The biggest snowstorm of winter hit town last night. I could hardly believe my eyes when walking through Morningside Park today. The snow must be 8-10 feet high on the retaining wall! Elsewhere the drifts were the deepest I've seen in quite some time. Good thing I was wearing boots!
17 January 2012
28 August 2011
Beach Erosion Writ Small
Hurricane Irene caused massive amounts of erosion at The Beach on Harlem Meer. A lot of sand was washed away or rearranged. The middle photo shows the formation of a new spit. The squiggly green lines in the top and bottom photos is where duckweed was deposited on and above the beach. It's about a foot above the meer at this location, which is pretty impressive for a large pond.
Bonus: If you look very closely at the top of the last photo you'll see a great blue heron sitting on the newly formed spit. It later alighted when someone thought it was a good idea for their little yippy dog to chase the ducks and flew across the meer to land in this tree.
17 May 2011
Rainy Wait
It wasn't the most enjoyable morning for the bus to be fifteen minutes late.
13 March 2011
Soggy Sparkill
This is what happens when eight inches of rain falls in five days. I went out for lunch on Friday only to be diverted through Sparkill because of a flooded road. The Sparkill was mostly within its banks, but there was a large puddle on the lawn of the Saint Charles A.M.E. Zion Church. I was too early for their St. Patrick's fish dinner, which is one day later this week.
27 January 2011
The Magic Chef (Second Try)
Every few months I feel the need to read the BG News to catch up on what's happening in Bowling Green. The best thing about the paper is the police blotter, especially when school is in session. Every Friday and Saturday night it is the same parade: underage students getting cited for drinking, fake ID, public urination, or disorderly conduct on either the first couple blocks of North Main St. or East Wooster St. Kids! Howard's Club H is just not that big a deal! The blotter from January 11th is typical.
Once in a while the blotter would be more interesting, like the sole entry on January 12th.
26 January 2011
Flakes
Amidst a mild snowy day panic that sent us home at noon today a colleague and I noticed that very flakey snow crystals were landing on our coats. Pretty, aren't they?
More Snowflakes:
Wilson Bentley photographs
Paula Nadelstern ice crystals and snowfall quilts based on Bentley's photographs.
Photos and everything there is to know about snowflakes and snow crystals from Kenneth Libbrecht.
24 January 2011
Chilly St. Nick
Looking downtown while crossing St. Nicholas. It was a cold walk to the bus this morning.
29 December 2010
If You Need Help With The SNOW!!!!!
Seen on Morningside Ave this morning.
26 February 2010
Brief Chronicle of a Snowy Day
Despite the snow Greg and I decided to go out for lunch yesterday.
First, we took pictures:
Then we went for pizza. I had the salad slice at Via Rustica:
On our return we found road to the campus entrance had been closed because a tractor trailer was stuck on the hill. We turned around and went through the back gate. I made a video of the treacherous journey:
The campus was closed soon after we returned. Everyone got to go home early. I walked around the main campus and Morningside Park. It was snowing hard on the main campus:
16 February 2010
Snow
On the cafeteria steps
Very pretty snow today. Some of you may recognize the person in the top photo.
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