an infrequent repository of mostly new stuff
Sunrise at Freeport Landing
Dawn is very noisy. There’s a rooster. A rooster very near, like next to my head. The sun is barely up, and he is hard at work. Also, something else making a racket I can’t quite place. A sheep? No sleeping through it, rise and shine.
Lightning #2833 with the boom tent
March Snow, 2013
We’ve had snow in March each of the last four years in a row. Maybe more than that, but four seems enough to recognize it’s a thing. Some of those were late March, down the last few days. I even have photos from an April 15th snow in Richmond many years ago.
March Snow, 2013
March Snow, 2013
March Snow, 2014
March Snow, 2014
March Snow, 2015
March Snow, 2015
Yesterday morning, March 4, we woke up to another one. Not much, just a wet layer on trees and pastures and hills. Green grass and daffodils poking through.
March Snow, 2016
But the Peepers are singing back by the pond, and I hear them when I drive through the woods on the way home from work at night.
It will be almost 80 degrees by Wednesday.
This morning it was 5° Fahrenheit. Right now it’s snowing again, with 4-7” expected by morning, followed by sleet, then ice.
But back in December, just a week before Christmas, we had a spell of warmth. I took Caesura for a row on the reservoir. Geese, ducks, herons, turtles.
Nice to remember now I had forgotten it.
Trail Angel from REI on Vimeo.
Many people look to the outdoors to find peace of mind. For Paul Stiffler, better known as Ponytail Paul, the Appalachian Trail and its thru-hikers have been the therapeutic force needed to turn his life around. Paul has taken on a role as “Trail Angel” to help thru-hikers on their 2,186-mile journey and help himself find a new sense of purpose in the process.
This is one of a series of three short films featuring the stories of people connected to three trails: The Appalachian Trail, Arizona Trail and Bay Area Ridge Trail. Learn more about how Every Trail Connects at www.rei.com/trails
Watch The Pleasure and The Pain
Errol “The Rocket” Jones is a 65-year-old ultrarunner. This is his story of pain, perseverance and self-discovery on the Bay Area Ridge Trail. vimeo.com/148177148
Nice video featuring some friends across the river. Red Knierim of Red and the Romantics and his wife first lived in a yurt in the woods along the river. They recently upgraded to a one room cabin. He was out walking and singing in the snow storm. We walked down to the river from the other side.
I wondered what that sound was.
Blizzard Ballads with Red Knierim from Surface Below Media on Vimeo.
Slowmo Snow
The high pitched tarp frame was a good idea. We spent Saturday evening and part of Sunday digging out. A lot of digging. Kept the woodstove going on high.
The flimsy rain-shedding tarp frame I put up hastily last weekend would be no match for the 24+ inches of snow expected with the coming storm – an inch or more and hour. This morning I got out and made hasty reinforcements, a steeper pitch and stronger frames.