It’s in the wind
I was outside with Maddie (6) the other afternoon and there was a gentle breeze. “Daddy, doesn’t it smell like autumn?” she asked. And it did. In fact, I had just had the same sensation only didn’t mention it because what would a six-year-old know? Obviously much more than we give them credit for. And I dare say they may know more than we about the nuances of nature, like the change in seasons, or under which rock, and when to find...
Welcome to the land of temperature inversion
Autumn and /or spring in the Appalachians can turn your senses upside down. As the seasons change from warm to cool (autumn) or from cool to warm (spring) – before the atmosphere gets thoroughly mixed we often experience temperature inversion, where the cool, heavier air settles in the valleys and lowlands. A couple of mornings last week when the girls and I left our home (around 3,500 feet) for school the temp was in the mid 40s – by...