Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
What is better than caffeine for jolting a person awake? Stepping out on a deck and taking a deep breath at -7F (-21.66C). Actually, it feels wonderful! Dan started both wood stoves this morning and heated the whole house very quickly. The sky has such a neat pastel blue color at this temperature. The following […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2008
The outside temperature this morning was -5F, and the snow squeaks when you walk on it with a distinctive sound. Mishkin hasn’t ever felt winter; he was born in the spring and has been an indoor kitty since he was rescued. I took him outside to sniff the cold, and he froze very still in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 14th, 2008
The promised snowfall didn’t materialize yesterday (drat!), but the cold temperatures did make an appearance. This morning it was +3F and has warmed up to almost +10F. The sun is low over the horizon this time of year, and it is dark before 4 PM. We took a drive down the road to the mailbox. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2008
I’ve noticed something. whenever there is an interesting celestial event like a full moon closer to the earth than normal, we have cloudy weather. We do get interesting weather during celestial events, however. Yesterday was no exception, but on the good side we did get a good fluffy five inches of snow for the first […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2008
We have had a lot of building projects on our place, but the two biggest ones were a bedroom addition and a garage. The addition went onto the back of the old log part of the house and gave us a much cooler place to sleep. The previous bedroom was on the west side of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 8th, 2008
It is hard to believe, but this is already the start of our third winter on the mountain. It is the first time we’ve had freezing rain up here. Truly, that is one of our least favorite weather patterns. It is so pretty but makes outside chores, such as splitting firewood, a little more interesting. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 8th, 2008
Our new kitten is named Prince Mishkin, after a famous “idiot”, which seems like a very good name for a cat, don’t you think? He is almost eight months old and already weighs over ten pounds, so he will likely be a large cat. Now for the questions. Why does the cat get under the […]