On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Overcast and much calmer than most of the week. After getting my radio show ready for tomorrow, I went for a drive out the road. I spent some time at the kelp patch turn around watching for what birds might be around. (Still no Red-necked Grebe, though I imagine they’ll be around before too long.) … Read more
Mostly cloudy, brief blue sky breaks between showers (occasionally heavy). I was up late last night taking some pictures of collections from yesterday. As I was getting ready for bed a little after midnight, the lights flickered a couple of times then went out. Given the wind and rain, I wasn’t particularly surprised (it turned … Read more
Overcast and a little bit breezy during the day. More wind and at times heavy rain started later this evening. Temperatures in the 50s. Given the forecast for wind and rain, I expected to face a good soaking during my outside time today. As it turned out, the weather was much mellower than the forecast … Read more
Rain tapered off this morning and it was mostly cloudy through much of the day. Overnight lows dropped into the upper 40s. The mountains had a dusting snow. It was a little difficult to tell how low it dropped, but I think at least down to 3000ft. It’s possible (maybe even likely) that some of … Read more
Rain and wind continued today. Rain was more in the form of periodic showers (some of them quite heavy), and the wind had shifted around towards the west southwest. Temperatures were in the mid-50s, and qualitatively it felt warm rather than having the chill in the air which has started to show up recently. Yesterday … Read more
Windy and quite rainy this morning. Things mellowed a bit in the afternoon before the rain came back later this evening. This morning was the first in weeks (maybe since spring) when I didn’t find a moth on the porch. There was a Dysstroma citrata last night, but it and the lingering yellow underwing (Noctua … Read more