Sunrise on Monday was pink and orange, giving way to a low-60 degree day and the prospect of grilling, so we did.
The object of the grilling was a flank-steak “pinwheel” that rolled-up around an Ortega chili.
Yummy!
Mild Weather
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A Little Fall Color
We’re enjoying some very pleasantly mild weather while the days get noticeably shorter, cold in the morning with lots of dew before warming enough to do some yardwork. The sled-doggie being an aggressive sniffer got her face into some dirty shrubbery, and required some drops or ointment in her left eye – which went unappreciated by the doggie. So on her yearly birthday visit to the Vet for checkup and shots we were referred to a canine ophthalmology center because she was squinting and favoring that eye. Unfortunately that meant a trip down to noisome “civilization” with obnoxious traffic and aggressive morons in small cars, that we are fortunate to entirely eschew up here in the sticks, but we braved the madness and she came home wearing The Cone of Shame… That didn’t stay on very long as it interfered with so much of Her World – and it wasn’t like she needed to be prevented from scratching a sore or open wound or anything, so we keep watch over her on the deck and with a leash when we go walking. She’s a trooper and will get better for sure.
Fall in the Mother Lode
After a few, intermittent days with showers, and one Big Deluge a couple weeks ago, we got out the chainsaw and went to work on last year’s log pile. Temps breaking into the mid 70’s today, same as yesterday. The dog-lawn has sprung back to life (assisted by some seed and fertilizer), and parts of the hard-pan field have yielded to similar persuasion – and only a few samples of broadleaf/curly dock in sight.
Meanwhile the Harley lighting project stalled due to my reluctance and unfamiliarity with EFI and a full gas-tank, so we reverted to the cosmetic alternative (hooded signals and main lamp), and got the bike back together in order simply to ride in this fine weather without scorching heat and oppressive fire smoke…
A Bit Rainy
As some may have heard, we’re getting a bit of rain since yesterday. That being Rain Today: 1.45 inches already at 7:30AM, and Rain Yesterday: 5.49 inches…so, The Lake is back, Yachtsmen get your oars!
An hour later the storm cell has moved on and it is lighter and brighter, and the water is flowing pretty good, right to left and down the creek.
Long-Pants Day
Forty-odd degrees cold this morning at o-dark 6:30 and windy gusting to 16-miles in the afternoon, so the first long-pants day since…April? I forget. It was an awful summer, gladly past but not forgotten.
All the canopies have been removed and stored away for the season, and the umbrellas furled. Also big clouds piling up over the Sierra, and probably more snow. Yesterday we sat in the sun and relaxed, then did yard chores. First a do-over seeding and fertilizing of the Dog Lawn, and also another bare patch out in the field where not even weeds are growing, and finally the “real” lawn beside the house. Inside I patched and sanded a few spots in preparation of The Painters coming, just needs a dab of primer so the new paint takes evenly. A pressure-washer guy is coming Friday to tackle the exterior, and colors have been selected – but with the wholesale disruption of the Supply Chain, even paint may be hard to come by, so we’ll see if there’s additional delays.
Another 0.14” Tonight
54-degrees this morning, the second day that we awoke to a wall of clouds in the East, but coverage more persistent today. After picking up doggie ‘treasures’ I went into the garage and turned off the automatic sprinklers for the season.
Yesterday the weather cleared by noon and we enjoyed lunch with the dog in the outdoor courtyard at Poor Red’s. The air-quality has been excellent, “green” instead of yellow, orange, red, purple or dark magenta — all of which we experienced this Summer during the Fires…
0.12” Rain
Nice to see an orange morning sky that’s not because of fire and bad air! Post-equinox the rising sun is moving further to the right, heading into Fall and Winter when it turns back again.
I have not forgotten…
…but my flag is flying at half-mast until this administration is gone and forgotten.
Amazing Grace
Hopefully the rain that started last night around 1:40AM will help with wildfire control, as long as dry-lightning doesn’t start any more! The dog retreated to the garage where it’s dry – but occasional downpours lashed at the house and the field is wet. A good morning for a walk.
Plain Air
Yesterday was pretty good and ended up better, which is to say only Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, but this morning started out that way and has gotten better – so we took the doggie out for a walk since the skies were not all clouded with smoke, and then went to lunch at Poor Red’s. Burger and fries for me, Caesar for my wife – hand-fed nibbles for the white Siberian Husky.
Due North is to the Left, South to the right. The windmill is facing West and spinning rapidly, so the wind is headed due-East, towards The Fire. Hopefully it will get pushed up onto granite with little fuel. One local Fireman commentator in the news related that one burn area, a steep canyon below Twin Bridges, was choked with large fallen trees, and there was no record of it burning since 1940 – and actually none prior to that either. That’s 80+ years of accumulated fuels, and in the past 10-year drought, things have been getting dryer and dryer including forest-floor fuels, with a strict moratorium on fuel removal.
Only after the King Fire a couple years ago that burnt down to the bottom of the American River Canyon, and after repeated requests by our Congresscritter, were some avenues opened to allow downed-tree and debris removal, and a higher level of National Forest management. That activity in the last two years probably saved a lot of houses in Pollock, because of all the tree-loss due to bark-beetle infestation and removing that dead wood.
Not Clauswitz 