We've had a very mild winter with very little snow. So, with one week until spring, Mother Nature and Old Man Winter conspired to dump snow on us. Fortunately, it was nothing compared to what the Northeast got, but it…
...that these are my last ice pictures of the year.
When the calendar says February and the thermometer says 62 degrees F, there must be something wrong. Just an unusual weather pattern? Global warming? Who knows, but it's a Saturday and not much would be capable of keeping people indoors…
The weather in November was strange. I'm sure some people loved it -- 60s and 70s -- too warm for the furnace and too cool for the AC. But, when would we get that first snow? The answer: today! Just…
I like to take walks in Owen Conservation Park. It changes by the season but always has some interesting things to offer. With the sun getting lower in the sky and overnight lows flirting with freezing, another walk was overdue.…
Since we're well behind with snowfall this year, I was looking through some photos of past winters to recall snowier times. I ran across a set that I took at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton a few years ago. …
While I was enjoying spending my time on the ice of Lake Mendota, I realized that it was also fascinating to examine what was IN the ice. I didn't have to search; I only had to look down to see…
It's been quite a mild winter in the Midwest; December was one of the warmest on record. Some were wondering if the lakes would freeze. Well, we finally got some cold weather in the past couple of weeks and that…
