Category: Nature
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Milky Sky Day

A cool, milky sky day. There’s a stiff breeze out of the south, bringing in warmer temperatures and the threat of a passing very brief shower. By Indigenous Day we should receive some rain from the remnants of this season’s lone hurricane. The sun has moved quite far south in the time we’ve been here,…
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Early October

We awoke to clear skies after an evening of rain. At breakfast, more cloud came in, then left, so that now the sky is a vast open blue. It’s cool but hardly cold. Still, we keep the doors and windows closed until the air warms, much to the consternation of Nori the Cat. On Saturday…
Michael Watson PhD
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Mid-September

We awoke to Nori the cat wanting doors and windows open, in the window behind her a rich blue sky with just a hint of high, thin cloudiness. The air was noticeably warmer and more humid than yesterday, yet held fast to an autumnal touch. After an early start to fall color, we have been…
Michael Watson PhD
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Jesus and the Rich Man

Today was a glorious late summer day. This morning we went for a fine sojourn on one of the local bike paths that travel alongside the water. The local osprey seem to be doing better than their counterparts in our former digs, a discovery that brought us joy. We’ve had a wet summer and the…
Michael Watson PhD