Summer is Here!
The calendar shows us that it’s spring, but summer seems to already arrived at our place. Today the Man of The House put the screens back in the windows and hung the exterior window blinds. (He did all of that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Weather
Snowapocalypse?
According to weatherman extraordinaire Cliff Mass, we may have a snowapocalypse next week. It’s too early to say for sure, but it could be big. As the folks at the National Weather Service state, STARTING WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF … Continue reading →
First Snow of the Winter
Hold On To Your Hats!
Or rather, we’re going to hold on to our hats. There’s a high wind watch in our area through tomorrow night. We’ve had high wind watches in Bellevue. We even made it through the intense windstorm of 2006. What’s different … Continue reading →
Lessons from the Heat Wave
We made it. The Man of the House and I lived through the Seattle Heat Wave of 2009. Temperatures in Seattle reached 103 degrees. Here in Bellevue it got up to 104 degrees. It was hot and like most of … Continue reading →
The Heat and Tuna Burgers
The heat wave continues. Today or tomorrow temperatures are likely to reach the triple digits. The highest recoded temperature for this area is 100 degrees. We’re may go over that. The Man of the House and I are trying to … Continue reading →
Brace Yourself
It was a long, cold winter. It was pretty . . . but it was very, very cold. According to the Seattle Times, Prepare for what could become the coldest spell in nearly two decades, according to the National Weather … Continue reading →
Spring is on the Way
Even though we had snow last week, and we might get some more this weekend, spring is on the way. Our backyard garden already features two cabbage beds, two beds of walking onions and some Brussels sprouts. Here are some … Continue reading →
We Made It
We made it through last weekend’s storm. The strong winds never materialized and so we had power the entire weekend. However it snowed just a little. We haven’t measured it but we think we received 3 to 5 more inches … Continue reading →
Seven Inches of Snow
We got seven inches of snow on Thursday morning. That combined with the chilly temperatures is certainly putting a crimp in my Christmas plans. It’s hard to work on the Christmas shopping when I can’t leave the house! One good … Continue reading →