I wandered around the neighborhood this afternoon in the rain, and took some more pictures of yesterday’s ice storm.  We also drove though the older part of town, and trees two feet in diameter were cracked in half there. I don’t know that the pictures can even to this storm justice. It’ll be years before the city looks the same. And a couple of artsy shots. Realize that it’s been raining (not… Read More

Yesterday, the weather turned a little bit nasty around the Pacific Northwest. Snomageddon 2012, Part Deux. Five inches of wet snow, followed by a few hours of cold rain / sleet, then by a few hours of freezing rain and dropping temperatures. Our power went out in the middle of dinner last night, and came back on at 1:30 AM. We camped out in front of the gas fireplace to keep warm… Read More