The air was beautiful this morning, cool and relatively dry. We woke an hour or so early, and the dogs and I were on our morning walk at 2:20 am. I'm glad I went early, because I got to see some unusual sights...
For starters, the waning moon was just barely visible above the mountains to our northeast. It's only about a third lit now, and it was further dimmed by being close to the horizon. As a consequence, the Milky Way was still visible stretching overhead. Jupiter was just above the southwestern hills, and my old friend Orion was high in the sky. The Big Dipper is fully visible, too. An altogether glorious sky this morning...
Yesterday Debbie and I attacked the dried brush in our main yard. We cleared a bit over an acre, with me whacking away with a steel-bladed brush-cutter, and Debbie rolling up the cut brush into a few big piles. As soon as we can get a burn permit, we're going to do our bit to contribute a little more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere...
The dogs found another spot visited by a night-time beastie. It was hard to persuade the three field spaniels that they should leave; they wanted to inhale that beastie's scent indefinitely. Meanwhile, Race was madly running about all over the area we cleared yesterday – he was loving the unobstructed running space...
I would have enjoyed a longer walk this morning, but work beckons...
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