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Needle Ice Grows In Our Garden

At least when it's cold. I saw (and stepped on) the phenomenon known as needle ice today as we were doing some outdoor Christmas light planning. After I heard...

Snowy West Seattle

We woke up to our first snow in the new house in West Seattle today. Here are a few photos of the scene!...

Snowy Evening Neighborhood Walk

Snow finally grace our neighborhood in Seattle this evening. It started to fall just after I finished grilling up dinner in the backyard and, as of about 10pm, left...

March Snow Dusting Walk to Work

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Icy Sparks

Today's ice storm in Tacoma is nothing new to me growing up in the Portland area but it does make for an interesting day. Starting with my walk. I...

Snowy Morning Walk Commute Through Downtown Tacoma

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Connie's Cat Alley Acrobatics & Snow

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Snowsnoeing Near Paradise With Friends

My friends Linda, Michaela and I headed up to Mt. Rainier today for a snowshoeing trip around Paradise. We planned it only a couple days before but couldn't have...

Still plenty of snow on the ground but it's deflating/melting fast with this solid rain falling. #snOMGbgone #Tacoma

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Video - Snowfall in Tacoma

Beautiful, ain't it?...

Oh, good morning falling snow. Don't you look lovely! #Tacoma

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No Surprises

The best song came on. I drove around Tacoma at six in the morning to survey the extent of a late December snow in the area. The roads were...

Photos ~ Frigid Morning Along the Thea Foss

Chilly enough out there this morning that the water on Commencement Bay and the Thea Foss Waterway was steaming or even turning to ice. Nevertheless, that November sunshine is...

Photos ~ Snow in Tacoma! (and that overturned bus)

Took a walk to/from lunch to see the snowy sights around downtown. Enjoy and be safe out there!...

Photos to Remember March Snow By

So, yeah, it's snowing yet again. But it's light, not causing and real problems, and just plain lovely. Enjoy!...

Photos ~ Drive from Vegas to Brian Head

Took off with my cousins today toward our home for the next few days. We left Vegas mid-morning and cruised smoothly out of Nevada, briefly through a piece of...

Photos ~ Snowy Outing on the Solstice in Tacoma

I took about 5 hours today to head out into the elements and see as much of Tacoma as I felt safe driving in. Beautiful but a bit treacherous...

Photos ~ White Christmas in Tacoma

In case you don't have a window or just want to look back on this from warmer days, here are some shots of the snow that's falling and sticking...

Photos ~ First snowfall of the season around Tacoma

Yea, it's pretty easy to look out the window and see the stuff falling but, hey, it's still fun to share. Here are some shots I snagged from outside...

More Tacoma snow (update 1)

After last weeks' snowfall I thought surely, after a weekend away, everything would be back to normal. I'm starting to sound like I do when I tell out-of-towner's, "It...

Photos ~ Deer tracks in the snow

There's still so very much white stuff on the ground here even after a weekend away. I did, however, find a great little reminder about some neighbors that stroll...

Plenty of white stuff -- How much did you get? (update 3)

After a quick dinner with friends at the Spar last night it started to dump snow around 7pm. On our short drive home up the hill the white stuff...

Video ~ Time-lapse of morning snowfall

Seems like the snow that was forecasted hit a bullseye. Here in the North End of Tacoma we received probably about a half inch at the most. Still, it...

Photos ~ Snowy, icy T-town

Snapped some pics around the 'hood and house this morning. I even braved the elements at lunch by taking the Link into downtown to help a local business owner...

Best sledding hills in Tacoma?

With all the snow outside our windows this early in the season it makes me think we'll have more to come. With today's conditions and any snow to come,...

Heavy rain, no snow

Well, the local news channels would like to think they have this stuff down but they don't. Yesterday's prediction of snow today petered into an after thought. Too bad...

Chubby rain

What can I say? It's snowing again — and this time it's going to be a doosy! 'Round about 5pm tonight after I took off from work for the...

Snowed in

Well, we weren't quite snowed in. I woke up this morning like most other mornings by spiraling my way down my stairs and into the bathroom for a shower....