23 February 2015

Ukraine (Україна)

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I routinely check the demographics of the viewers of this blog and for the past several months I've noticed an increase in viewers from ...
19 February 2015

Ladybug Invasion

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During the cold days of winter, people don't normally see too many insects, but for the past few years our house has been the winter res...
15 February 2015

Icy Roads

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The back-to-back nuisance snow storms (less than 4 inches) are taking their toll on the township roads and some vehicles. The overcast days ...
12 February 2015

Snow on the Teasel

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Most of the spring and summer wildflowers have wilted and faded away, but the Common Teasel ( Dipsacus fullonum ) can still make a presenc...
09 February 2015

Ice

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After several cold/snowy days, the weather warmed to 42 degrees (F) with 0.21 inches of rain yesterday. Overnight the temperature dropped in...

The Grass Is Always Greener Under The Snow

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The snow storms of the past weeks have created several inches of ground cover and some local neighborhood deer have determined that the best...
06 February 2015

Brrrrr ... (Again)

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It was another very cold night in the neighborhood as the temperature plunged to its lowest recording for this winter, -8.1 degrees (F) at 6...
05 February 2015

Drifting Snow

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In the past week we have received several overnight snowfalls. Each night's snowfalls were only 2 to 4 inches and yesterday I plowed the...
03 February 2015

Neighborhood Deer

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Today was bright and sunny, but it didn't feel very warm after this morning's cold single digit temperature. Some of the neighborhoo...
02 February 2015

Groundhog Day

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Groundhog's Day is a day celebrated on February 2 and according to folklore, if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and does...
31 January 2015

Snow Sculptures

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The snowfall this year has been manageable (so far) and sometimes there is a clear sunny day to check out snow sculptures. Both natural and ...
27 January 2015

Let it snow ...

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A couple of inches of new snow fell today, but it wasn't enough snow to bother the local neighborhood deer. The deer's fur is such a...
26 January 2015

More snow on the way

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The last couple of snowfalls to hit the neighborhood have just been "nuisance snows". Barely enough snow to shovel, but enough sno...
24 January 2015

Sunset

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The weather for the last couple of weeks has been cold and cloudy, and you may have noticed I haven't posted too many updates this month...
08 January 2015

Brrrrr ...

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The weather for Joyce Road for the first week of January 2015, has gone from 49 degrees F on January 4th to zero this morning. This morning...