Hello and Welcome! Here, I will shovel off dust off a spot for you at the picnic table. It is nice and sunny, if not too warm. I did see flakes in the air just a few minutes ago, but I think we are done. It is actually supposed to get above freezing today! Anyway, I will go get you a nice large mug of super strong dark roast, a piping cuppa tea or some hot cocoa. Isn’t the back yard with the new fallen snow pretty? You can imagine we are a million miles from civilization even though we are in the middle of the village. Oh, were are we? Some of you may recognize that once again we are in New Hampshire. Yes, I will be returning to Cape Cod eventually! Just an odd winter…

We do not have quite the weather news that some parts of the country have! The “big one” was mostly rain and slush here. It still left us with quite a bit of snow, but the snow was the consistency of a ceramic after it all refroze. It snowed all day yesterday, but did not accumulate very much, perhaps 4″/10 cm, perhaps a little more. It has been pretty cold since mid/late January, which I guess makes up for the first half of January. I think this week will return to normal, which is great.

Hello and Welcome! Sit down and I’ll get you a nice steaming mug of super strong dark roast, a piping cuppa tea or some nice hot cocoa. What do you mean you are cold? It is up to 15 F/-9 C already! And the sun is out and there is no wind. It’s a heat wave! Where are we? Some may know the photo at the top as being from New Hampshire. I know, this is the longest stretch in NH without a weekend on Cape Cod in 8 years! Not just by a little, but by a lot.

As I said last week, we are in the heart of winter now. I’m sure everyone knows that the Polar Vortex has taken up residency in central Canada and has had effects over most of North America. Actually, looking at the forecast, we will be getting closer to normal temperatures this week, but not warm. (Two days ago it showed a deep freeze for the week ahead).

Hello and Welcome! I would have you take a seat here at the picnic table, only you might freeze to death before I can get you your beverage, so come on in and we’ll stay socially distanced. It is sunny, and no longer windy (yesterday was awful!!!) and is a balmy 5 F/-15 C out there. Almost beach weather! I can get you a large mug of super strong dark roast, a piping cuppa tea or some hot cocoa. Oh, were are we? Some of you may recognize the photo at the top as begin from New Hampshire.

OK, I mentioned weather. If you remember, last weekend I said it was the coldest weather so far this winter. Well, that changed. This weekend is colder! yesterday was frigid and super windy. Today is just as cold, but thankfully a bit calmer. It will warm up a little this week. We had some snow last Tuesday night, so the ground is covered. We are supposed to get more this week, maybe up to a foot (30 cm). Not a lot (for NH!) but enough.

Hello and Welcome! Come on over and sit down! It is a bit frigid out here, but sunny and pleasant. I’ll get a nice steaming mug of super-strong dark roast, a piping cuppa tea or a hot hot cocoa to warm you up as we chat. Cold or not, it is nice to relax out here and stare off into the woods, imagining that we are a million miles from anybody despite that we are in the middle of a village. Oh, and where is that village? Some of you may recognize the photo as being from New Hampshire, though there is little snow on the ground now.

This was another odd week. Monday was a holiday, Martin Luther King Day where we celebrate the great civil rights leader and think about the spirit of the civil rights movement and how far we still have to go with it. I had a dentist appointment on Tuesday (just a checkup and cleaning) and a massage Tuesday evening. There was the inauguration on Wednesday and all that went along with that (I was working, but saw clips and later watched a few videos, like the young lady reading her fantastic poem). The rest of the week was spent playing “Where’s Bernie?” I’ll go with him watching Paul Simonon smashing his bass in that iconic cover photo for London Calling.

Hello and Welcome! Come on in. I have a large table in the formal dining room that I almost never use where we can stay socially distanced. I’ll grab you a super strong dark roast, a cuppa tea, hot cocoa or other beverage. Yeah, we have to be inside because it is pouring out there! It is a cold rain, but not freezing, luckily! Where are we? Although I haven’t used it in a while, some may recognize the photo at the top as being from NH.

This was an odd week. I had training on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. My work days ended up being 9 AM – 6 PM those days. Might not seem bad to you, but I am typically done with my day at 3:30 and love that free afternoon to get stuff done. I also usually take several short breaks during the day, but there was pretty much just a long lunch break. Yes, I could get stuff done in the morning, but the mornings were packed full. So I felt I got zippo accomplished this week. The class was pretty good, and I did get a lot out of it, so not wasted time. Still…

Hello and Welcome! Come on over and I’ll get you a nice large mug of super strong dark roast, a cuppa tea, some hot cocoa or other warm beverage. We’ll be sitting outside, where it is a little chilly, but the sun feels great and there is no wind in my back yard, so it is refreshing! Where are we? Some of you may recognize the photo at the top as being from New Hampshire.

Monday was my first day back to work since the 23rd of December. It was pretty tough to get inspired! Monday wasn’t as bad as expected, but the week did get busier as it went on. I have several very large projects in process and they have all started to roll along again.

Hello and Welcome! Come on back and sit down and I’ll get you a nice mug of super strong dark roast, a cuppa tea, some cocoa or other beverage. It is still damp out, but I had the table and chairs in the little sheltered patio area by the barn, so it should be dry. And it is warmish. OK, it’s not cold ;) Were are we? Some of you may recognize that Edward Gory mug as being not too far from his house on Cape Cod.

Obviously the big thing this week is that I am on Cape Cod. It has been over a month and a half since I have been here. I don’t remember the last time I was “off-Cape” for this long. Massachusetts has a travel restriction, which.. anyway, I drove down on Monday evening and so have been here most of the week. I took this week off, so it has been relaxing.

This week I walked in the woods, walked on the beach (actually two beaches), walked (with and without dogs) to the two landings within walking distance of the house, played with the dogs, ran twice (my run goes down to and along one of the beaches), exercised, read, studied, puttered around the house, etc. So a relaxing week off.

Hello and Welcome! Come on over and I’ll get you a nice large mug of super-strong dark roast, a piping hot cuppa tea or some cocoa.It is a beautiful sunny day, though on a the cool side, hovering just around freezing. But, amazingly enough, the snow is all gone. OK, there are still some piles. After over a week below freezing, it got up to 60 F/15 C yesterday. We had a warm rain that lasted over 24 hours, and washed all of that snow away. Oh, were are we? Yes, still in NH, as you can see from that photo, though hopefully soon I’ll be able to go back down to Cape Cod (Sunday, maybe Monday…)

Besides the snow I talked about last week, we did have some on Monday. Here is photo out of my kitchen window on Monday morning, a bit of a Solstice Sunrise.