Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/9/26 6:15 52F (11C) Blustery,  gray and damp. The waning crescent moon hangs in a patch of blue, showing through the torn fabric of clouds, rent by a belligerent west wind. The rain has paused but I expect it to resume at any moment. There was a chorus of...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/8/26 6:30 50F (10C) Calm, cloudy, no wind, no precipitation.  Yesterday it dried out. More rain is predicted today, but there is none at this moment. Birds call to each other under a sky the color of lint. The neighbor’s dog started yapping and...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/7/26 6:15 46F (7.7C) Cloudy but still. It rained off and on all day yesterday, sometimes hard. It stormed last night. This morning there is no rain and no wind, but there is a big limb off the maple laying across the deck. Somewhat improbably, there...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/6/26 6:30 49F (9.4C) Cloudy,  calm. The sun is up. It is a quiet Saturday morning. The birds chat with each other in subdued voices. The clouds overhead move to the east in a steady, orderly procession. There is no wind on the ground. It rained last night,...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/5/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Cloudy,  light gusts, no rain. I slept  late. The sun is over the ridge. A brisk breeze blows through the oaks, shuffling leaves like a deck of cards. Walter is barking at the neighbor’s dog. Sheila Kitty is critiquing my...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/4/26 5:00 50F (10C) Light breeze on the ground. A few scattered clouds drift across an otherwise clear, blue sky. To the east,  a yellow tinge betrays the sun clawing its way over the ridge. The moon, waning gibbous,  has just dropped behind Willow...