Winter arrived yesterday with freezing temperatures but bright sun.
Had it arrived a day or so sooner, the countryside would be white.
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The fact that we’ve had hardly any snow and mostly very mild temperatures has completely changed the look of fields that are still partly green.
3 years ago we had 31 inches of snow.
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Off to Clifton Park, in daylight this time.
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Grant had been this way a few days ago and noticed that the Hudson was running very high, so we wondered what to expect since we had a day of heavy rain recently.
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At the turn onto River Road there was immediate evidence of flooding…
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Snow would have been better.
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In 5 years we’ve never seen it like this.
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As far as I know, there had been no flood warnings as there usually are.
But it’s much worse further down the Hudson.
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Turning south.
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Headinghome at about 3pm.
Traffic! Oh no!
It was the sky I was trying to catch.
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The clouds were being sucked into a great hoover.
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Back at the Hudson.
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We stopped briefly and saw common goldeneye ducks bobbing about.
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That afternoon light again.
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Flooded bird house 🙁 and trees.
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Going north again.
The Hudson was lapping at the road.
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Chasing that sky!
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Putt, putt, putt…
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Driver got tired of putt putt, so we turned off.
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To be continued…:)
By contrast, we have record-breaking high temperatures for December, though they come with rain. Today was 12C, the 25th might break all records with a top of 15C.
At least you live high up, so can escape the floods.
best wishes, Pete.
I think it’s the first time I’ve seen evidence of road traffic on your blog … and I think I prefer looking more at the full Hudson, ducks on the river and lovely sky photos.
You’re a machine, Carolyn! I can’t keep up with reading all your posts! 😉