Good Morning

Good Morning

    1/5/26 6:30 34F (1.1C) Quiet, cold, and calm. Partially cloudy with a few stars showing. The waning moon, two days past full, shines through the bare oaks. A light freezing mist wafts down, coating everything with a thin layer of ice. Christmas break is...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    1/4/26 6:45 37F (2.7C) Fog in the trees, with cold, steady rain and no wind.                            ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    1/3/26 5:30 36F (2.2C) Raining, no wind, warm for predawn January. By 6:00 the rain had tapered off. The full moon, low in the west, peeks through a veil of clouds, then disappears again. Trump’s forces have illegally attacked Venezuela with strike...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/2/26 6:30 37F (2.7C) Calm, quiet, damp. A thin fog sifts through the trees and settles in the canyon. It is warmer than yesterday morning, no ice. Everything is wet. I hear an owl softly calling.  A few birds chirp quietly. A half dozen ducks rise from the...
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

  1/1/26 7:00 31F (-0.5C) Overcast, gray, subdued. Everything is encased in ice. Haze from morning  fires has settled in the firs. A freezing mist is transitioning to light rain. Snow is forecast. I am surrounded by the discordant squawks of birds. Walter...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      12/31/25 6:30 24F (-4.4C) The sky is blue, the ground is frozen. There is no wind. Home from California. The cold bites my fingers like a puppy.  It’s teeth are sharp. Ducks circle up from the weeds, heading out for a morning sortie. Dawn...