Saturday, 11:55 am: Work around our house and property has begun in earnest. A good part of the past week has been spent on hands and knees clearing brush. Most of it now has been incinerated and is a large heap of ash. My wife has been busy in the garden planting an assortment vegetable seeds. As for today, I’ve already knocked off and will resume brush clearing tomorrow. It’s time for a good shower, some serious loafing and espresso.

The mosquitoes are out in force. I have many insect bits from ants, spiders and an assortment of other creepy-crawly things to last me for several weeks. It must be my O negative blood that attracts them, or maybe not. Maybe I’m just convenient.

Our hummingbirds are all around. Their days are spent guarding our [their] feeders. Usually in the morning they engage in aerial combat with interlopers. It’s quite a sight to see, especially if I stand still out in the middle of the action. They’re fearless and very feisty little critters.

More later, my wife is cooking up some home-style German food.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 64.4° [F.]

Barometer: 29.881 & steady

Humidity: 53%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles under cloud base

Skies: 100% high overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 47.9° [F.] at 4:27 am

High wind: 10 mph at 9:00 am