Wednesday, 1:30 pm: It’s wet weather once again here in the Saint John Valley. Although I am no fan of drizzle, it has postponed my yard work and I am able to loaf through the day. Today started out partially cloudy, and we hoped for a pleasant day which never materialized. Naturally, I was out watering our garden and lawn earlier; which pretty much assured me that it would rain later in the day. Why, that’s magic!

The ham radio bands are not very good at the moment. There is a high noise-level and I only hear the occasional high power station. Perhaps later this evening the noise will dissipate and the various radio frequencies will improve. Of course television is an option, but I am not a big fan of game shows or soap operas. Into my stack of DVDs . . .

We are still in limbo [once again] regarding cell phone and high-speed wireless Internet service in our area. Depending on who you believe; it either somewhere in the pipeline, or delayed for some scenery-related issue. We gotta [sic] stay rustic or tourists won’t visit, or so they believe – whoever “they” are. If we are not careful the 21st Century will bite us on our behinds and we’ll be left by the wayside. There seems to be a self-inflicted "Technology Gap" here. It reminds me of the Peter Sellers’ film, Dr. Strangelove, when George C. Scott is rambling on about not having a "Mine Shaft Gap". Of course they all blew up in the end and nobody won. Now I am rambling on.

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

Temperature: 59.9° [F.]

Barometer: 29.694 & falling slowly

Humidity: 100%

Wind; SSW at 1 mph very light & variable

Visibility: < 2 miles

Skies: Low overcast

Precipitation: .08 inch rain

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 53.4° [F.]

High wind: 10 mph at 10:56 am