Okay, so here is the special weather statement for this week: SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. If you read between the lines it says, “that means you Wheatland, WY”. Huh? What? Will we miss spring entirely this…
Omphaloskepsis: I have not decided which is funnier, the word or what it describes. The word does not give much in the way of clues…well the “espsis” suggests it is a diagnosis of a physical/mental condition. Yes! But what else? Ignore the “phal” as it has nothing to do with that body part. Any guesses? Here is…
According to Wheatland locals, they haven’t seen a winter like this one in a long time. Yes, it was bitter cold and snowy for a loooong time. I remember being all excited about the first snow storm and the early sub-zero temperatures. It got old fast after that. So, how did I survive? Here are…
Everyone proclaims that spring is coming! Store ads, billboards, and blogs are infectiously optimistic. Ten seed catalogs sit on my coffee table. However, when I look around I see that the sun is still lower on the horizon, creating long shadows when I take photos. The nights are long and cold and the days punctuated…
Perfect camping days come and go each week, even in December. The days are sunny and the nights not too cold—like today. What luck to have a camping opportunity on my off day. Oops! Is that wind I hear? The wind is milder than yesterday when we had a high wind warning again, but still…
I decide to avoid writing today about weather. This cold front is covering the entire country, so everyone is in a pickle..Even people in Arizona are suffering through a frigid 50 degrees. But more important, thinking about homeless people across the country makes me less self-absorbed. Besides, who wants to hear how I could not…
This is my first time in such dastardly cold weather. I stuck my head out the door and involuntarily gasped, unable to breathe for a second. Here is what I’m talking about: Issued by the National Weather Service, Cheyenne, WY Wed,Dec 4, 2014 WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL TO 30 BELOW ZERO SHORTLY AFTER…
Late this afternoon, when the sun was sinking behind the mountains, Tango and I headed out in the van for a walk and nest hunt. When the trees are in leaf, the nests are invisible. Eagles are supposed to nest in this area, so I wonder if any of the nests were theirs this past…
Tango and I packed up for our trip to Cheyenne, ahead of the frigid, snowy storm that hits later tonight. It was a balmy 56 degrees in Wheatland when we packed up, definately convertible weather in Wyoming. Related articles Tumbleweeds take over Wyoming home (fox2now.com)
Every winter we experience a few episodes of extremely cold weather. The first is due on Thurdsay, when night time lows may reach 1 degree or less in Cheyenne. I don’t know why the people of Canada send us this arctic air since we are supposed to be such good neighors. Perhaps they just get tired…