Blue skies (P366 – 1/28)

 I’ve written in the past about my white cloud.  I try not to be superstitious, but I went through a long dry spell at work.  Slow days, ‘no-hitters’, cancellations; It was nice for a while, then it was boring.

Recently my cloud has evaporated.  I haven’t developed a black cloud yet, but I see [...]

Eight degrees (Project 366 – January 15-16)

January 15 – Seat heaters, engage! My TDI spent the night outside; unlike its ancestors it started and ran without a hiccup.

January 16 – it was still only 7F when I left work Monday morning.  I caught this shot along the Plum Island Turnpike.

 

A NOTE FROM THE MANAGEMENT:  My apologies if [...]

Peace and Opportunity

Darkness. Moonless blackness.

The normally cold LCD light is supplemented by dim orange incandescence from the kitchen windows. All is silent, but it’s not. The MacBook’s cooling fans whir softly in a futile 4000 RPM attempt to mitigate the thick July air. Rain patters peacefully outside the screen porch. A breeze passes through the trees, [...]

Battleship gray

Battleship gray. Sky the color of the adjacent angry sea, the line between the two indistinct. Space between the two is occupied by water, headed from one to the other. I know which way it should be going, but the wind has decided to play with it instead.

Blood red. A cliché of a color. [...]

Floodwaters (P365 - March 15)

A poor cell phone shot of a Toyota floating around in the Witch City flood waters yesterday.  As a bonus, here’s video of a set of traffic lights shorting out at the height of the storm:

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Ahhhh! Snow!

The Snowpocalypse is coming! Run to the grocery store and buy all the bread, milk, and batteries you can find! Don’t forget the bottled water, because it might stop coming out of the tap in your house!

Cancel school, because it might snow today. (Not a flake yet, though.)

Non-essential state workers have been asked [...]