Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/26/26 7:00 43F (6C) AQI 15 Approximate altitude 800′ Clear sky with a few white whisps behind the east ridge. A slight breeze from the southeast is blowing on the ground here. Touched off the BBQ in the lodge to put some heat and smoke on the pumpkin...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/23/26 8:00 Approximately 2,000′ elevation. Cool but not cold, probably about the mid-forties (7.5C) Light overcast with no breeze. It’s the first day of fall. Biscuits and chanterelle gravy with eggs on top for breakfast. Good morning.  ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/9/25 7:00 36F (2.2C) Cool, calm, and clear. The sky is blue, rimmed with pink. The moon, still three-quarters full, drops towards the west, slipping behind the oaks. The maple looks almost  skeletal, its leaves covering the ground below. But...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/6/25 7:30 48 (8.8)  Cloudy, soggy, calm. Birds twitter through a desultory rain on this relatively  warm November morning. Tall firs loom through the mist, which hides the surrounding canyon from view.              ...
Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

            It was a beautiful, crisp autumn day when Kent and I drove north into the Big Lava Bed. The road was rugged, just ruts worn into jagged rock, winding between collapsed lava tubes and stunted trees finally arriving  at a flat...