11/23/25 5:30 42F (5.5C) Dark, foggy, with a hint of coyote. I just heard a gun go off, echos rumbling across Willow Flat. Walter is disgruntled and unnerved by the noise.                      ...

            11/22/25 6:00 32F (0.0C) Dark, moonless, frosty. The sky. The ground.  Everything is sparkly.                          ...

  11/21/25 6:30 33F (0.55C) Clear, calm, cold. It is just above freezing yet the deck has a veneer of ice. What a beautiful dawn. The sky, clear behind a thin, nearly invisible gauze, is brightening through pastel shades of pink and blue. A small bird whistles...

    11/20/25 6:00 42F (5.5C) Dark, moonless and cloudy. It was raining lightly but now it has stopped.  It is a very quiet morning. I wonder what that damn dog is up to?                        ...

    11/18/25 5:30 34F (1.1C) Dry, light breeze, broken clouds with a few stars showing through. Amy's up a little early and the lights are on, lending a cheery illumination to the early morning.                  ...

  11/16/25 5:00 45F (7.2C) Still, dark, partially cloudy. Not a whisper this morning,  nothing moving, no one talking. Low in the east, a splinter of moon shines through the crotch of the maple. Soon, perhaps  tomorrow, it will wane away to nothing.    ...

    11/15/25 5:30 50F (10C) Dry, and calm. A multitude of stars winks between the broken clouds. The waning crescent moon floats in the east, just beginning its transit. Walter is patrolling the perimeter,  barking out the occasional  challenge. "Who goes...

  11/14/25 6:30 51F (11C) Cloudy. There is a faint breeze, it is relatively warm, and raining. The dog woke me, licking my face at a quarter after six. It was already light by the time I'd made my tea and gone out to the hot tub. It started cloudy and gray with...