Head in the Clouds Amherst: Head in the Clouds Amherst 2018 Wall Calendar


Click on photo to enlarge - and scroll below for a view of all the months Actual calendar photos and daily entries are high resolution images

If you are looking for a unique Amherst gift that will keep giving all year round, look no further than our new Head in the Clouds Amherst 2018 Wall Calendar. This year's calendar features:

12 beautiful, seasonal photos taken in Amherst by twelve different local photographers (scroll below for their names).
Over 100 daily entries highlighting:

Astronomical events visible from Amherst with the naked eye (full moon, new moon, meteor showers, and more!)
Anniversaries of catastrophic weather events that occurred in Amherst and New England between 1660 and 2017
Pivotal dates in Amherst history
Pivotal dates in the history of meteorology
Major U.S. holidays
Major religious holidays

This is that perfect gift for Amherst residents, tourists, college students here and away, writers and poets, nature lovers, and Amherst natives living abroad and longing for a taste of home. This calendar will have them (and you) falling in love with Amherst month after month. Full size when open is 17" high and 11" wide.

You now have two options for purchasing online:

1. MAIL ORDER: $19 per calendar, which includes postage and handling. Click on this PayPal button:

Purchase here for delivery by mail:

2. LOCAL PICK UP: $15 per calendar. Click on this PayPal button:
(With this option, you will avoid built-in postage costs by picking up your calendars in North Amherst - directions to the pick-up location will be emailed to you after you complete your purchase).

Purchase here for local pick up:

You can also purchase our calendar at Hastings, located in downtown Amherst at 45 South Pleasant Street on the Common, or Simple Gifts Farm Farm Store, located in North Amherst at 1089 North Pleasant Street. Call before you go over just to make sure they have calendars in stock. We do our best to keep our sellers supplied, but it's not unusual for them to run out several times during a season - if they don't have any, let us know.

For questions or special requests (including arranging for pick up in Amherst), please email Sharon at CloudsAmherst[@]gmail[.]com.
The [at] and [dot] are done to keep email addresses from being collected by spammers and harvesting robots. You just have to replace them for [@] and [.] when you write your e-mail.

Calendar Cover
Photo by Joshua Wolfsun

Snow Cow
Atkins North, North Amherst ~ Photo by Sharon Vardatira

Looking North from Rattlesnake Knob
Mount Holyoke Range, Amherst ~ Photo by Elisa Campbell

Tenderness at the Duck Pond
UMass Amherst ~ Photo by Ellen Finkelstein

Amherst Light
Town Hall, Amherst ~ Photo by John Snyder

Early Spring Morning at Bramble Hill Farm
Amherst ~ Photo by Meg Wright

Summer Glow
The Old Landfill, Amherst ~ Photo by Meg Rosa

A Thoughtful Heron at Puffer's Dam
Puffer's Pond, North Amherst ~ Photo by Anna-Beth Winograd

Dream
Mount Pollux, South Amherst ~ Photo by Ben Harper

Autumn at Cherry Hill
North Amherst ~ Photo by David Sharken

Autumn Light
Wentworth Farm, Amherst ~ Photo by Mindy Domb

A Foggy Start
South Amherst ~ Photo by James Patten

Quiet Dawn on the Common
Amherst Center ~ Photo by Joshua Wolfsun

On Puffer's Pond

Saturday, February 4, 2023, 3:35 pm: The past two days have seen record-breaking cold in the area, with the temperature dipping to -14F overnight, Friday into Saturday. To make matters worse, the wind was unyielding, whipping through the trees and driving wind chill readings down to -40F. In a season that had been unusually mild up until that point, it was something of a shock. Local residents were suddenly forced to think about warming up their cars, preventing pipes from freezing, and dressing in multiple layers to walk their dogs. By Saturday, while many were happy to hunker down and wait for temperatures to stop breaking low records, this was the moment that ice fishers and skaters had been waiting for all winter. With temps hovering around 12F (albeit above zero) by Saturday afternoon, Puffer's Pond was the place to be for about 30 people, many of whom were spread out over the ice, either ice fishing or playing hockey. While this is a fairly typical sight at Puffer's in the coldest winter months, our current lack of snow made it unique. No one had to contend with snowpack - the skaters didn't even have to clear a "field" for their game. And with all the hiking paths snow and ice-free, photographers had no trouble capturing water flowing through, under, and around layers of ice on the water. And, still, at 12F, without hand and foot warmers, I did not linger long. The temps will be rising quickly in the coming week, climbing well above freezing, even to 50F in the days to come. So, I'm guessing the skaters and ice fishers also won't be here much longer.

(Read past entries here.)

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