Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/15/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Overcast and  still. The rooster is complaining. Ducks chuckle down by the creek. A dog barks  in the distance, far up the canyon.  Walter is laying by the back door, staring this direction. The general tenor of this morning is muted and...
Playing With Sharp Objects

Playing With Sharp Objects

Cliff and Donovan came over yesterday and helped me set up a throwing axe target in the back yard. Andy had loaded a huge Ponderosa round in the bed of my truck. We took down a set of poles that was in the way and backed the truck in as close as we could before...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/14/26 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Calm, cold, clear and frosty. The moon is just a fingernail low in the southeast. I didn’t hear coyotes but Walter did. He was barking earlier,  but has settled  down for now. Ducks rise from  the pond, muttering “good...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/13/26 6:30 32F (0.0C) A frosty morning,  filled with stars. The crescent moon is low in the southeast,  just beginning its transit. The coyotes set the dog off this morning.  They sounded pretty close. They’ve settled down and Walter is in the house, ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/12/26 6:30 31F (0.5C) Dark and icy calm. The moon, waning last quarter, hangs S SE, in a strand of clouds. A light east wind blows tufts and streamers across the stars. Walter Dawg has toured the perimeter.  Finding everything in order, he is resting...