Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/9/26 5:15 58F (14.4C) AQI 18 No wind. The air is good this morning. Mostly clear, with a few wisps of clouds, very little haze and only a faint whif of wood smoke. The last sliver of the moon is rising in the east. Good morning.        ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/8/26 5:30 59F (15C) AQI 80 Walter rests on the deck; the fingernail moon reclines on a maple branch overhead. There is a breeze, and the air quality index has improved,  but smoke lies in the canyon and it smells worse than yesterday.  Like a campfire someone...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/7/26 5:30 59F (15C) AQI 81 Birch leaves flutter and cottonwood saplings sway in a faint breeze.  The sky is hazy; lavender, blue, and pink. Birds are chirping. A quarter moon sits atop the maple. The wind shifted around from the west yesterday afternoon and...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/6/26 6:00 56F (13.3C) AQI 234 The moon has slipped into its final quarter, suspended in a dirty sky, high above the maple tree. This morning is grey and smells like ashes. There is no wind. It is too smokey to enjoy a soak. Amy and I followed Walter around...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/5/26 6:45 53F (11.6C) AQI 193 The Grasshopper fire has grown to over 39,000 acres and is holding at 19% containment. The air is dirty. It is much smokier than yesterday,  but I  can still make out the outlines of the canyon rim. High above, the waning half...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/4/26 6:30 50F (10C)  A windless, smokey morning. The air quality index is 160. It is abrasive to the throat and eyes. The Grasshopper fire is approaching 35,000 acres and is 17% contained. It has not gotten any closer. Smoke has settled in the canyon. The sky...