Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Oct 26, 2026

  10/26/26 5:45 43F (6.1C) AQI 24 Dark, windless and wet. Walter is quiet. He has probably found a dry nook in which to hide. The rain is tapering off, water tapping through the leaves makes a welcome sound. Low in the west the full moon glows dimly through the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Oct 25, 2026

  10/25/26 7:30 36F (2.2C)  AQI 20 Pink clouds dot the blue morning sky. No wind stirs the trees. The thermometer reads 36F but it feels colder. There has been activity at the vacation farm/distillery across the street. The absentee landlord from Seattle showed...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Oct 24, 2026

  10/24/26 5:30 33F (.55C) AQI 19 Full moon, waxing gibbous. The deck boards, shrunken with the dry cold, rattle beneath my feet. I had hoped to bathe in moonlight,  but I missed it by half an hour. The still night sky is filled with stars. No bird calls, no...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Oct 23, 2026

  10/23/26 47F (8.3C) AQI 20 Clear, blue and dim. A light breeze rattles the oak leaves, swaying the willows and birch. Night begins to retreat from the first incursions of dawn. Jupiter and Mars shine in the south, still accompanied by a few flickering stars. A...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Oct 22, 2026

  10/22/26 39F (3.8C)  AQI 54 It is a cool, damp morning. No rain, but gray with clouds and clammy. I gathered some pine needles  and small branches to place on the coals in the Weber inside the lodge. It took half an hour to smolder into flames. Now it is...