1/30/26 7:30 40F (4.4C) Calm air, fog, not raining.

Yesterday it rained all day. Not hard, but persistently.

Wood smoke hung on the ground, clinging to the trees and pooling in the low spots and swales in the orchards, mixing with the light fog.

Sometimes the rain would increase and wash the haze away, sometimes the rain would subside and dense fog would erase the trees and the smoke as well.

This morning the rain has stopped. I am surrounded by fog. The trees fade away into gray obscurity. Water drips from the briars and rank grass.

Calm prevails.

I sip my tea.

Good morning.