Happy trails
This has been a great winter for snow. It’s kind of unbelievable! After a number of years that convinced me the snowy weather was gone, due to drought and climate change, this winter has...
Category: seasons
Conditions
We’ve been cross-country skiing a few times. Saturday, it took us about 2 hours to ski the Witches’ Hole Loop in Acadia. We entered from Duck Brook Bridge. It was well-traveled, but conditions were...
70!
I spent my birthday in a snowstorm. It was wonderful. Two long heartfelt phone calls in the morning, and some shoveling. Then a trip to the island for a little coffee break and some...
A cold but easy day
We’re back home from Rockland. It’s 7 degrees, supposed to fall to -7 tonight. Somehow the cold doesn’t seem so bad. I just expect it to be cold – dress accordingly, or don’t go...
January
I feel very aware that it’s January. I like the month of January. It follows the hectic holiday season and sometimes just feels blank, like a hole in the calendar. It’s the dead of...
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Good day to stay home and work on sewing in ends. I have 10+ squares to go on this one.
A little hike
We’re having a January thaw. Enough snow and ice disappeared that we could take a chance on hiking up McFarland Mountain (734 feet) in Acadia. There were some great views. Patchy snow and melting...