Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/11/26 7:00 47F (8.7C) AQI 29 Last night’s rain has ceased, leaving a dense fog filling the canyon. An errant breeze twists loose a few leaves from the maple. They sway back and forth, drifting lazily to  the ground. Birds struggle awake, cheeping...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/10/26 6:15 46F (7.7C) AQI 88 A thin fog, wet and temperate, drapes the canyon. It rained most of the night. Water drips from the trees, tapping on fallen leaves. Frogs are croaking in the mist. A great horned owl calls mournfully from the dark trees down by...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/9/26 7:00 41F (5C) AQI 37 Chilly, with a slight breeze and broken cloud cover. Perfumed puffs from fir and pine burning in the lodge rise from the smokehole. Croaking hoarsely, a great blue heron glides across a Maxfield Parrish sky like a dinosaur out of...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/8/26 7:00 49F (9.4C) AQI 29 Overcast with a light breeze. Raining. The maple has stripped to her lingerie, leaves stewn discarded across the lawn. I can’t keep my mind out of the gutters. Soon enough, I will have to climb up there and clean them out....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/7/26 6:30 50F (10C) AQI 60 Dull, overcast, almost misty. There is no wind. Small birds flit through the willows, cheeping at each other. A squirrel trills in the oaks. Walter is standing sentry in the front yard. Good morning.        ...