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That looks very nice.
Larry
Ray Buck wrote:
Here's a shot of the mountains looking down my street
(Taylorsville, Ut.) The snow level is around 5000 feet, give or take a
few. (I'm at 4200.) The photo shows a hazy condition, which is
exactly what we got. And the deciduous trees are still very green.
All we need is a cold, wet front to move from the northwest to the
southeast across the Great Salt Lake and it's lake effect time. Just
what we need. But it's happened before, and much earlier than this.
The temperature was 36F when I shot the photo, around 8 am Thursday.
(Where did the week go?)
World Finals on the salt is a week away. Supposedly the storm that
dumped this on us (and is still piddling here and there) missed the
salt flats. At least that's what the SCTA Prez sed.
But there's another storm coming in Saturday nite and continuing thru
Tuesday. I've made plans (and motel reservations) for WF on Wednesday
the 6th thru the 10th. It's gonna be interesting.
I'm predicting a long, cold and snowy winter based on the number and
height of sunflowers over the past few months. There's a bumper crop
of very tall plants and has been since late July. According to some
Indian folklore, the more/bigger the sunflowers are, the harsher the
winter. Can't say as I like it, but it'll give me time to get back
into music again.
Usually we have a lousy spring and a very nice long autumn. This year
spring was non-existent. We went from late winter right into summer.
That happened some time in June. One day it was 40-ish and raining,
the next it was sunny and around 90. Last week I was sweating my butt
of on the salt with temps in the high 80s and low 90s and yesterday
when I went out to get some photos printed, it was in the 30s and the
wind was bitterly cold...and there were some snow grains/pellets
(graupel as my friend Jim calls it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel ) falling, mixed with rain.
I don't like this at all. But then again, I've missed the music.
Ray
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