White Christmas?

 Well, were not getting snow in the Midwest, so time to see some snow pics from New England.

and two of the front of our house from 2021.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Fall Equinox 1974

 It was a zero day (no trail miles) while I stayed with AMC Caretaker Steve at Garfield Ridge CS.  

That evening we climbed Garfield to see the sunset.

But the next morning we had snow.

Brrrr.

Fun Happens

I came across these students playing on the snow bank from last week's snow storm.  All the snow has basically left, but these guys are making the most of it by creating a small jump and rail in which to practice twirls or whatever they may actually be called.

Fun Happens.

Yippee Snow Day

We in academia are lucky.  I mean even with "adult" children, the administration closed school today.

Sure, there is about 10 inches of snow on the ground right now (9:45 am) on top of the 2 inches we got over the weekend, but just think about all those workers in the real world, going to work in the grocery stores and Walmart, so that people like us can buy another loaf of bread.

I encouraged my students in Recreation Geography to go play in the snow and I hope most do.  This class of students seems to be more active than the last class.  More activities outdoors and more places to do the activities.

So what I am doing on the computer?  Well, doing some tax stuff, and getting ready to snowblow the driveway, so I can get that loaf of bread.

got 38 seconds for NEMO

First of all, what's with NEMO?  The Weather Channel now sees fit to name storms?  I realize the Winter Storm of February 8-9, 2013 is not sexy, but how about Fred or Wilma?  The Flintstones would make for a good set of names.

So if you were trying to get out of the Northeast (or to NE) this weekend, this time lapse video shows why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfivDwn2oUw

whew, got back in time

I got back from Martinique last night before the North East got hit with another snow event. The local airport's weather information is found at:
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KBAF.html

and NOAA is giving us this kind of prediction shown in the graphic. I spent the day raking snow off the roof and shoveling, but would like to do some x-c skiing before it ices up.