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Henrhyd Falls, Wales Kanba Falls, Japan (click for full size)

These versions are not clickable to be bigger; if you go to Mangelsen's Web site, you can click on them and see larger versions. I found these in the Online Gallery, either New Releases, or Landscapes/Flowers/Trees.

Paraprosdokian sentences A "paraprosdokian" is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But...

Last year at this time when I was putting together the fall and preliminary winter outlooks I was seeing an El Nino amidst a cold PDO (Pacific Decadal Oscillation) facing me. That helped to lead to a very chilly winter for much of the eastern U.S. and especially the Southeast. This year the pendulum is swinging in the opposite direction and that means a La Nina amidst a cold PDO. So can we expect opposite conditions for this fall/winter?

The beauty of the NC Mountains - Fall of 2009.

The maples and other showy trees are done now. The weather has turned dour again and the maple leaves are falling fast. These are pictures taken (mostly) around town near the end of the high season. Most are maples, but there are other trees, including a cherry and a willow oak.

Driving around the Denver, Colorado metro area is a mess and giving people major headaches as they try to get around town. The biggest storm to hit Colorado in October in twelve years is leaving roads packed with snow and ice and while crews are being credited with doing a pretty good job of keeping roads cleared, the snow is falling faster than crews can clear it.Traffic for the last two days has been at a crawl and it likely won't get better until Friday when the storm moves out and sun starts to peek out again. Many areas in...

An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights. The fall storm spread 3 feet of snow and left much higher drifts across parts of northern Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, before its leading edge hit neighboring states just to the east. Wind-driven snow built to blizzard conditions over much of eastern Colorado. The weather service warned most area roads would be impassible Thursday night because of blowing snow and near-zero visibility....

We live on the western edge of the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachian Mountains, where the landscape is defined by long ridge mountains, with coves nestled in higher elevations and river valleys in the limestone and shale formations below. The Autumn turning of the leaves this year has been slow, giving us a long season of fall color. The images in this article are from the past week.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL REPORTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES WERE RECEIVED WEDNESDAY EVENING WEST OF VONA ACROSS KIT CARSON COUNTY AND NEAR KIRK IN SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS WESTERN KIT CARSON...

It's snowing just outside of Boston. The glaciers will be here soon. We are doomed unless we can get a world class global warming blowhard to visit us.

3:59 p.m.: We're about 15 minutes from kickoff here at Gillette Stadium, and the grounds crew is shoveling snow off of the field. It's been snowing pretty hard here for about an hour.

A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN MUCH COLDER AIR SPREADING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES MAY OCCUR IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS ACROSS THE REGION....

McALLEN — With the forecast calling for another freezing cold night, Richard and Vickie Burton packed the car and fled south for the blistering heat of the Rio Grande Valley. After a chilly summer in Missouri and with fall quickly covering the Midwest in cold, the Burton family drove more than 16 hours last Saturday, joining hundreds of other Winter Texans who returned early to their winter homes. "(The snow) was coming down and they took flight just like we did," he said. "It’s probably ahead of time. They don’t get this kind of weather until sometime in November and...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 NYZ009-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072- 170300- /O.CON.KBGM.WS.A.0004.091017T1600Z-091018T1800Z/ NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME... CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON... WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE... TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD... HONESDALE 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND...

<p>STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - An autumn stormed has dumped as much as six inches of snow in parts of northern Pennsylvania.</p> <p>The National Weather Service says between five and six inches fell in State College, which set a record for earliest snowfall on record. The previous earliest snow there was one-tenth of an inch on Oct. 18, 1901.</p>

A large trough is in place over the eastern U.S. and will remain so through this weekend allowing for it to be quite cold for this time of year. Temperatures will be averaging between 15 and 25 degrees below normal!

Massachusetts residents say they are under siege from this year's large crop of acorns as the hard nuts have been falling from trees like rain. Greg Roberson and Neil McIsaac of Brookline, Mass., said they routinely encounter the nuts as they fall from area oak trees, creating safety hazards while in the air and once on the ground, The Boston Globe reported Saturday. "Every time I hear one, I think it's a kid throwing a rock at me," Roberson said. "They're falling everywhere." "I've nearly broken my neck several times," McIsaac offered. "There are tons of them."

