Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/10/25 5:30 61f (16.1c) It’s a lovely morning; clear, blue sky and no wind to speak of.                                 Orchard sprayers and crop dusters spreading chemicals...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/9/25 5:30 62f  (16.6c) No wind. Blue sky with a few small clouds in the east, backlit by the still as yet invisible sun. A frog croaked briefly, the first I’ve heard in months. The birds and squirrels are active this morning,  provoking the dog. Walter...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    7/8/25 6:00 61f  (16.1c) A faint breeze with blue sky overhead.  The haze from the fire at Wyeth was thick last night but seems to have cleared for the moment .                           ...
Walter Gets His Sea Legs

Walter Gets His Sea Legs

The weather forecast this afternoon was for hot to unbearable. Amy and I loaded up the kayaks, Walter jumped in the truck, and we all headed north to Goose Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.                  ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      7/7/25 6:30 59f (15c) Another blue sky morning with no wind. A woodpecker hammers out his song of love on an aluminum ladder. A hawk, perhaps frustrated by an unsuccessful hunt, screeches as he flys low across the blackberry brambles.  ...