Saturday December 9th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Saturday December 9th 2006
Location: The Bozeman House Front Yard, Bozeman, MT

The weather today- well it didn’t do much anything different then over the past few days. This morning the temperature was 24.4 degrees reaching a high of 37.1 at 5 PM. As of this writing the temperature is 23.2 degrees.
I apologize for the lack of a photo, I had taken photographic evidence this morning and then the family using the house kidnapped my photography device (for the own means under the flimsy excuse of needing it for a ‘day trip’) and have not returned it to its rightful place.
Very peaceful all day, yet when they return I expect the usual frantic going too and fro.
The family installed some Christmas lights (or Holiday lights as some say- why must humans name the same thing different names?) on the bushes near by where I am stationed to help celebrate the season.
I don’t understand why when they never seem to be at home during the day and at night when the lights are at their prettiest they stay indoors unable to see them.
Nevertheless I am enjoying them immensely.

I will post my next report tomorrow.

The Weather Rock

Friday December 8th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Friday December 8th 2006
Location: The Bozeman House Front Yard, Bozeman, MT

The weather is warming and the snow continues to melt slightly. 22 this morning reaching a high of 36.5 at 1 PM. As of this writing the temperature is 36.2 degrees.

Sunny with a few clouds, and as you can see the snow around me is melting more visably because of the heat I retain. (Rocks are helpful in many more days then one.)

I am showing an overhead shot to ‘change things up’ The family ventured this morning to a deep dark place few escape from alive called ‘Wal-Mart’ I worried for their safety and yet they managed to escape but not until it was well past noon.

I will post my next report tomorrow.


The Weather Rock

Thursday December 7th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Thursday December 7th 2006
Location: The Bozeman House Front Yard, Bozeman, MT



The weather this morning was 21 degrees reaching a high of 38.3 at 1 PM. As of this writing the temperature is 32.2.

The snow is melting of the roads and open mountainsides but is still 1.5 inches (or more in shady places) deep.

It is crunchy and hard. The individual flakes and melted and refroze to form small ice pellets.

The family seems to be spending much time away from the house. (Why do people stay arrive somewhere and then seem to want to spend their time anywhere but where they came to stay in the first place…?)

I head them talking about visiting a museum and seeing many different forms of rocks. That for me would be the perfect job. Staying indoors, displayed lovingly for all to see, teaching people about the world and the way it was. Of course it is vexing to read all these ‘theories’ and such about the age of the world. Why don’t they just ask us rocks personally? But alas they think just because they can flit from one place to another it makes them a ‘high form’ However I do enjoy them for they are very entertaining to watch.

It was very bright and sunny all day today yet there are clouds that could be signaling snow tonight. I am somewhat hopeful.



I will post my next report tomorrow.



The Weather Rock

Wednesday December 6th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Wednesday December 6th 2006
Location: The Bozeman House Front Yard, Bozeman, MT


The morning temperature was 22 degrees reaching a high of 37 around noon. It was overcast and quite hazy all day today clearing slightly at 4 PM. The mountains appear to be a very dark blue (Almost navy in color) for the trees and white in the open areas. Very light snow flurries all day and as of this writing the temperature is 33.1.

The guest finally arrived today, it caused a general excitement throughout the family. I counted them coming and going no less then 3 different times. I am interested to see more of their strange behavior of the week progresses (as it appears the weather is being decidedly uninteresting.)

I will post my next report tomorrow.

The Weather Rock

Tuesday December 5th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Tuesday December 5th 2006
Location: The Bozeman House Front Yard, Bozeman, MT

The weather was warm this morning at 22 degrees in Townsend, MT.

Sadly my plan to travel on my own was never implemented. I was kidnapped by the family staying at the house and brought to their other home in Bozeman, MT. It seems I am now somewhat of a lucky talisman to them. I find it amazing how humans can have interests in such odd thinks. My cousins in Stonehenge can relate.

There is about 2 inches of wet snow. The temperature reached a high at 43 degrees and as of this writing the temperature is 20.1

The family seems to be excited as they are having a guest arrive tomorrow. I am enjoying the view of the mountains, it is nice to be near many other relatives.

I will post my next report tomorrow.

The Weather Rock

Monday December 4th 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Monday December 4th 2006
Location: The Townsend Cabin Front Yard- Townsend, MT


The warming tend continues today. The temperature was 21 degrees in the morning reaching a high of 37.2 at 2:30 PM. As of this writing the temperature is now 36.9.

I am always surprised every year at how the temperature can fluctuate so much in just a weeks time. This time last week it was 8 degrees and snowing.

Slight melting of the snow, my ‘snow hat’ is shrinking and perhaps I will now start working on my tan.

This afternoon the two younger members of the cabin family ventured outside and soon great crashing and banging noises shook thought the forest.

The had acquired two sleds (different from the ones used during their sledding expedition), these ones were rectangle shaped, long and made out of brightly colored materials. One was orange and one was blue. The two had managed to pull the skin off what I had assumed to be a large snow colored boulder but was instead a large pile of small limbless trees hidden under a gray cloth like fabric.

The then took these limbless trees (I should say they were the proper width of a large tree but were very short- no more then 16 inches long) and started piling them on the sleds. Then they would take these trees restack them by the house and return to the pile that was stacked quite a distance away. After many trips they pulled out a few implements of destruction (A strangely shaped piece of iron on a wooden stick) and started splitting the trees. Fascinating to watch.

To give my superiors an all around better view of the weather in this state I shall be moving 95 miles southeast tomorrow to the town of ‘Bozeman’ Tell them they needn’t worry about supplying my transportation I have managed a way to travel myself without worrying the higher-ups.


I will post my next report tomorrow.


The Weather Rock

Sunday December 3rd 2006

The Weather Rock Report
Sunday December 3rd 2006
Location: The Townsend Cabin Front Yard- Townsend, MT

The temperature started cold this morning (at least compared to the last few days) at 11.1 degrees. We finally broke the ‘30’ barrier at 2 PM today with a high of 31.4. As of this writing the temperature is 27.0 with high clouds. The moon is very bright and it is illuminating the tress most prettily.
Not much to report today. No wild beings invading my territory (animal, human or otherwise) Fist day with no snow flurries in quite sometime.
The snow is back to being very dry, yet now it will ‘squeak’ when someone walks on it and is now the texture of course sugar. (I have a cousin who hails from Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii and he knows all about the sugar industry, and he wasn’t afraid to share how knowledgeable he is. He loved to share his wealth of information at reunions until the accident. Well it wasn’t much of an accident, as it is a rocks duty to stay where they are placed and after the most recent explosion we haven’t heard from him. We assume he is helping form the latest bit of shoreline in Hawaii. The perfect job for him. I am sure he will have much to share in a few thousand years or so.)
Anyway! As always I will post my next report tomorrow.

The Weather Rock