We don’t have snow in Auckland, but a big thunderstorm the other day did put hail on the bishop’s house.
Wisteria
The weather here is remarkably constant day to day, and one good consequence is that spring, wisteria season, is lasting a nice long time.
September showers bring…
You can tell that I’ve manipulated the colors in this wisteria picture. They’re not really this purple. But they make such a vivid impression that I wanted to convey, so I added drama…
This tree, on the other hand, really is as yellow as this.
These flowers are really common landscaping plants. You can’t quite tell from the picture how large this tree is. It has 4-5 main trunks, growing out quite horizontally, and each one is the size of a normal “big tree.”
Marigot after Irma
Last December, we enjoyed a super-relaxing vacation in St. Martin. Today, I googled around for photos of the devastation from Irma last week. Yikes.
These two photos are from in front of the cemetery that we overlooked from our AirBnB apartment… the very same apartment we spent some time dreaming about investing in. The pictures in my post RIP are taken from inside the cemetery, and the masts in the background of my pics could easily enough be from the actual boats shown here. Again, yikes.
Today, it’s Florida’s turn, and we are hoping that the many people we know and know of down there are safe and sound.
Spring!
It’s not like we don’t have warm climates in the US… and I’ve even lived in those climates at various times in my life.
But I’m still agog at daffodils in early “February.”
Two winters in one year
One could argue that we switched hemispheres at exactly the wrong time of year. Just as Brattleboro was warming up and the days were long, we went to short days and “winter” all over again.
All that said, things could be worse.
Belated Easter pics
Been a little lax on the blogging these last few weeks. Here are some memories from a wonderful Easter dinner with the Provs. It was such a warm, beautiful day, and you can’t go too far wrong with a spiral cut ham…
Spring
April showers (and melting snowdrifts) bring May flowers (in April).
C’mon spring!
The not-just-Christmas cactus is giving it one big push, encouraging all those poor outside plants to push through and bloom.
Ice ice baby
After a few days of 70’ish degree temperatures, the ice on the Connecticut River is breaking up this weekend.
Skip to Milou
Somebody made a very artful snowdog outside the Co-op. He’s got an expertly smudged face, an eager stance, and even a little rock poo.
He reminds me of Tintin’s dog Milou, who in English is known as Snowy, which has always sort of bothered me (and I’m not alone).
Tiffany’s for chickadees
A beautiful lampshade for the birds (goldfinches actually… but sometimes there are chickadees!)
Head for the hills
Hank’s annual dawn hike up Mt. Wantastiquet. The Christmas star that has always been a beacon up there was dark this year, but maybe next year we could rig up a solar panel…
Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition 