From the Darkness, There Will be (More) Light
While the shortest amount of daylight is on the Winter solstice, December 21st, every day after that until the Summer solstice on June 21st the...
2021 Weather Data
This past year felt wetter to both Rose and me, and indeed it was. We also had the hottest couple of daytime highs since moving...
Felling Six Trees
In addition to the hemlock tree, there were five alder trees and one maple. The alders grow here like weeds, and as they age, they...
What Bird Is That?
I am not a bird watcher, but I am interested in what is living and making its home in and around where we live. We...
I Received My Second Vaccine Shot
After this second shot, however, I did experience some side effects for a day and a half. I received the shot at 1:30 pm on...
COVID Update
To get a sense of how fast the deaths have increased, when I wrote my first post on March 31st there were much less than...
2020 Weather Data
Welcome to my annual weather data post. This year (2020), I installed a new weather station, the WS-2000 from Ambient Weather, in mid January due...
Living In A Northern Latitude Has It’s Advantages (and Disadvantages)
Our current location in the state of Washington is by far the northern most latitude where I have lived. The changes in sunrises and sunsets...
Over 200,000 Deaths Due to Coronavirus
When I wrote the last post in March, there were 163,705 confirmed cases and 3,402 deaths. Less than a full six months later there are...
On Lockdown and Practicing Social Distancing
As anyone in the world knows now, the U.S. is really ramping up our number of cases and deaths from the coronavirus, and according to...