Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2011
Finally, they are starting to turn. Another day or two before they reach their peak of color. It would be neat if the leaves held onto the trees for a while, but once they are at their brightest yellow, winds, even gentle winds, come into play. And play the leaves do, dancing on the wind, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2011
Aspen-watch continues. Today we built a wire fence around the Rhododendron by the front door. That will keep the deer from munching all the leaves that grew back this summer. And then hopefully next spring we’ll have a bunch of pretty flowers. Another pre-winter chore is off the list!
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2011
We finally had our first killing frost, a low of 26F. That is going to have an impact on the trees. It has definitely had an impact on how many fires we have to build in the stoves. We woke up to clear skies and cold temperatures. I think we’ve seen the very last of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2011
Fall moonsets are almost as spectacular as mid-winter moonsets. They are certainly more colorful. The tall mountain forty miles to the west has a cap of snow lingering from the snowfall last week. Colder nights means the snow will most likely remain now until next June. I’m sure the ski resort people are delighted to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2011
Rain the past few days has been a forest fire season ending event. The woods are nicely wet now. Hurray. That is always a nice feeling. October 6th and 7th were pretty much more of the same, cloudy weather and intermittent rains. When the clouds lifted, we saw termination dust on the tallest mountain we […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2011
We woke up to pretty heavy rain, and then fog rolled up the hills and into the sky. It was a good day to stay inside. We went down the hill to fetch the mail, and stopped by the river to see if the Cottonwoods are also turning colors. They are! And they are already […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2011
A cloudy day today. A few early morning raindrops fell, but nothing more than a promise of fall rains to come. We have to run the generator this evening – no solar gain today. Ripe, tall golden grass covers the hillsides, next to the dark rust brown of St. John’s Wort, an introduced weed that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2011
On the hillsides around here, if you see an Aspen grove, it shows the presence of ground water, not necessarily a spring but definitely a source of moisture. The larger the grove, the more abundant the water source. We have no idea what variety of apple this might be; there are three apples on the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2011
Aspens reflect the change of seasons from summer, to fall, to winter, each year in October. I decided to document their graceful transition. The understory bushes are starting to turn colors, but the aspens are still waiting. Not a breath of wind stirs their leaves today, it is all quiet in the grove. Aspen groves […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2011
At least that’s what I thought as I was first waking up this morning. A heavy rainfall too, from the sounds of it. Then I opened my eyes. The tree it over 20 feet tall and we don’t have a ladder tall enough to do anything about the fruit, so must await a helpful strong […]