Such a deep blue sky today
I had to get out and take some photos of nature. The contrast with the dark shade of blue is really beautiful. These photos are untouched, not photoshopped. Straight from my iPhone camera.
Weather
Hail
We got a brief hailstorm on the way home from work today. I took this video from inside the shuttle van as we were driving past a small city park. Luckily for us in the van, we weren’t out in it. Other people weren’t so lucky. My bald head would not like to be hit by those big chunks of ice.
The hail stones were the size of large marbles. The storm didn’t last very long, it turned back to rain in just a few minutes.
Blue sky, good air
It’s a beautiful morning in Shenyang. Air quality index is 53/80 (first number is “official,” second is measured by the U.S. Consulate). Temperature is a cool 59° F.
I fear that when things get bad, I will forget days like this.
My first China sunset
The rain cleared up in time to give us a sunset.
This is the weather that I was expecting
The view from my bedroom window this morning. Very hazy.
Yet another snow day
Good morning, Washington, D.C.!
This is, I think, the fourth snow day since I started with the Foreign Service.
Snow days cause considerable interruption to the training schedule. There is no flexibility built into the schedule. There are classes scheduled to begin immediately after us, and there are other classes that are just a few weeks in front of us in the training program. If we had to delay classes, it would cause a cascading effect on all the training schedules.
After the previous snow day a few weeks ago, the course coordinators compressed the content so that it would fit into the same time period. That meant longer days, more homework, and shorter breaks. It was stressful for everyone.
Last week, I was just feeling that we were getting back on track, and then this storm hit us. I’m afraid that we are back to a more compressed and stressful schedule. 🙁
Snow Day?!
The federal government is shut down today because of the big snow storm.
I just went outside and took this piocture. Do you see any snow? Me neither.
Squirrel surviving the ice storm on Michigan State University campus
December 24, 2013
Stormy Sky
Must be seen at full resolution to appreciate the detail.
