Scoakat's Blog

January is here and so are we.  Winter is not the end of times, just the end of warm times.  That's not even true - as I type it is over...

We got our first significant snowfall for the season today.  Prior to this we'd only had a few snowfalls of an inch or two, and as of ...

Three weeks ago I pulled off to take some pictures of the Lake Monona ice during a beautiful late fall day with temperatures above freezing,...

While we've had only a few light snowfalls so far the winter temperatures have sure arrived.  We've been hanging out in the single d...

I woke up late this morning to discover snow outside.  We'd been getting, and continue to get, a steady light snowfall that was suppos...

The Winter Solstice officially arrived at 10:28 this morning here.  Finally, the days get longer from here on!  We have a 4 day weekend here...

I've noticed the ice on the lake the last couple weeks as I drive to and from work and I'd been thinking of stopping to take a few p...

Hamish, top, and Basil Welcome to winter.  We got our second snow last night and this morning, about an inch is all.  My wife went out a...

This is what's on my mind this week.  Our undefeated Wisconsin Badgers have a shot at the national championship playoff, but they have t...

Today we made a day trip about 100 miles or more west southwest into an area of the state that borders up with Iowa on the Mississippi River...