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Meltdown
February 04, 2019 - The February Thaw—more or less an extension of the January one—continues to increase in strength, with temperatures in t...
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Dipteran uncertainty
January 28, 2019 - The warm, January Thaw weather we've been enjoyed is about to undergo a reality check, but while the temperatures remain...
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Out of hiding
January 24, 2019 - The cold has moderated enough so that we're probably entitled to call the "heat" wave—it's in the 40s, even after dark—a...
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Liquid water
January 28, 2018 - I never get tired of taking this shot. The weather warms, the stream I long ago named for my son Noah—he used it as a pl...
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Thaw evidence
January 28, 2018 - Showers overnight and this morning gave way to sunnier skies, and after I walked, fast and camera-less, I grabbed the 85...
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Early bug
January 22, 2018 - It was warm today, almost ridiculously so, with temps in the 50s and an inordinate amount of melting going on. After nig...
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Natural sculpture
January 14, 2018 - Winter isn't over... yet. In fact, winter isn't over, despite what the temperature said recently—pushing 60, with warm,...
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Bridge under exuberant waters
January 13, 2018 - Downpours and temperatures pushing 50 have taken away most signs of winter, including just about all of the snow, and in...
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The great meltdown begins
January 12, 2018 - The recent coy and halting flirtation with actual warmth, which is to say, temperatures consistently above the freezing...
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Opportunity knocks first
January 11, 2018 - It looks like a thaw is genuinely with us, and though it's still below freezing at night—no chance of going without a fi...
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Peeved
January 09, 2018 - It's a little hard to read the mind of a Song Sparrow, so I can't be sure how this bird is reacting to the impending sta...
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The start of the Thaw
January 09, 2018 - It wasn't much, I have to admit, but there were subtle signs of the approach of a January Thaw in the slenderest stretch...
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Post-storm tracking
February 01, 2017 - The clipper system snow made two things possible: a bit of cross-country skiing last night and a bit of animal tracking...
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Effervescent
January 30, 2017 - The Thaw is definitely on the wane, and though the sun came out for a while, the forecast looks temporarily ominous, wit...
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Quoth the raven...
January 28, 2017 - Right after dropping off a load of trash, which, I'm happy to say, included more recyclables than actual garbage, I head...
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Quick natural break
January 27, 2017 - One of the primary and oft-noted joys of my so-called retirement has been the opportunity, camera and field equipment in...
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Mini-deluge
January 25, 2017 - The January Thaw is still with us, so, instead of leaving feet of glorious snow, the ongoing gale is dumping lots of rai...
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Thaw advantaged
January 21, 2017 - We've barely had winter, but, almost right on cue, the fabled January Thaw has taken hold of the weather and the tempera...
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Early taste of thaw
January 11, 2017 - From the kitchen porch, I could hear the thaw, that hallowed warming trend in January that gives us a taste of spring du...
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Winter... in Miami
February 01, 2016 - This is a set-up, right? A rabbi, a priest, and a groundhog walk into a bar and... OK, tomorrow is the "whistlepig's" bi...
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Still frozen hollers
January 29, 2016 - The thaw is on, and everything frozen is melting rapidly. But in the more shadowy hollows—er, to use my favorite bluegra...
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Here's lookin' at ya, kid
January 28, 2016 - The January Thaw is definitely upon us and most of the snow from last weekend's mini-blizzard is disappearing rapidly. T...
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Early unfurling
January 27, 2016 - The snow is rapidly disappearing in the face of, of course, the return of El Nino warmth. What we're experiencing is ess...
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Unexpected renewal
January 12, 2016 - I shouldn't have been surprised to find a stonefly on the steel railing of a local bridge over now-energetic waters, but...
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A brief "January" thaw
February 23, 2015 - Winter Storm Pandora did more than bring more snow to the ridge. The storm also pulled in a brief spell of warmth—a tast...
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A tease of snow
January 15, 2015 - If the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service has any kind of street cred on the ridge, we're supposed to shor...
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