Saturday, 7:30 AM, 37 Degrees, wind NW, gusty and raining. The barometer is up, predicting partly cloudy weather.
We encountered rain and snow on the trip and were glad to get home last night, and have to pick Lucky up from Blue Ribbon in Ashland this morning. The meeting yesterday was O.K., with a large emphasis on Emerald Ash Borer, now found in four Wisconsin counties and I am sure will soon hit Milwaukee, where it will be a disaster. The DNR is a huge agency, and does all things properly in theory, but in practice much is left to be desired. The State of Wisconsin does not seem able to marshal the necessary resources to actually quarantine and stop the spread of this pest, and perhaps it is indeed impossible to do so. But, heaven help us if this would be the State’s response to a deadly human disease outbreak.
There is a lot of activity at the bird feeder, everybody taking the approach of winter very seriously now.
Monday, November 10, 2008
11/06/08 A TRIP TO MADISON
Thursday, 8:00 AM. 56 degrees, wind SW, calm. The channel is calm. The barometer predicts rain.
It is a quiet morning, except for the sound of dredging equipment down at the Black Hawk Marina. Leaving for Madison for a quarterly Urban Forestry Council meeting.
It is a quiet morning, except for the sound of dredging equipment down at the Black Hawk Marina. Leaving for Madison for a quarterly Urban Forestry Council meeting.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
11/05/08 THE ELECTION IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE ELECTION
Wednesday, 8:00 AM. Wind SW, calm. 59 degrees, the sky is mostly overcast and the channel is wrinkled. The barometer predicts rain, which we received .4" of last night.
The election is over, and let's hope the next campaign doesn't start today, as we should all take our yard signs down and give ourselves a breather.
The election proved once again as F. Scott Fitzgerald saw almost one hundred years ago, that we are a nation of Gatsbys, great and small, seeking constantly to transform ourselves and our society into the stuff of our dreams, and that is what true freedom is. May God bless America, where each day dawns anew, and the dream never dies.
The election is over, and let's hope the next campaign doesn't start today, as we should all take our yard signs down and give ourselves a breather.
The election proved once again as F. Scott Fitzgerald saw almost one hundred years ago, that we are a nation of Gatsbys, great and small, seeking constantly to transform ourselves and our society into the stuff of our dreams, and that is what true freedom is. May God bless America, where each day dawns anew, and the dream never dies.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
11/04/08 THIS WEATHER GETS MY VOTE!
Tuesday, Election Day, 8:00 AM. 50 degrees, wind SSW, calm. The channel is glassy. the sky is clear but the barometer predicts rain.
The warm air from the southwest has overwhelmed the lake air, and there is only some haze, rather than the heavy fog of yesterday morning. I thought we had our Indian Summer, but today promises to be a "10". It may break records. The sun washes the still colorful hillsides, and it would be a fine day to be on the lake, but the boats are mostly put up for the winter, which is bound to arrive any day.
Today entails voting and then a trip to Ashland, with perhaps the top down on the way back. If it isn't too hot, there may be time to take the dog and look for grouse and see what the deer are up to. The computer is still down and this is being done on a Chamber computer.
The warm air from the southwest has overwhelmed the lake air, and there is only some haze, rather than the heavy fog of yesterday morning. I thought we had our Indian Summer, but today promises to be a "10". It may break records. The sun washes the still colorful hillsides, and it would be a fine day to be on the lake, but the boats are mostly put up for the winter, which is bound to arrive any day.
Today entails voting and then a trip to Ashland, with perhaps the top down on the way back. If it isn't too hot, there may be time to take the dog and look for grouse and see what the deer are up to. The computer is still down and this is being done on a Chamber computer.
Monday, November 3, 2008
11/03/08 FOG,FUNERALS AND FROST
Monday, 8:00 AM. 43 degrees, wind SW, dead calm. There is a thick fog, and the barometer predicts rain.
The blanket of fog is heavy, the visibility only a few hundred feet. I can hear traffic on Hwy. 13 but cannot see it. The fog horn on the City Dock is bellowing intermittently, and the ferry sounds its horn entering and leaving both ports.
The sun is a silver disc, trying, unsuccessfully at present, to shine through the murky atmosphere.
The Lutheran church bell just tolled, must be a funeral. If so, it is a fitting morning. It seems early for a funeral service, but the Lutherans are mostly early rising Scandinavians, evidently loath to break lifelong habits, even in death.
The old pear tree in Fountain Garden Park has provided me with a whole bushel of rock-hard pears, which I assume the deer will love once we get a really hard frost to soften then up. No luck with the computer as yet, maybe I should put it out on the deck and wait for a hard frost.
The blanket of fog is heavy, the visibility only a few hundred feet. I can hear traffic on Hwy. 13 but cannot see it. The fog horn on the City Dock is bellowing intermittently, and the ferry sounds its horn entering and leaving both ports.
The sun is a silver disc, trying, unsuccessfully at present, to shine through the murky atmosphere.
The Lutheran church bell just tolled, must be a funeral. If so, it is a fitting morning. It seems early for a funeral service, but the Lutherans are mostly early rising Scandinavians, evidently loath to break lifelong habits, even in death.
The old pear tree in Fountain Garden Park has provided me with a whole bushel of rock-hard pears, which I assume the deer will love once we get a really hard frost to soften then up. No luck with the computer as yet, maybe I should put it out on the deck and wait for a hard frost.
11/02/08 THE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN!
Sunday, 8:00 AM, central standard time. 44 degrees, wind SW, light but increasing. The channel is wrinkled, skies overcast, with some rain drops and the barometer predicts rain.
It is great to walk in the light again instead of the dark. Computer still locked up. I am using a Chamber computer.
It is great to walk in the light again instead of the dark. Computer still locked up. I am using a Chamber computer.
11/01/08 HOLLOWEEN OVER, COMPUTER DOWN
Saturday,8:00 AM, 40 degrees, wind W, calm. The channel is glassy, the sky is clear and the barometer predicts the same. It looks like today will be a slightly cooler version of the last several days, absolutely beautiful.
Computer problems keep me from a more detailed message.
Computer problems keep me from a more detailed message.
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