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February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM

Vernon

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1/31/26 6:00 40F (4.4C) Calm, cloudy, dry. It is a dark morning. Niether moon nor stars can pierce the cloud cover. The only light comes from the glare of the neighbor’s paranoid light…

January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/30/26 7:30 40F (4.4C) Calm air, fog, not raining. Yesterday it rained all day. Not hard, but persistently. Wood smoke hung on the ground, clinging to the trees and pooling in the lo…

January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/29/26 6:30 34F (1C) Cloudy and raining. It is a sodden, drizzly morning. Even the owl, calling through the darkness, sounds wet. …

January 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/28/26 6:15 28F (-2.2C) Dark, silent, cold, with a thin overcast and light freezing rain. The deck is pimpled with ice. Only a couple stars pierce the gloom. I am anticipating a trip to the…

January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/27/26 6:30 24F (-5.5C) Dim, thin overcast, no wind. It is a quiet morning. Frozen and icy. If there were more light, it would sparkle. I can smell the cold ash of last night’s fire.…

January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/26/26 7:00 22F (-5.5C) Cold and cloudy. The birds are waking up, their chattering and whistles subdued and muted. Dawn is sneaking in through the dim, gray shadows with barely a whisper. &…

January 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/25/26 7:45 17F (-8.3C) Calm, partially cloudy but mostly clear, hard frost, no wind. The sun is still behind Fir Mountain. I am surrounded by a ring of low lying clouds with blue sky over…

January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/24/26 7:00 24F (-4.4C) Clear, calm, frozen. Frost bites at my fingers. The edge of my ear stings with cold. Ice forms in my damp hair. It is just getting light out. A beautiful day …

January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/23/26 6:00 29F (1.6 C) Dark, foggy, calm. There was ice on the surface of the cat’s water dish this morning. No cars moving yet. There is a light on at the farmhouse across the stree…

January 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/22/26 6:00 32F (0.0C) Dark and cold with a light breeze blowing. An icy mist tickles my face. The rooster is crowing. Walter is barking at the nieghbor, who is buzzing around the street o…

January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/17/26 7:30 37F (2.7C) Cool, clear and beautiful. It was 69F when we got here yesterday. Partied late, just got up. Fishing fleet was out all last night, still out this morning. Walter seem…

January 22, 2026 at 2:10 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/21/26 5:30 28F (-2.2C) Freezing fog. A cold breeze blows through the black trees looming from the murk. Walter is marching sentry, barking harsh commands as he goes: “Halt! Who goes …

January 21, 2026 at 2:33 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/20/26 7:45 27F (-2.7C) Cold with a uniform gray overcast. Fog shrouds the surrounding hills. A faint breeze swirls the freezing mist around my face. Someone is already at it with a chainsa…

January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/16/26 6:30 34F (1.1C) It is quiet, calm, and cloudy this morning. Dry, with very little dew. A tiny sliver of moon glows wanly through the clouds beyond the maple. Tomorrow morning …

January 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/15/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Overcast and still. The rooster is complaining. Ducks chuckle down by the creek. A dog barks in the distance, far up the canyon. Walter is laying by the back door,…

January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/14/26 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Calm, cold, clear and frosty. The moon is just a fingernail low in the southeast. I didn’t hear coyotes but Walter did. He was barking earlier, but has settle…

January 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/13/26 6:30 32F (0.0C) A frosty morning, filled with stars. The crescent moon is low in the southeast, just beginning its transit. The coyotes set the dog off this morning. They sounded …

January 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/12/26 6:30 31F (0.5C) Dark and icy calm. The moon, waning last quarter, hangs S SE, in a strand of clouds. A light east wind blows tufts and streamers across the stars. Walter Dawg has tou…

January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/11/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Cool, calm, with a light overcast. The moon in its last quarter is low in the south, mid-transit shining through the willows. Today is as a good as day as any to sta…

January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/10/26 6:30 33 (0,5) Calm,dry, icy. The waning half moon glows dimly through a gauzey veil of clouds. Something just grabbed a duck from the pond. I could hear them thrashing, and w…

January 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/9/26 6:30 Cold, calm. The waning moon is completely obscured by clouds. It is a dark morning. Amy’s headlights sweep across the tipi poles as she pulls out to go to an early …

January 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/8/26 5:45 37F (2.7C) There is a light wind blowing a swirling, cold mist. The moon, waning gibbous, and at least one star pierce the thin clouds overhead. Both thermometers read 37…

January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/7/26 6:50 38F (3.3C) Clear, mostly, with a cool, inconstant breeze. The moon, three quarters and waning, is resting atop the oaks. Stars are shining in a rich, blue sky. &nbs…

January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

1/6/26 6:45 32F (0C) The moon, waning gibbous, shines down through the freezing fog onto turf and leaves frosted with ice. A slight breeze flutters the streamers on the tips of the lo…