It seems to be part of the human condition to complain about the weather. Just a couple of weeks ago, people around here were complaining about it being too cold and rainy. Now the consensus is that it is too darn hot! After a mild 4th of July where it was a pleasure to […]
Just when I thought the holidays were over, I remembered Mardi Gras. I checked online to see what date it falls on this year and discovered the celebration will be on Tuesday, March 8th. That got me to thinking of my husband David, and the coldest Mardi Gras ever, which I refer to as sometime […]
Not only is Wisdom, Montana one of the coldest places in the country, it is also the place of one of the most tragic battles this country has ever seen, the Battle of Big Hole. Each day, my husband David checks the weather forecast around the country. He checks the temperatures in Anchorage, Boise, New Orleans, […]
Ghost towns, badgers, geysers, Tetons, bears, elk, cowboys, history, plus the natural beauty of the west are just some of the ways to describe our 4th of July road trip. Did I mention it was kind of chilly? To wear or not wear my jacket was a question I kept asking myself the entire trip. It wasn’t as […]
by Marlene The Pond at Woodland Park – Kalispell, Montana If you follow this blog, you know that I occasionally talk about the weather. That’s because I have found that people are curious about Montana weather. I’ve been asked about the weather by those romanticizing about it and scoffed at by those who think Montana […]
Okay, I told you this post wasn’t going to be about Michael Jackson, and I intend to keep my word. Just because he’s the most popular search on the internet today and his televised memorial has occupied all of the major TV stations doesn’t mean I have to participate and write about him on […]
The growing season in Montana is very short. Lawns and Norway Maples have only gotten lush in the last few weeks and it’s only been the last week or so that we have set out flower pots. The garden centers have gotten really busy as most of us are just starting to plant vegetable gardens. […]
Since we live in a valley surrounded by mountains, we frequently have inversions in the winter. When an inversion is going on, we have a thick blanket of fog, freezing fog, or smog covering the valley. When we go up into the mountains, the air is fresh and clean and the sun is out. Inversions are […]
Once, while mowing the grass on the levee of the Michoud Slip, I was overtaken by a rapidly developing thunderstorm. Shifting my tractor into high gear, I crouched low and bounded through the fields to the sanctuary of my truck. Now safe, though drenched to the bone, I marveled at the intensity of this blinding […]
Last week with the approach of Hurricane Gustav, I watched an interview that reminds me of the heart pounding thrills that Mother Nature provides free of charge. The interview was with a fisherman foolishly planning to ride out the storm on his boat in the Violet Canal. His custom was to find relatively safe harbor […]
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