The weather pattern over the eastern U.S. the past week has been dominated by a cut-off low pressure system that has brought torrential rains to some in the South and Southeast. That system has now been lifted northward and has weekend and a second system is becoming the new player on the field

First, sorry for the delay in this post. What a couple of weeks I have had and that has kept me away from the computer and being able to complete things I promised. The last post showed graphically my Fall and Winter Outlook. Today, I provide you with some specifics for a few key cities in the eastern half of the U.S.

TALK IS CHEAP. Trading index options is usually not. As pundits everywhere debate about the trajectory of the economic recovery, investors are laying out big dollars to buy defensive index options. If the global and U.S. economies recover in the shape of a V -- down fast, up fast -- the hedges will probably ultimately function as emblems of balancing risk and reward. If the economies follow a W-shaped recovery -- a view espoused by the famous hedge-fund manager, Paul Tudor Jones, and Bill Gross, the bond maven -- the hedges will offset stock losses from another sharp drop in...

For a great many rural folk, big game hunting season is a high point—often the annual high point—of their involvement with firearms. In some locales, the big game in question may be a moose or an elk, or even a bear, though the latter is certainly not the favored meat for the larder. In most of America, though, big game hunting means deer season! It might be a big Western mule deer. It might be one of those cute little Texas blacktails. For most of my own life, and still, the likeliest quarry was the Eastern whitetail. They all taste...

As promised, today's post provides you with the official Doppler Dale 2009 Fall Forecast and a look at the preliminary 2009-10 Winter Forecast.

Last weekend a nice cool shot sank southward out of Canada and encompassed much of the eastern half of the nation. Looks like another and likely stronger surge of early autumn air will sink through the Eastern U.S. through much of the next 7-days.

YES Jesus Loves YOU!

November was coldest in 32 years; what's ahead?Dreary, foggy, soggy and cold By Steve Lyttle Posted: Monday, Dec. 01, 2008 This weekend's raw, chilly weather brought an end to one of the coldest Novembers in Charlotte weather history. That doesn't necessarily mean we're in store for a brutal winter, forecasters say, but temperatures this week will feel colder than typical early-December weather. The average temperature in November was 46.6 degrees, 6.2 degrees below normal. The last time November was colder was 32 years ago. This November, in fact, was the fifth-coldest since records started being kept in Charlotte, in October...

Armand Michaud was tending his pumpkin patch when he heard something eerie. "I heard like a pfffff, and I looked around, and I thought 'What the heck is that?'" he says. Then he saw a 2-foot crack in one of his giant pumpkins. "I could put my arm right up in it," he says. Michaud had just witnessed a bizarre phenomenon plaguing New England — exploding giant pumpkins. Each year, thousands of pumpkin growers compete to grow the biggest pumpkin the world has ever seen. Just last year, a world record was set by Joe Jutras of Rhode Island. His...

Remembering my mother's home going 1 year this month and with the view of a red-tail hawk in flight with it’s song, also a fish fly by out of the running brook.

Remembering my mother's home going 1 year this month!

This is a short instrumental of the hymn, “Jesus Love Me” and has butterflies that cross a beautiful autumn scenic background. At the videos end, my 4-year-old grandson through an animated fish sings the chorus of, “Yes Jesus Love Me”, a-cappella.

Can't resist autumn pictures during autumn!

Climate change blamed for fading foliage By DAVE GRAM   AP Photo Tom Vogelmann, chairman of the plant biology department at the University of Vermont, stands with a maple tree in Burlington , Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. People around New England are asking what's up with the foliage. Hillsides usually riotous with red and orange in early October have shown those vibrant colors in spots, but less extensively than in the past. "It's nothing like it used to be" says Vogelmann.     EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. --Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see...

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. — Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage. This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves. "They're duller, not as sparkly, if you know what I mean," Krom, 62, a registered nurse from Eastford, Conn., said during a recent visit. "They're less vivid." Other "leaf peepers" are noticing, too, and some believe climate change could be the reason.

(I hope Danny doesn't mind the free advertising.)

Two days ago I made the drive along Peak to Peak Hwy (Colorado state Hwy 72) from Boulder Country, into Larimer County, to Rocky Mountain National park and back home. Here are some of the photos from the high country, or as I know it 'my backyard'. This is from Peak to Peak Hwy near Allenspark in Boulder County. The 'highest peak' from this perspective is 13,900+ ft. Mt Meeker and just to the left 14,000+ ft. Longs Peak.--- Getting closer.--- More Apsens in full 'bloom'.--- Hillside from the Wild Basin recreation area just inside Rocky Mountain National Park. (Far...

