Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

"Ear-Numbing" Cold

The slush froze solid in another of our overnight flash-freezes.
A blanket of snow (less than half an inch) coats the hard-irregular-slick ground.
And as yet it has not warmed all that much.
It is just cold.

If you are heading out, and the bright sunshine does invite it, wear boots and leave no uncovered skin.

Currently at the Lodge it is 8:40 am:
18.9 degrees F and rising (albeit slowly);
68% humidity and steady;
29.80" of mercury and rising.

The brook is running, and is surrounded by snow and forming ice.
It is quite beautiful, if also quite cold.

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