We’re continuing to have warm, dry, sunny and very windy weather.  The drought is starting to be hard on plants – leaves on some of the trees curled up and turned brown without ever changing color, and even the leaves of some of the prairie plants have shriveled.  But the fall colors were beautiful and it’s been great weather for outdoor projects.  (Today we’re finally getting some rain!)
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It’s been a very warm month with not much rain.  It’s been good for working – in the cooler mornings – but we’re hoping fall weather will arrive soon.
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So far the end of the summer has been warm and wet with lots of flowers.
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It’s been a hot, wet month.  For a while we were getting thunderstorms nearly every day, often an inch of rain with each storm.  The birds were looking a little bedraggled.

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It’s been a beautiful month – warm with plenty of rain so we sometimes feel like we’re living in a rain forest.  The lingering drought from last year has completely disappeared Continue reading →

This has been a beautiful warm month – spring sliding into summer. Continue reading →

Rain and warmer weather are slowly turning the landscape from brown to green.

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Most of March has been warm, sunny and very dry.   Finally, in the last week, we got a little winter – cold temperatures, and several snowstorms with a little rain mixed in.  Now spring is slowly coming back.

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This has been another amazingly warm month.   We’ve only had two small snowstorms.   The mornings have been frosty, but the afternoons are mostly warm and snow-free. Continue reading →

The January weather this year has been unusual.   Instead of snowy, cold, sunny days, we’ve had a mix of warm snowless days, one small snowstorm, a few icy cold days, lots of clouds and now warm breezes and melting snow. Continue reading →