Soundtrack in my head: Beach Boys, "Good Vibrations" So we have the winter plastic installed, but, maybe we shouldn't shake those snow globes yet. Sixty freaking seven degrees. Heat index 78. I think the long nap I was referring to in my last post should be occuring out on one of our porches, with a … Continue reading winter plastic sealed in for a…ah…um…wait a minute!
Category: the seasons
winter window plastic for a long winter’s nap
It’s sort of a weird feeling when we put the sheets of plastic up and snap them in on the built-in runners alongside the window. The plastic invariably diminishes the visibility of the outdoors. My room, in particular has a pretty good view of the trees and the backyards to the east of us, and this view becomes blurred. I have to make an effort when I look through my window to make out the features of the view outside. This does not bother me, strange as that may seem.
Indian summer, brisk autumn, and the winged monkeys in between
The warm Indian summer also does interesting things to my allergies, as the leaf mold and ragweed conspire to throw me one last big histamine hurrah.
seasons change and so do i
The last few days, I've been living in abject denial of the fact that it's getting colder out. I've not been wanting to close my windows or even turn off my fan (though I do have it on "exhaust"), which means I've been waking up the last few mornings feeling very cold.
parting the waters in Madison
If anybody has seen someone here in Madison holding a staff skyward with eyes closed in concentration, well, at the very least I’d recommend being nice to the person and hope that he/she is on our side.
a lazy night watching the rotating ceiling fan blades
Soundtrack in my head: Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Got My Own Thing Now" Tonight, for the first time in a week or so, I have both my ceiling fan and my window fan running,, as temperatures will be climbing into upper 80’s and lower 90’s again in Madison. There’s something about ceiling fans and the sound … Continue reading a lazy night watching the rotating ceiling fan blades
fear of a green planet
I figured that at the rate things were growing, I could see Madison within a few days being buried up to the height of the Capitol dome by some alien kudzu-like creature that was taking over and which would soon replace humans as the dominant life form on earth—really showing us big time that it’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature.
brittingham park, part 2
The experience got me thinking that maybe the presence of snow on the ground is a superficial measure of what season we are in.
can jimmy the groundhog see his shadow under ten inches of snow?
Two weeks after Jimmy The Groundhog predicted an early spring, winter has finally come to Wisconsin.
ice culture in the great (white?) North
As I stared out over the dark lake, it seemed like the ice was moving, even though it looked like a solid sheet. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? It looked to me like it was moving up and down, almost as if it were breathing, and I began to wonder if maybe the ice was softer than I thought.