Tag: winter
group name: mountainlife
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January 01, 2008 01:05 AM EST --
After spending two winters in the Mojave Desert, I find that I am facinated with the snowfall here in Montana. It hasn't been as cold as I thought it would be here, well not yet anyway. . . . more
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March 04, 2007 04:06 PM EST --
Crystalline burden
Gravity pulls snow to snow
Down-flexed boughs bear up
Needles grip, sinews relax
These firs well vested in ice
[This tanka was inspired first by Jim Ross' poem, Winter Overload, . . . more
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February 25, 2007 02:38 PM EST --
!!! BOOM !!! - REALLY BIG !!! B O O0O O M !!!
When the snow starts piling up in Tahoe, there is a huge risk of avalanches. So to prevent uncontrolled avalanches (yeah, . . . more
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February 28, 2007 10:48 PM EST --
This is a draft chapter of Hall's wood, a memoir of when I cut firewood back in the early 80s.
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Back when I hauled wood into Telluride, I made pretty good money, grossing . . . more
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January 05, 2008 09:43 PM EST --
Today I took my dog "Santos" for a walk on a fine winter day. We ventured out because it is the warmest day we had in a long time. Today, it was 30 degrees with no wind, so it seemed like it . . . more
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October 10, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
Winter starts TODAY!
... well ... winter sports start today ...
In about 2 hours winter begins for the skiing world. Arapahoe Basin will win this year's battle to be the first ski . . . more
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April 14, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
Baby Got New Shoes
~ or ~
Mother Nature, Make Up Your Mind!
I'm just not sure what has gotten into ol' Mother Nature lately ... here . . . more
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April 11, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
Janie and I live across the street from a large commercial bank, and this morning we observed evidence that an organization can get so large that common sense is lost on it.
This morning we woke . . . more
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December 16, 2007 10:02 AM EST --
Snow is falling
So soft and gentle
Not hurried in it's endeavor
Mother Nature is quietly painting her canvas
I wake to find that my world has changed
Stepping outside to experience . . . more
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January 16, 2008 12:33 AM EST --
My task for the last 3 weeks has been to direct the repair of flood damage on Highway 47 in Northwest Oregon. We have been hit by snow, rain, hail, and ice. The big guys sitting in warm, dry offices are . . . more
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February 25, 2007 06:26 AM EST --
*** W*E*A*T*H*E*R *** R*E*P*O*R*T ***
... well folks.. those sure as heck aren't raindrops!
The storm two days ago left over a couple feet of the white stuff.
. . . more
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October 26, 2007 03:46 AM EDT --
By Jen D @ October, 26, 2007
Under the Midnight sky in a little mountain nook;
sits a home cozy and warm.
Inside children are sleeping snug in their beds;
Dreaming of wonderous . . . more
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January 20, 2008 01:36 AM EST --
Twin Beams of light penetrate the darkness
Illuminating the dark ribbon of road.
The wipers swish and I am warmed by the radient
heat and listen to oldies on the radio. Steadily my little . . . more
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May 15, 2008 02:59 PM EDT --
We had a very long winter. Even now on this 15th day of May snow hangs in small icy patches in the shaded spots and along the creek and wooded areas. Here is a poem I wrote some years . . . more
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November 11, 2007 01:46 PM EST --
On October 23 of this year I drove through the Allgäu in Germany, into Austria, over Fernpass and Reschenpass, on into the Vinschgau and then to Meran in South Tirol, Italy.
It was an amazing . . . more
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January 26, 2008 09:29 PM EST --
In early December rain washed away several Oregon highways.
In mid-December I came back from a six week vacation in Mexico, not knowing what had happened while I was gone.
In a week after my return . . . more
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February 26, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
*** W*E*A*T*H*E*R *** R*E*P*O*R*T ***
... well folks.. those sure as heck aren't raindrops!
The storm of the past two days has left Tahoe buried under three to four feet . . . more
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February 27, 2007 07:27 AM EST --
*** W*E*A*T*H*E*R *** R*E*P*O*R*T ***
**Tuesday*27*FEBRUARY*07**
...well folks...those sure as heck aren*t raindrops!
DATELINE TAHOE:
Winter Storm Warning still in effect for Tahoe
and the northern . . . more
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October 27, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
Autumn's Farewell
Jen D. @ October 27, 2007
They stand stark and naked before me
Lifting arms skyward.
Puddled on the groun, splashes of their shed gowns
Reds, . . . more
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October 29, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
Lessons on Life
There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look . . . more
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