Last weekend (Fri. Sept. 15th to Sunday Sept. 17th) we went to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the first time to hike, run, play golf and have a look at local real estate. On the way we captured the changing of the Aspen trees on digital camera along with a couple of shots of Steamboat Springs ski resort after they had about 8 inches of snow on Storm Peak and Mt. Werner during the day on Saturday. Aspens from Poudre Canyon on Highway 14 in Larimer County WNW of Ft. Collins - --- A couple of pics of Steamboat Springs ski...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

Though there's geology involved, today we will just take a look at the colors of autumn from the air. Using Bertrand's Web site, I guessed and got lucky with an identification of the first one. I have no idea where the second one is from, so if someone has the time and enterprising spirit, have fun figuring out the location. The caption for the first is below the picture. AUTUMN FOREST IN THE REGION OF CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC, CANADA (47°40' N, 71°02' W) The hills of the Charlevoix region along the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec province are dominated by a...

October is a time of homecoming at most high schools across the country. Memories of homecomings past and present are can be interesting. Share yours.

NOAA Magazine || NOAA Home Page Commerce Dept. SEPTEMBER WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS U.S., WARMEST SEPTEMBER GLOBALLY SINCE BEGINNING OF RELIABLE INSTRUMENTSOct. 13, 2005 — The United States experienced its fourth warmest September on record, while global land surface temperatures were the warmest on record for the month, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Also, three East Coast states had their driest September on record, while the month was the eleventh driest for the nation overall. U.S. TemperaturesNOAA reported the average temperature for the United States for September (based on...

Re-focus Halloween! If your school insists on having some kind of Halloween celebration, recommend that they steer away from the ghoulish and occult and, instead, focus on the event as a fall festival. ... "When you turn evil into a game, it trivializes it and numbs children to its darkness." (excerpt from email) GREAT RESOURCE SITE for Teachers, Parents & Students.

Leaves don't die. Most of them don't "turn" color. And frost is seldom a big factor. For most leaf peepers, this all might be a revelation. But not for botanists, climate specialists and attentive science students. They know that: Leaves of deciduous trees don't die because they are no more alive than fingernails, dog fur or snake skin. As the main food producer for the tree, they may be more complicated, but they do not have a life of their own. They drop from the tree because they grow a "separation layer" at the stem, signaling that their job for...

Everyone knows about Spring Cleaning - but what about fall? What do you do in the fall? Prpare for winter? Recuperate from summer? In the next week or so I'll be borrowing a tiller, pulling all the finished stuff out of the garden and clearing it out for the winter. Hubby has gotten a start on the siding. We are hoping all the insulation and drywall he put up in the attic will make a difference in the heating bills this winter. While our furnace is very effecient - the price of fuel oil is staggering so we are also...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

PARIS (AFP) - US astronomers said they had pinpointed the moment and location when one of the most famous landscape pictures in photographic history was taken. "Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point," taken by Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park, is a thrilling view of the American West, featuring a waxing Moon rising over dark, ice-tinged peaks. But precisely when Adams took the iconic black-and-white picture has never been clear, and dates for it range from the mid to the late 1940s.

When he was a child, his parents explained to him: "We use a lot of nicknames." Which would explain why his own birth certificate read Ty Emerson -- when his name was really Thai Jones. And why his father was Jeff Jones -- and Thomas Martin and Raymond Breman and Thomas Charles and a host of others. And why his mother was Eleanor Stein -- a k a Jean Hayes, Jean Silva, Claire Jordan, Marie Corey. "Our family is a little different from other families,'' they would tell the boy. Thai Jones' mother and father were fugitives, wanted by the...

The fall colors are wonderful here in Paducah, Kentucky! They just keep getting better and better and better! Hope everyone can get out and enjoy them! Brilliant blue sky here this afternoon. Enjoy the pics... More images here http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=331855#post331855

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

When the world is too loud and raucous, retire to the gardens of Grandmother's world 09/25/2004 The 2004 Garden Season Ends There will be times, sweet Granddaughter, when you will see a gardener standing on some raised vantage point and gazing out across the plantings. One would hope that the gardener is resting with admiration for the floral, fauna, and foliage throughout. More likely, Kaitlyn Mae, the gardener is dreaming of new plants to come, assessing the sunlight, rating the aesthetics and this time of year, already deep in plan for next year’s garden. Yes, gardening is a constant learning...