Saturday, 8:15 am: Lots of rain and cool nights; even the tomato plants had some slight frost damage on the leaf tips during the week. What a spring! The woodstove has been fired-up [again] to take the chill off in the evenings. This month we have had .94 inch of rain, and the month isn‘t over yet. The frogs and salamanders seem to enjoy it. The earthworms come up to the surface for air, or whatever they come up for, and are quickly devoured by robins who are seasonal residents in the trees in our lawn. I will take a pass on worms and I am not an amphibian; although webbed toes would be helpful now. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may need to resubscribe. Please follow the link near the bottom of this page and follow the online instructions which I find cumbersome for a blog that takes less than a minute to read. Eventually you will work your way through the instructions, and boxes you need to click, and you will be subscribed [again]. New and improved technology has meant additional steps for readers. “Better” doesn’t necessarily mean it is simple anymore. And I am skeptical about “better”. Bah! At least as a blogger there are no deadlines to be met. Back in our corner of the hinterland, life is easy; at least for me. Ruth is busy working outside in the garden. Our lawn tractor is put away until the saturated lawn dries out for a few more days. Part of the lawn is already damaged with sizable ruts from when the wood truck backed in and delivered our firewood. Soon those will need to be filled in and reseeded with grass. Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station: Temperature: 58.6 [F.] Barometer: 29.893 & rising slowly Humidity: 100% Wind: Calm Visibility: > 3 miles Skies: partially cloudy with dissipating ground fog Since midnight: Low temperature: 49.5 [F.] at 2:55 am High wind: 3 mph at 1:01 am
Charles Ames is a former educator and world traveler. He and his wife [Ruth] moved to Grand Isle Maine from Arizona in 1998. They reside in a log home on 60 acres of wooded land. They share their home with five dogs, two parrots, two parakeets and a goldfish.
Besides amateur weather observing, his other hobbies include; ham radio, astronomy, bird-watching, travel and fine dining, when and where he can find it. He is also volunteer Weather Spotter for the NWS in Caribou, and is an active member of the St. John Valley Amateur Radio Association. He supplies information using a wireless Davis Vantage-Pro.
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