Wednesday, 8:00 am*: Another remarkable week, with lots of rain. Any outdoor activity ground to a halt. The last four days of June we had more than two inches of rain: For the entire month we had 4.72 inches. Fortunately, the past three days we were drying out and seemingly we are now back to normal -- whatever that's supposed to be. Rainy days are good days to be lazy.

Our garden mouser

My brother an I have been telephoning each other with television trivia questions. We try and outdo each other with obscure questions from sitcoms that we like. Generally we are both pretty good at it and can stump each other almost daily. I prefer the stereotypical ne'er-do-well, American family, the Bundy's in Married With Children, and the equally misunderstood and possibly great anti-hero, Al Bundy. I hope life in Chicago isn't really like that. However, my philosophical alter-ego is Wile E. Coyote, who, with dogged determination, pursues the Roadrunner. I try not to run over cliffs, or into cleverly disguised boulders painted to resemble tunnels. At the end of the day Wile, who, stoically, takes it all in stride, picks up his lunch pail, punches out and goes home.

And our swallow

A belated* "Happy Canada Day" to our Canadian friends across the Saint John River. Being an aging weather blogger I almost forgot about it. It's time to run and wash off insect repellent before my skin emulsifies and turns to goo. What all of this has to do with weather is beyond me.

*Note: I wrote this on July 1, but I couldn't upload this to the MaineToday.com server until July 3. The weather values are correct for July 2, 2008.

Wednesday's values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 59.9 [F.]

Barometer: 29.941 and steady

Humidity: 87%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Partial overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 45.6 [F.] at 4:42 am

High wind: 2 mph at 7:37 am