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 amount of daylight increases.
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 to the northwest,
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 weaken and break off at the top. The one had already broken and dropped a large piece on my workshop, damaging the roof and ruining the gutter. It had to come done.
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 routinely see bald eagles (they have a unique call), eagles, and osprey flying overhead.
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 Wednesday and I was fine that evening as well as the next morning, until about 10:00 am. At that time I was having body aches and was cold.
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 100,000 deaths. In September, only six months later the death count was over 200,000. And now, in March 2021 another six months later that death total is over 520,000.
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 to the old one dropping offline too often. This new one has done well all this year and stays online recording data much better than the old one. The tota
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 and the amount of daylight and darkness varies considerably here, like I have never experienced before.
GraphicConverter 11 by Lemke Software
I downloaded the trial and played with it for a few days. Yep, it would convert those .fpx files, but it was able to do so much more. I downloaded the manual and started reading to see what this program was all about. The manual is a whopping 448 pages, so there is a lot to this program. I also wrot
