4 January 2025
In addition to two merlins in Schenley Park …
… and a brant this week …
… the sky put on a good show.
On Sunday 29 December the high was 65°F (jacket weather!) but day by day it moved toward freezing. Rain on New Years Eve 31 December brought colder temperatures and a rainbow.
Sunrise the next morning was bright red with a sun pillar (at top) to usher in the New Year. The red held for many minutes after the sun peeked above the horizon. “Red sky at morn” presaged more rain.
Yesterday it was snowing steadily as I walked to Schenley Park. Flocks of Canada geese passed overhead, checking for exposed grass on Flagstaff Hill but it was snow covered so they turned in the sky and headed for the river.
Later a snow squall reduced visibility to only a few hundred feet. This was the only view that shows how hard it was snowing.
This coming week the temperature will continue to drop day after day. By early Thursday morning 9 January it will be 14°F in town.
Happy New Year, Kate! Yes, Winter is here but each day affords us more daylight as well as moving us a day closer to Spring. Thanks for the beauty you capture of the sights and sounds around us that we easily overlook. Here’s to a great year!