Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/13/26 6:45 56F (13.3C) AQI 84 smokey, no wind. Smoke has returned to the valley. I can see it, I can smell it and I can taste it. Just out of sight, beating propellers announce the passage of aircraft, probably water bombers behind the ridge. There was a fire...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/12/26 5:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 32 The sky is hazy blue in the dull light of dawn.  It is calm and windless, smelling faintly of smoke. Good morning.                                ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/11/26 7:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 64 Clear blue sky with a faint odor of burnt plastic. A white cloud of smoke sits low on the SE horizon, beyond the canyon rim. There is no breeze. I got up late this morning. The sun is up. Walter  barked beyond my endurance,  so...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/10/26 7:00 59F (15C) AQI 32 The sky appears clear and blue, but the air smells burnt and I can see haze in the distant trees. The rooster is crowing and Walter has found something to bark about.  Probably the orchard workers picking pears across the road....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/9/26 5:15 58F (14.4C) AQI 18 No wind. The air is good this morning. Mostly clear, with a few wisps of clouds, very little haze and only a faint whif of wood smoke. The last sliver of the moon is rising in the east. Good morning.        ...