the driveway. The weather forecast is for partly sunny skies today, but the skies look pretty […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2012
Yesterday was the start of the fall rains which are fire-season ending. Hurray! Once it stops raining in a few days, the air will be back to all clean. And then the next time it rains, it will probably be chubby and white rain drops. It’s also the start of hunting season around here. Yo-yos […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2012
Best thing to do on the last day of the month is… besides making breakfast using the cook stove. It sure warms up the house nicely and makes the kitchen the best room to be in until the rest of the house is warmed up. It will take hours to cool enough to have the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2012
The end of September, and a full moon sets in a smoky sky. We really need some rain, and none in the forecast. It wasn’t very light outside when I took these pictures this morning. As the sun rose, the smoke seems to have dissipated to some degree, and it will be a good day […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2012
No wonder kids these days are confused about where some foods come from!
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2012
Some plants just can’t take a joke. And Mother Nature has a sense of humor. A hard frost was predicted for the middle of last week, and frost it did, not super hard but below 30F was enough of a frost to make some plants wilt and the leaves turned black. So, a harvesting we […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2012
Yesterday we picked all the cucumbers we could find on our four plants, and brought them up to the house to wash and then put into a large bowl with cold water, and then into the pantry. Today was pickle day, but first we had to go play in the garden. While Dan was watering […]