June 21 is the Summer Solstice- the longest day of the year and surely-SURELY- the official harbinger of summer, right? Well, Massachusetts doesn’t seem to have gotten the message this year. This is, by far, one of the gloomiest Junes I have ever experienced. I don’t think we’ve had more than one day where it [...]
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Where is summer?
Posted in Weather on June 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The world got away from me
Posted in 'Round here, Cooking, Local Sources, Weather on December 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Forgive my very long absence! (Well, at least from this blog. Readers of my personal blog will know this is rather par for the course.) Two weeks ago, I got a promotion, and I have been working like a crazy person. I worked 57 hours one week and 52 the next! I’ve been exhausted to [...]
Dear Gods of Weather
Posted in Weather on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Please do not take your wintry vengence upon me. I see you punishing my fellow bloggers, but I don’t know why!
What do I need to sacrifice to you to assure me of warm weather and no snow? I don’t think I can take flurries just yet. Please wait until December at least!
I don’t want to [...]
First Frost
Posted in Gardening, Weather, what's growing? on October 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
When we got up this morning, there was a thick layer of frost on our cars. This wasn’t a little rinky-dink frost either, the grass sounded like I was walking on broken glass. It’s our first one we’ve had so far, though there have been other frosts very close by. We live on a little [...]
