Good Morning

Good Morning

    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....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/29/26 6:30 34F (1C) Cloudy and raining. It is a sodden,  drizzly morning.  Even the owl, calling through the darkness,  sounds wet.                    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/28/26 6:15 28F (-2.2C) Dark, silent, cold, with a thin overcast and light freezing rain. The deck is pimpled with ice. Only a couple stars pierce the gloom. I am anticipating a trip to the dentist with some trepidation. Good morning.      ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/27/26 6:30 24F (-5.5C) Dim, thin overcast, no wind. It is a quiet morning. Frozen and icy. If there were more light, it would  sparkle. I can smell the cold ash of last night’s fire. Walter Dawg is on watch. A silent sentry, his shadowed form backlit by...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/26/26 7:00 22F (-5.5C) Cold and cloudy. The birds are waking up, their chattering and whistles subdued and muted. Dawn is sneaking in through the dim, gray shadows with barely a whisper.                    ...