Good Morning
10/31/25 8:00 cool calm and beautiful . A lovely sunrise Halloween morning out on The Big Lava Bed after a beautiful moonlit night. Got a slow start this morning and had breakfast for lunch. ...
A Wet Day With the Grub
Amy, Walter and I took the kniece and knephew out with their grub to look for mushrooms. It was a damp day but we had a good time and managed to find a few lobsters and chanterelles. ...
Good Morning
10/17/25 6:30 49F (9.4C) Dry, breezy and overcast. There were stars out earlier but it is cloudy now. Walter was calm earlier but he is barking at the nieghbors across the street now. I went plinking with Pete yesterday. Today is gun cleaning day. I...
The Cabbage Creek Militia
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Good Morning
10/8/25 7:00 40F (4.4C) Blue sky with a light breeze coming up the canyon. It's Wednesday morning, the last day in camp. The creek is nattering on like a garrulous old man. Somewhere upstream a squirrel is chatting with the birds, who whistle incredulously at...
Good Morning
10/7/26 5:30 44F (6.66C) AQI 19 It is calm, very dark, and the sky is filled with stars. The moon, just a sliver, sneaks almost unnoticed from the ridge to the maple. Staring at the stars, I let my tea go cold. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
10/6/26 6:00 44F (6.66C) AQI 21 There is a light breeze stirring. The night sky was dark and twinkling with stars, but the stars are quickly fading as light begins to sneak in from the east. The moon is hiding in the maple tree. Something moving in the oaks...
Good Morning
10/5/26 6:00 47F (8.3C) AQI 24 It is a dark and windless morning. The stars are out. The moon in its last quarter filters through the maple, kept company by Jupiter and Mars. Orion shines behind the birch. A car drives by, lights flickering past the oaks. It is...
Good Morning
10/4/26 7:00 47F (8.3C) AQI 22 It is a pale blue Sunday morning. No wind. High above the maple the moon has slipped into the last quarter. The chickens mumble disgruntled clucks inside the coop. Walter is drawn to respond to some faint barking from far up the...
Good Morning
10/3/26 6:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 Clear with a rumor of a breeze. The incipiency of dawn began dark and filled with stars Half a moon watched as the stars yielded to a lavender glow Daylight arrived well before the sun Still, the moon smiles down on me Good...
Beer Bandoleer
Carhartt 276100 - 6 Pack Beverage Sling - essential summer equipment. Brown polyester exterior, with an adjustable web carry strap and silver insulated inside, the bandoleer fits six cans of beer. We were out for 4 hours in 95 degree(35c) heat. The beer was cool, but...
Cornbread and Blackberries
I enjoyed a relaxing morning, another day off, due to The Contagion, with Dutch oven cornbread and fresh blackberries for breakfast. The cornbread was left over from a recent camping trip; the blackberries were picked this morning. I tarted it up with butter,...
Stuffed Zucchini
It is that time of year. The zucchini is coming on and gardeners are hiding the stuff in everything trying to foist it off on their friends and neighbors. I don’t go in for the subterfuge – none of that zucchini bread, zucchini cookies, zucchini fudge, or zucchini...
Living My Best Life
Pork chop grilled with herbs from the garden (sage, rosemary, oregano) and a flaming splash of bourbon, applesauce, mashed potatoes, green peas picked and hour before and, of course, a nice salad, Washed it all down with beer from Full Sail in a Lady Washington...
Pie Iron Breakfast Scramble
A quick and easy breakfast for one or two people, this pie iron scramble is a real winner Ingredients 2 servings 2 handfuls Tater Tots 2 slices bacon 1 egg butter pepper, garlic three fingered pinch diced onion (optional) three fingered pinch diced sweet pepper...
