In Closing ...

19 Oct. 2018

The new owner of the world famous Judge Thieler Tree kindly sent me this photo.  In thanks and in closing this blog, here are links to the annual day-by-day slideshows of the tree's transformation that were posted on this blog during the years 2009 through 2015.

• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

19 Oct. 2018

The Tree: 2015

Once again watch as the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" transitions from summer through autum and into winter.



Below are links to the photos from previous years to help plan your leaf-peeper visit or to see any effects from our ongoing drought.

• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Shifting Seasons

Watch again as the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" transitions from summer through autum and into winter.



Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who want to plan a leaf-peeper visit for the days of peak color.

Notice that in 2013 the peak color was more than a week earlier than prior years, perhaps because of the ongoing drought.

• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Spring St.

The route from winter to summer.

Try to Remember

Deep in December it's nice to remember ...

Slideshow.

Quincy Quince

Ripe quince in Quincy.

Autumn Gold

This is gold country!

Time to Change

It is time to again to watch the daily progression of the famous
"Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" from Summer into Fall.

Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who want to

plan a leaf-peeper visit for the days of peak color, or those who want to

search for evidence of global climate change in year-to-year data.

• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

About Judge Thieler.

Summer Leaves

It is still August!  Yes, the college started classes two weeks ago and the public schools start next week,
but it is not Autumn! Summer should not be leaving yet, and leaves should not be assuming Fall colors!
Do the trees know something that we don't about what lies ahead?

livin' the dream

There are reasons why I call this place "Q-topia."
Here are some of them:

Emily's Window

According to the note on the door, she is closed because she is still sick.  

I am recovering from a cold myself (I can't remember the last time I had one), 

but her window in the sunlight made me feel better.  

They are only paper flowers growing beside a paper dress, 

but as with the Paper Moon, you can believe that Spring is near.

Emily's Garden

Snow Drops

To mark the end of a beautiful holiday weekend,
the forecast for tomorrow says that these snowdrops
and their neighbors and the roads
will be covered with snow.

Vote for Quincy

Vote for Quincy, CA as America's coolest small town!
Vote once a day, every day, for the next dozen days.

Here are scenes from today's first annual Quincy Groundhog Fever Festival.

Everything is hi-tech.

The groundhog was carved to order - with a chainsaw.

  For a few dollars, everyone gets to be a judge
  of the chili cook-off (above).






  Captain Cupcake (left and below)
  didn't win the sweet eatin' contest.
  He only ate cupcakes, not the donuts.
  Maybe next year (or the next repeat of this day :-)

Notice the prone snow-monster.

REMEMBER to Vote for Quincy, CA as America's coolest small town!

Vote once a day, every day, for the next dozen days.

Leaf It To Me

I didn't get these posted yesterday because, well, I was, um, exercising.  And if you ever need to know, yes, a ton of leaves is heavier than a ton of whatever, especially when damp.

Also, perhaps these Fall colors will tide you over while the BlackOakNaturalist finds a way around the no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-forever Google wall. 

Peak Peeping Season

If the past is any predictor of the future, this weekend may be the time to see the venerable "Judge Thieler sugar maple" near its peak. 
Even the BlackOakNaturalist is making time for the maple as evidenced by this shot on his blog today.

Below is this year's day-by-day leaf-by-leaf-turning slideshow.

After the sugar maples' peak relatively early in the season, there's still a month

of Awesome Autumn around Quincy and all of Plumas County.

Here are links to the photos from previous years for comparison.

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

By the way, the Al spelled his name "Thieler", and you should too.

Sumac

Where I grew up, this was a weed.  Joe is right, we should celebrate the magnificent weeds.

Autumn Leaves

Actually, Summer is what has taken leave, and with its leaving
it is time again to document the the annual autumnal display of
the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple".

Here is the slide show that will be updated regularly.

Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who either

want to plan their visit for the days of peak color, or who want to

search for evidence of global climate change in year-to-year data.

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

And here just for fun is a simulated 3D view of the tree at the end of summer.

Bloomy Day

Spring Signs

Backcast

Today (Sunday) we are getting the weather that was forecast for Friday. On Friday we had what they had forecast for today (just last night). I guess we could say that, along with the snow, their accuracy is Falling.