Wednesday, 2:00 pm: I got sidetracked yesterday, so Tuesday’s blog has evolved into today’s blog with tidbits from yesterday and today. Actually it worked out okay, because this morning about 11:00 am two young moose walked across our road in front of our house. There was lots of excitement for awhile. Our dogs were pumped up and barking at them from our porch. Naturally I forgot where I put my digital camera as the moose sauntered off into the woods.

Can you believe this weather again? It’s 43 degrees (F.), and the temperature seems as though it is still rising. With the warm weather it is difficult to keep our woodburning stove going, but not overheating the house at the same time. Besides keeping the stove cranked way down, I occasionally open the door for awhile to moderate the inside temperature.

Yesterday, I finally got my amateur radio software, computer, and my ham radio all synchronized. I had my fist Morse Code contact using a keyboard. I had a nice chat with a ham in France. In the "old" days I used a Morse Code key just like the kind you see in the movies with an old-timer pounding out code. I have a love-hate relationship with technology, I’ve become lazy, and I can’t live without it.

On Sunday I received an email aurora watch alert that was for the next few days. Aurora, if it actually occurs, is really spectacular. If the Northern Lights were visible to the rest of the world, we were socked in by clouds here the last few days. The Aurora watch is over now, and I didn’t see a thing except the bottom of clouds. It did wipe out my AM radio reception at night.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 43° (F.)

Barometer: 29.72 & steady

Humidity: 49%

Winds: N at 2 mph & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temp: 30.4° (F.) at 1:38 am

High wind: 11 mph at 11:51 am