Good Afternoon
9/6/26 Noonish 65F (18.3C) Foggy with the rain tapering off. Several days of thunder and rain have soaked the ground and broken the summer drought. Amy, Walter and I hopped in the truck and headed to Chanty Camp for the first foray of the rainy season....
Pueblo Viejo
Few have seen this sight and lived.
Good Evening
8/23/26 9:00 64F (17.7C) AQI 48 This evening is slightly hazy with the scent of wood smoke, but the moon is waxing gibbous and the stars are shining bright. We just got back from six days at the coast and I couldn't resist a soak before bed. I watched a star go...
Good Morning
8/20/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Blue sky alternating with fog blown about by a light breeze blowing from the NW. A single drip has soaked a spot just above my pillow. I got up at 5:00 to use the head, about 1/8 mile walk in the blackness through heavy swirling mist....
Good Afternoon
8/11/26 The wind being favorable and the wildfire smoke having abated, Walter, Mike and I decided to spend the day by a stream in the woods. We arrived late morning and found we had the place to ourselves. Except for Cocaine Bear. Quickly retrieving our bear guns, we...
Good Morning
9/7/26 7:30 52F (11C) AQI 21 Cloudy but not raining. Faint breeze. Watching summer slip away, soaking in the hot tub sipping tea. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
9/6/26 7:00 52F (11C) AQI 18 Overcast, steady rain, no wind. It is grey and still and wet. The only sounds are the hum of the hot tub and the rain tapping through the leaves. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
9/5/26 6:45 49F (9.4C) AQI 19 Cloudy with puddles. The rain has stopped but it hasn't dried out. There is no wind. The chickens are clucking as the rooster attempts to exert his authority (is that what the kids are calling it now?). Birds chatter and trill....
Good Morning
9/4/26 5:30 47F (8.3C) AQI 20 Overcast and raining. In the east the waning quarter moon lends a dull luminosity to the clouds. Rain taps through the leaves and soaks into the ground. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
9/3/26 6:00 49F (9.4C) AQI 23 Cloudy, damp. The waning half moon glows behind a thin veil of clouds. The dark is slow to leave this morning. It rained all yesterday and most of last night. I expect it will rain more today. Good. We were overdue. ...
Pueblo Viejo
Few have seen this sight and lived.
Oooo Mommy
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Book Club
Book club was at mom's house tonight, so Andy brought mom up here for dinner while our wives were otherwise occupied. I spent the day scouring the house and cooking. We had pork loin and cornbread. Andy brought a salad, wine and beer. After dinner we had drinks,...
Morels for Breakfast
Between the drought and fierce competition, I have not found many morels this season. But this morning I did have three mushrooms and about as many stalks of asparagus. I scalded the morels in water while I chopped and fried some bacon. When the bacon was...
Lusk Creek Militia
Walter Dawg joined Cap'n Ron, Michael and me on a winter excursion into the Gifford Pinchot. ...
