Unknown Precipitation – Sunset, Sunday, 8 December 2013

Friday, December 13, 2013 at 05:58PM
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William Van Doren, UNKNOWN PRECIPITATION. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

No, I didn’t make up the title, nor is it something out of Don DeLillo. “Unknown Precipitation” is exactly what the local National Weather Service station at Charlottesville airport reported last night during our mix of sleet, rain, freezing rain, and other mysteries.

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).