Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/5/25 6:00 53f (11.6c) Clear sky, blue as a robin’s egg, with perfectly still air. The early birds have been catching worms to bring back to their nests.                            ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    7/4/25 6:00 59f (15c) Dry, no wind. The thin, grey overcast has a rip over the east ridge and is unraveling before the sun. The chicken door is open and the rooster is outside too early. I wonder if it closed last night. The cherry cannon’s...
Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

            When we camped at Peter’s place up above Lyle, I found some pretty, red rocks that fractured with a sharp edge and threw good sparks when struck against steel. They were granular, not glassy where they were broken, so the edge didn’t stay sharp very...
Happy Dependence Day

Happy Dependence Day

    7/3/25 6:30 12.7c (55f) Clear sky, no wind. What’s eating my tomatoes?                      
The Barge

The Barge

      Walter has been out in the canoe with me several times. He does well – doesn’t seem to be very enthusiastic about it, but it beats being left home. The canoe isn’t as much fun as my kayak but the kayak isn’t big enough for...