Snows on Mt. Judea, Moss, Round-top, Reynolds, and Sherman mountains are melting fast (55F) bringing up the Little Buffalo quickly:
Parthenon side of Round Top Moutain
Little Buffalo at Will Jones Ford
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Snowmelt near Parthenon Arkansas
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged Arkansas, little buffalo, parthenon, river, Round-top, Sherman mountains, Snowmelt on March 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Snow overnight last night, ice today and tomorrow, then thunderstorms on Monday
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Shrubs and Trees, Weather, tagged 2/228, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, ice, parthenon, sleet, snow on February 28, 2015| 1 Comment »
Must be Spring in NW Arkansas !!! Snow and ice overnight; snow and sleet now and more ice tomorrow, thunderstorms Monday. I cannot get out, due to slick steep mountains roads and Im dying to get over the the Buffalo River to take some photos. Photo from front yard:
the photo below was tasked two days ago (2/26 at dusk); above at 1:30 PM 2/28/15
Last April 12th – on the Buffalo just below Pruitt (first bluff on right)
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Weather, tagged April 2014, below Pruitt, Buffalo National, Buffalo River, river on February 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Oh I wish it was like this NOW. This cold, ice, and snow snap has got me down. We will fall to 5F tonight and rise to 25F tomorrow; then ice forecast for Saturday:
Hooded Merganser on Boxley Mill Pond last Saturday in the wind
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Uncategorized, Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Boston Mountains, Boxley Pond, Hooded Merganser, ice, Jasper, paior, parthenon, snow on February 20, 2015| 3 Comments »
Not a common duck to see (at least to me) on Boxley Pond last Saturday. Since last Saturday, it’s been so cold all week and I struggled to town on Wednesday. The ice was melted on Highway 327, but up at higher altitudes, like climbing out of my place, it was very icy. I am also including a photo from AR 327:
Cold morning – February 17; temperature falls to 9F.
Posted in General, Mountain Scenery, mountains, Weather, Wild Birds, tagged 2/17, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Carolina Wren, forecast, ice, sleet on February 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Carolina Wren in the sleet this morning and a photo of the Murray Valley at 5 PM last evening. More ice and sleet on the way tonight, Thursday-Friday and on Sunday; WOW, winter all at once. Only supposed to reach 40F today and its likely I’m stuck here at home a while even with 4WD; deep snow I can deal with – but these roads are narrow, steep, crooked, ands icy:
We had about an inch of snow 2 weeks ago and the Elk were busy
Posted in mammals, mountains, tagged Arkansas Elk Herd, Bull, Cow, elk, January 15, Morgan Mountain Road on February 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A cow Elk bellows and a Bull Elk test the cold air for scents. Taken with a Canon 5DMII and a EF300L IS f/2.8:
Richland Creek Wilderness — 1/23/15
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Wild Birds, tagged 1/23/15, falling water creek, Iceledo, north entrance modifications, Northern Cardinal, Northern Cardinals, richland creek, richland creek wilderness, Richland Wilderness, south entrance road on January 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I visited Richland Wilderness on Friday afternoon. I got out and walked a bit on the south end of the Creek. The Witch Hazel is in bloom and very fragrant now. My favorite place after 50 years. It is still wild. with no trails; except a rough trail blazed to Richland Creek from the small camping spot above the bridge on the South side of the creek, below the confluence with the Devil’s Fork. There has been a lot of road construction on the north entrance; I don’t like what they have done; it will take 20 years to regenerate what they destroyed. Saw a bunch of Northern Cardinals at the re-routed entrance also.
The southern entrance remains the same expect a few more houses each year. The south entrance road is badly washboarded for 7 miles. The northern entrance has been re-routed, best I can tell (up near Iceledo Gap). There has been very heavy logging near the north entrance also. All in all, it was a beautiful day with highs about 44F. Left through the south entrance road paralleling Falling Water Creek:
Trip to Steel Creek on the Buffalo below Ponca — 1/14 at 3 PM
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, tagged Bee Bluff, Boston Mountains, Buffalo River, clear, high, icicles, near Ponca, Roark Bluff, Steel Creek, water on January 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There were long icicles around and about Roark Bluff at Steel Creek today and water was still high enough to float today. The ice in the sickles appeared aqua-blue in the late light today or maybe it was minerals. The temperature started at 15F at 6:30 AM but rose to 50F by 2 PM; beautiful day in the mountains:
A Cold and Frosty morning in the High Ozarks
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged Ponca Wilderness Area. Arkansas on January 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Rain, sleet, snow, cold, then sun — Lost Valley near Ponca
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Weather, tagged Arkansas, beech trees, Lost Valley, ponca, rain, sleet, snow and sun on January 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I started the day at Lost Valley; with flurries and low 20’s after a night of high North winds. Over at Lost Valley the water was running well in Clark Creek and the Beech Tees offered a nice contrast:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 