The return of color: Spring comes around cautiously in Central Oregon. I won't
see any flowers blooming nearby until April. Once the snow melts there is a
dusty, dry, wintering quality
February never felt so short and so full. In only 28 days we experienced 3
seasons of weather (spring, winter, and spring again). It started with lightness
before becoming a roller coaster of
Bluebird New Year's Day: Most everyone I know in Central Oregon was outside
skiing on New Year's Day. Blue skies, fresh snow, friends, laughs, optimism for
a new year.
We knew there would be wildfires. With no rain in weeks, the drought monitor’s
maroon swath indicating exceptional drought kept growing and spreading across
the West. Fishing restrictions were in place due