Good Morning

Good Morning

      3/22/26 6:00 30F (-1C) Calm,  clear and frosty. Birds sing against the fluttering background rumble of distant  orchard fans. A turkey calls in the woods across the street. A duck rises from the pond and flies off quacking. Walter growls, barking...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    3/17/26 7:00 40F (4.4C) Calm. Mostly clear. A delicate lace of thin white clouds decorates the blue sky overhead. The fragile wisps begin to tinge pink as sunrise approaches. There are orchard fans rumbling somewhere north of me and sprayers are whining...
A Morning Walk

A Morning Walk

6/8/25 9:00 75f (28.8c) Walter and I  took a short walk up Swyers Drive this morning,  while it was still cool enough to enjoy it.                                      ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/6/25 7:00 57f (13.9c) A few mares tails against  a backdrop of blue.  No wind.  No orchard sprayers. The sun is up and shining brightly.                   Amy potted the fig starts the other day. So far, so good....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  5/28/25 6:00 56f (11.6c) Clear, blue sky, no wind. Somewhere up Swyers Drive an orchard sprayer whines; distant enough I can’t smell the poison, near enough to disturb the tranquility of the morning. I can’t really complain about the noise. Walter...