Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

8/11/25 3:00 105f (40.5c) Clear sky, no wind in town.             I had been  cooped up in the house with this cold for eleven days. Walter had been  cooped up here with me.  We were both going  stir crazy. I was feeling better, enough...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      8/11/25 6:00 61f (16.1c) No wind, clear sky. I hear lots of truck traffic.  Ladders are banging  in the orchard across the street. Walter is barking at the crew as they start down the rows. I holler at the dog, but he is determined to drive them...
Good Morning

Good Morning

          8/10/25 5:45 59f (15c) Amy gets home from  California  today. The full moon is dropping behind Willow Flat. I hear a whistle, a chirp, the flutter of wings. A dove  coos over by the creek. The rooster interrupts with  raucous...
Good Evening

Good Evening

8~9~25 7:30 80f Clear, blue sky with the sunning dropping low in the west, casting golden beams of light through the almost invisible haze of fire season. I painted the back decks yesterday, and soaked the soft spots with Minwax wood hardener. This morning I filled...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      8/9/25 7:00 57f (13.8c) Clear sky,  with a hint of breeze tickling the corn. The moon, full tonight, has set; the sun begins to rise above the east ridge. It is quiet against the intermittent intrusion of modernity, faint and in the background:...