June weather…

According to the Providence Journal on June 20,2009…

•April and May had only 3 clear days each, and there has been none so far in June.

•The average temperature in June has been 62.6, or 3.5 degrees cooler than normal.

•In the first 18 days of June, 12 were cooler than average and 6 were warmer than average.

•Precipitation for the year was 1.32 inches less than normal as of 6 p.m. Friday.

•In the 90 days since March 20, 55 have brought measurable rain or at least a trace of precipitation

All in all we were very happy to see the sun today…

Finally got the lawn mowed, screens put in the porch windows, the shed cleaned out, beach chairs put in the car just in case…

Light Tricks...

I have been busy with house guests but also feeling particularly uninspired in this cold, rainy weather we've been having...Then the sun came out this afternoon for about fifteen minutes and made a crazy pattern on the wall...

The Sun Breaks Thru....

I feel like I'm taking worse pics since I started photography class...maybe I'm trying too hard...This week's assignment is to take at least 20 pics within a 30 foot diameter using lots of angles and settings ...at least I had a good excuse to go to the beach today...

Poinsettia Dilemma...

The problem, for me, with poinsettias is that their beauty outlives their use as a seasonal decoration...yesterday the afternoon sun struck this plant in a heart-warming way...just what I needed to get away from taking more snow pics...So do I throw it out because I am tired of it and Christmas is over?...



I tried making this collage with Picasa then uploaded it thru Flickr to make a larger image...still learning...