• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 6.17.2012

    June 17, 2012 /

    Outside my window…is the closing hours on the final Sunday for Spring 2012.  According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac the Summer Solstice will occur on June 20, 2012 at 7:09 p.m..  Next week the view will change outside my window…summer is here.  It is almost 6:00 in the evening in Hampton Roads….the sky is mostly cloudy but there are snippets of blue sky and sunshine…and the temperature right now is about 70°F.  There is very little chance of rain tonight and for the most part the clouds that are out right now are white and fluffy.  It has been a mild and breezy weekend….my wind chimes sang plenty of songs…

    Read More
  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.25.2012

    March 25, 2012 /

    Outside my window…is dark o’clock.  Yes, I know I said I was going to be sending this out earlier in the day ~ didn’t happen today and rather than stress about it, I decided not to worry about it.  Life is sometimes easier that way.  It is currently 56°F at about 10:30 in the evening.  The is a slight breeze with cloudy skies.  We have had a rainy weekend…not sure how much total rainfall we have had, but it was a soggy two days. From my kitchen…is another quiet weekend.  I went out to dinner with my youngest daughter last night ~ PF Changs.  Oh so very tasty food but…

    Read More
  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.20.11

    March 20, 2011 /

    Outside My Window…is a fabulous first day of Spring.  Not as toasty warm as it could be….49°F at 3:15.  There is a light breeze but there is also plenty of sunshine and blue skies.  We do have a light cloud cover ~ kind of like a water color wash of white here and there, but it is definitely a day you can not complain about.  Beautiful now, not so much later this evening.  Our forecast calls for rain late tonight.  Tomorrow will be partly cloudy, windy and 71°F…chance of thunderstorms tomorrow evening.  Welcome to spring in southeastern Virginia. I am thinking…about the quest last night to see the moon as soon…

    Read More
  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.21.10

    March 21, 2010 /

    Outside My Window…is a cloudy but warm evening.  The clouds are building up with rain forecast for later tonight and tomorrow.   We had the most incredible weekend.  The first day of spring was beautiful….sunshine, blue skies and a temperature of 76ºF.  It couldn’t have been a more perfect way to welcome in the first day of spring.  Today was just as wonderful…..again with the sunshine, blue skies and high temperature of 76ºF.  The clouds didn’t begin to build up until later in the afternoon.  Rain is expected this evening, Monday and Tuesday….the temps won’t be as warm as this past weekend, but they won’t be too bad either. I am…

    Read More
  • Life In General

    It’s Spring!!

    March 20, 2010 /

    For all of us in the northern hemisphere, March 20th  marks the Vernal Equinox, the beginning of Spring.  This is one of the two days each year when the night and daylight hours are virtually equal.  The other happens in September.  This is a time of rebirth and celebration as the earth awakens from her winter slumber, flowers and trees bloom and the temperatures begin to warm the ground and our bodies.  Of course, all of us who suffer from allergies will be sneezing a bit more and in between the spring rains everything will be covered with pollen….but Skippity Doo Dah ~ it’s getting warm again folks!!    🙂 It all happens at 1:32 p.m. EDT….let the celebrations begin!!   

    Read More