Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/7/26 5:30 59F (15C) AQI 81 Birch leaves flutter and cottonwood saplings sway in a faint breeze.  The sky is hazy; lavender, blue, and pink. Birds are chirping. A quarter moon sits atop the maple. The wind shifted around from the west yesterday afternoon and...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/6/26 6:00 56F (13.3C) AQI 234 The moon has slipped into its final quarter, suspended in a dirty sky, high above the maple tree. This morning is grey and smells like ashes. There is no wind. It is too smokey to enjoy a soak. Amy and I followed Walter around...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/5/26 6:45 53F (11.6C) AQI 193 The Grasshopper fire has grown to over 39,000 acres and is holding at 19% containment. The air is dirty. It is much smokier than yesterday,  but I  can still make out the outlines of the canyon rim. High above, the waning half...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/4/26 6:30 50F (10C)  A windless, smokey morning. The air quality index is 160. It is abrasive to the throat and eyes. The Grasshopper fire is approaching 35,000 acres and is 17% contained. It has not gotten any closer. Smoke has settled in the canyon. The sky...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/3/26 6:45 50F (10C) No wind on the ground. The sun has topped the ridge, a red ember glowing through the haze, smearing the canyon with bilious light. The Grasshopper fire is at 31,000 acres. The prevailing wind is expected to be light today, but it has...