The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Phone photo 1103
Claimed to be the "World's Largest Sitka Spruce"
Allegedly over 1000 years old
South shore of Lake Quinault, Washington
Allegedly over 1000 years old
South shore of Lake Quinault, Washington
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
The Four Horsemen of the Snowpocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Snowpocalypse: Snow, Wind, Ice, and Ice Rain.We had a much worse winter storm here in December 1996, but as I recall as bad as that was, we didn't lose any major public buildings. Yesterday the auxiliary gym/storage shed for McCleary School had the roof collapse. I only live a block away and was able to snap some phone photos as the authorities cordoned off the area with police tape.
Ice rain is almost unknown here, so when it happens the whole area gets hammered pretty bad.
Our loss of power here in McCleary has been sporadic. We have been much luckier than our neighbors in Olympia.
The photos taken below were shot this morning as I walked around the neighborhood.
Slushy spinout
Normally standing ramrod straight elm now completely bent
My yard is filled with medium-sized pine, elm and black walnut branches.
And now the thawing starts which means deep slush and floods, so it isn't over.
And now the thawing starts which means deep slush and floods, so it isn't over.
Phone photo 1093
On the map this place is designated as Whites, Washington but all the locals know it better as White Star
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman
This morning I walked to beautiful downtown McCleary to get some breakfast since we are all snowed in up here in the hills. And in front of the only tavern in town is a snowman that was constructed, I somehow suspect, with alcohol being involved.
Why is this snowman inappropriate? It is as plain as the nose that used to be on his face.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Winter Kept Us Warm, Covering Earth In Forgetful Snow
VFW Hall, McCleary, Washington
Charlie and Buster soak up the radiant heat of the woodstove
OK, so maybe T.S. Eliot was a snob, but he was a damn fine poet anyway.
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