Tuesday, 10:15 am: After my whining and moaning about our uncomfortably warm temperatures the last few days, things changed dramatically last night. It rained over an inch in about an hour accompanied by thunder and lightening. Actually it was pretty great. Today the haze is gone and our local world is in order.

Some mischievous person or persons, apparently in Brazil, hacked into the MaineToday.com website and caused some disruptions. Even the link to my blog was affected, which has now been corrected. Bored Brazilian teenagers need more to occupy their free time; play soccer or something!

Our electric bug zapper and mosquito coils are working at full speed this time of year. It’s all we can do to keep the insects at bay and outside. Since we moved to the great outdoors eight years ago, we’ve had to rethink our relationship to animals and insects. It’s a stand-off. They have overwhelming numbers and we have technology.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 73° (F.)

Humidity: 73%

Barometer: 29.63 & steady

Wind: SSE 6 mph & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Scattered clouds

Precipitation: 1 inch on 6/19/06 rain
none since midnight

Since midnight:

Low temp: 63.9° (F.) at 4:35 am

High wind: 12 mph at 8:53 am