Deer Delay
Deer Delay – Last day of June, 2025.
After work on Monday afternoon, I went down to Londonderry to cut some grass. I was at Mom’s, the house and yard that I grew up in.
Deer Delay – Last day of June, 2025.
After work on Monday afternoon, I went down to Londonderry to cut some grass. I was at Mom’s, the house and yard that I grew up in.
On average, this area of NH receives roughly three and a half (3.5″) inches of rain in June. Each of the last four years have been pretty consistently wet here.
Well, there wasn’t much snow here in our corner of the world over the snow season. It wasn’t very cold either. With a lot of work, and help from my family, we managed a pretty decent ice skating season out back. Over a span of about three weeks in January, we received roughly 57% of the snowfall for the season. We will see what the upcoming winter holds.
I take many more pictures than I share. I am always looking for scenes, wildlife, and weather. Kind of a random glimpse of symmetry, if that makes sense. Then, some pictures are just taken to remember, respect, and recognize. Here are 21 pictures from October ’23.
As it turns out, we had quite a bit of snow this winter, but that is also somewhat misleading. It was not a cold winter, and much of the snow was heavy, wet, damaging snow that was quickly compacted and mostly gone within hours of it falling from the sky. Temperatures overall were mild, and it made for a terrible winter to keep an ice rink skateable.
My day started early with the threat of high heat and then cold front bringing storms and rain. But the morning was gorgeous. The sun climbed and another gift from God had dawned.
Ordinary Extra – A Great Start
I was up early. I had things to do and miles to cover. But I was blessed to see the sunrise. The last May sunrise of 2023. I took three pictures just a few dozen seconds apart and the colors changed. God’s handiwork never ceases to amaze me.
Ordinary Extra – Last May Sunrise
A place I remembered well, where dreams were born, and memories made.
This was where children learned, loved, laughed, growing while they played.
After my searing hike up Saddle Pass and around the loop trail, and a quick visit to Wall Drug, I returned for my final evening in Badlands National Park. Also, I had decided on doing a couple more hikes, albeit very short hikes.