Memorial Day Weekend - Monday

Monday, May 30, 2022

Quite a bit of rain this morning and more is expected tonight. For the time being it's sunny and warm; a little muggy, but beautiful overall. 

Our new neighbor, Andrea, who's living in Jean's old house, has had her mom and a couple brothers staying with her this weekend to help get her yard in shape. The mom asked Dale how old our silver maple in the front and Andrea's silver maple in the back are. Dale responded that they're very close to, if not a hundred years old. It's funny because I was mentioning to Dale yesterday how much I'm going to miss these trees when they're gone. 

A Glorious Day

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Ok, today was not just a nice day, it was a glorious day. It's been four months of grey skies and colder than average temperatures. 

We have dinner plans at Gary and Warren's place tonight. Dale ran to the store to pick up some wine and appetizers so I could get started on my cigar. 

Listened to some music...

When Dale returned from the store he joined me outside and we each had a glass of pre-get-together wine. 

We talked about how we wish we could both be retired NOW. 

Temperature in the 70s!

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Good gravy. What a gloomy and cool month we've had. Today we finally got up into the 70s and got some sunshine thrown in as well. The kind of day perfect for a cigar I've been waiting for. The new neighbors were entertaining again so I set up in the garage. 

Looks like we'll cool off again after today. We've got a little humidity in the air which feels kinda nice.

Had a little gin to go with the cigar.  

Dale joined me. I asked him to come sit in the garage but he said it was too smoky. 

He eventually got a chair but still kept a distance.

From my vantage point.

Listened to Charlie Parker. This was recommended by jazzvinyldoctor@instagram and it was fantastic.

Started to feel a little cooler as my cigar got shorter so I threw on a jacket. 

Mostly the sun was out.

But sometimes not. Regardless, it was good to see it.

St. Patrick's Day 2021 - Walking

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Mostly gloomy day although the sun came out just in time for my afternoon walk. 

Morning Sun

 Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The photos posted here were taken at 7:41 am this morning as I was just getting back from an early walk. Sometimes on cloudy October days I’ll look out the window or look up when walking and get tricked into thinking the sun is out but then I realize it’s just the brilliance of the colored leaves. Wasn’t sure what the weather had in store for today so I was jazzed to see that today it’s actually the sun. 

Welcome Back!

Saturday, February 1, 2020

OMG, the sun!! It's been 10 days since we've seen it!

October Light

Wednesday, October 20, 2016

I love the afternoon light in October. Our silver maple turns such a nice shade of yellow.

Sun!

The sun finally peeked out yesterday. It hasn't been seen since a week ago today.

The Shiny Orb

I have a vague recollection of the beautiful shiny orb I saw in the sky today! We've had so many days without sun. It was good to see it again. I heard on the news today that this has been the snowiest April in 11 years. Not much was left after today's sun although more is supposedly on the way.