The first snow of the season Oct. 23 dusted pumpkins and more in Rangely and Rio Blanco County. Photos by Katie King
Tag: fall
WELL SEASONED …
It’s nearly soup and sweater season. Leaves are beginning to turn just in time for the fall equinox today. Peak colors are expected in the next few weeks. A 30-day forecast of cool nights and sunny days will help the process along–sunshine helps ‘burn off’ chlorophyll in the leaves to[Read More…]
FALL, Y’ALL …
Apples are blushing, mums are blooming and the morning air is crisp. Soon all the smart bucks will be hanging out in town, and all the hunters will be hanging out in the forest looking for them. | Caitlin Walker Photo
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Happy *meteorological* fall
We’ve always wondered if meteorologists — the prognosticators of weather so frequently jeered and abused for inaccurate predictions — lived in some kind of alternate universe. It turns out, they aren’t even operating on the same seasonal calendar as the rest of us. On the Gregorian calendar, the change of[Read More…]
OFFICIALLY FALL …
It’s not a date on the calendar, cold temperatures or shorter days that let Rio Blanco County residents know fall has arrived in earnest; it’s the annual moving of the sheep through town from their high country summer pastures. Paige Jones Photos