Friday, 10:00 am: Our firewood, six cords, arrived today in the middle of heavy rain. Yes it’s still raining. I heard on the radio today that since the beginning of June we have had only one rain-free day. At least today we won’t be doing any firewood stacking. And if the rain keeps up, it looks like it may even be several days before we get started on this project.

-- Ruth and six cords of wood --

In the meantime there is enough to do inside our house. I’d like to think some clever person would come up with the idea of self-cleaning dishes, clothing and carpeting. Obviously not, so these routine chores are on our task list for today – and every day.

I’ve got my ham radio equipment in good working order. In the end I took out my old vertical antenna and a few other bits of equipment I stored away, tinkered a soldered a bit, and all is well in the world of amateur radio. Now if I can just keep the moisture out of my connectors. That’s life for today in the land of rain and mist.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 54° (F.)

Barometer: 29.73 & falling slowly

Humidity: 100%

Wind: SE at 1 mph

Precipitation: .26 inch rain

Visibility: < 3 miles

Skies: 100% low overcast

Since midnight:

Low Temp: 48.6° (F.) at 4:32 am

High wind: 7 mph at 12:50 am