Enjoying the weather, our new dog Cosmo

Wednesday, 9:30 am: An interesting start of the day. The sky is heavily overcast and dark gray, and at times almost black. The cloud base is quite low, although under the clouds the visibility is fine. It looks, and feels, like snow, but the temperature is just a touch too warm. And last weekend was certainly unusual, weatherwise. I hope it is not a portent of things to come over the next few months and into winter. Although we did have recent bad weather here, it was not even close to the bad weather that affected locations farther south in Maine.

Speaking of weather, my wife “weathered” her family’s visit from Germany well. Her major contribution to their trip was her nonstop translating and navigation skills with a map, which, I suspect took its toll by the end of each day. By the time they returned to our house, my wife was speaking to me in German and to her family in English, which is fine with me because I understand most of it. Except for her sister her family doesn’t understand a lick of English, and looked a bit puzzled when she spoke to them in English. I think they look naturally puzzled – oops!

Our new senior Border Collie, Cosmo, is doing just fine. If he was ever a herding dog, he’s now given that up and replaced it with sofas, recliners, and easy chairs. He hasn’t tried to herd us anywhere; he prefers walks, naps and snacks. Car rides are at the top of his list of favorite things to do.

Current values from our wireless
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 43.5° (F.)

Barometer: 29.811 & rising rapidly

Humidity: 95%

Winds: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: 100% low overcast

Precipitation: .002 in.

Since midnight:

Low temp: 40.8° (F.) at midnight

High wind: 13 mph at 8:56 am