Maine Owl

Attack of the white


This is how Westbrook looks today, a picture in black & white.

We're getting "Heavy Snow" warnings on a regular basis. Looks like another foot for some places around Maine:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1143 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIT THROUGH THE MARITIMES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS...WITH 7 TO 12 INCHES DOWNEAST.

Might as well make snow blogging a regular feature this winter too.

More snow


Snow in the big white pine (Maine Owl photo)

After the streets finally cleared from the messiest December in years, we had three or four new inches of snow last night. The big white pine out back caught a lot of this pretty, sticky, yet fluffy stuff.

Westbrook, Maine


Celebrating our woodland creatures

We have a very white Christmas, despite melting the last couple of days. I like the icy sheen on the snow from melting, rain, and re-freezing.

Merry Christmas dear reader(s?).

Last dawn before winter solstice


Early light in yard at base of the lilac

This is an old lilac bush that is showing its wear, just like The Owl, who marks a half century as the solstice arrives.

Winter settling in a week before solstice


Broccoli long gone by

When 4pm comes this time of year, the light disappears fast. We are very snowy at this point in December, for the first time in four years. We'd been getting used to winter not really starting until mid January.

Friday garden blogging and Friday nature blogging will be regular features of Maine Owl, as will additional nature & environmental photography features.