tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post8888099374741792376..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Country Views, April Two Thousand and FourteenP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-67317053162816810962014-04-19T07:14:10.425-07:002014-04-19T07:14:10.425-07:00I like the idea of a collaborative photo exhibit o...I like the idea of a collaborative photo exhibit of the winter of 2013/14!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-87453368279446386052014-04-18T09:23:52.869-07:002014-04-18T09:23:52.869-07:00I am NOT going to do any research on this, online ...I am NOT going to do any research on this, online or otherwise, because I DON'T WANT TO KNOW, but yes, Gerry, Alaska's warm winter has something to do with our cold one. Ugh! I want to think about SPRING!<br />P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-2762749621794250082014-04-18T09:12:13.842-07:002014-04-18T09:12:13.842-07:00Have I mentioned my theory that the Polar Ice Cap ...Have I mentioned my theory that the Polar Ice Cap is melting at the edges and sliding down the ball of Earth toward us? I probably have. I grow garrulous. Swat me across the nose.<br /><br />I think we should do a whole exhibition: The Winter of 2013-2014. We could put it up in July or August when it's really hot and we crave cooling images. It could be a collaborative . . . I think I'm on a roll here. Or a sliding glacier, one.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-39896187137462867922014-04-18T08:54:39.038-07:002014-04-18T08:54:39.038-07:00Blue sky is good, even on brown grass. Someone tol...Blue sky is good, even on brown grass. Someone told me this morning in the bookstore that we may be in for colder winters in the upper Midwest, as temperatures warm in other parts of the world. Has to do with wind currents and weather patterns. Hmmm. What do plan for coming winters....P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-8627014400238494712014-04-18T05:43:07.442-07:002014-04-18T05:43:07.442-07:00Sounds like a good challenge, Pamela, and, possibl...Sounds like a good challenge, Pamela, and, possibly, a new blog post. But as I ponder "What's It Like Up Here in the Winter?" I don't want to use this winter as the new norm. While I like a real winter, this one was over the top for me. KarenKaren Casebeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002150769292672779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-39412454911194873452014-04-17T17:16:36.072-07:002014-04-17T17:16:36.072-07:00I've always loved blue sky and white snow. Ev...I've always loved blue sky and white snow. Even this late in the year you have to appreciate sun on snow. But now that we've appreciated it we'd like to move on. Hope your spring arrives soon! Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-26387088349349833192014-04-17T07:59:31.914-07:002014-04-17T07:59:31.914-07:00Hi, Gerry and Karen. Are you shivering? It was a c...Hi, Gerry and Karen. Are you shivering? It was a cold dog walk this morning! On the other hand, Minneapolis is supposed to get 12 inches of snow today! Heavy, wet snow, the kind we got in April of 2011 that doesn't last long, but still--. <br /><br />You have to get right out into the woods and look hard to see the leeks, but they are showing some green now, not just the tiny reddish spears of earlier in the week that were MUCH harder to spot. (And to think I used to look for leeks while speeding down the road in a car!) <br /><br />I'm sure all of us will be telling tales of this season for years to come, maybe for the rest of our lives. I've been thinking that someone should make up a poster of amazing photographic evidence of what we have endured and title it, "What's It Like Up Here in the Winter?" People ask that question every year, and if we had the poster we'd all be prepared to point to the answer. What do you think, Karen?P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-66256958972528731202014-04-17T05:51:54.526-07:002014-04-17T05:51:54.526-07:00Great images, Pamela. Last night was so depressin...Great images, Pamela. Last night was so depressing as the skies rained heavy snow, but this morning all the new snow was gone. Your signs of springs are hopeful, though. I'm having to tell myself that over and over. KarenKaren Casebeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002150769292672779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-40778997717302321842014-04-16T16:40:02.238-07:002014-04-16T16:40:02.238-07:00I can imagine that my neighbor Tommy will reminisc...I can imagine that my neighbor Tommy will reminisce about The Winter of '14 fifty years from now. The children won't believe a word he says about it.<br /><br />When I saw your wild leeks my sluggish brain said Wait, wait - didn't we see . . . I'll bet we did. Saw and didn't register. Now where was I doing that particular piece of woolgathering? <br /><br />It really has been a winter and a half.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com