Get updates https://follow.it/adventuresidecar Mon, 04 May 2026 17:14:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIixwDqeZd5puBAvog9GEFm?utm_source=follow.it     5/4/26 6:15 52F (11.1C)  A slight breeze ripples the willows against  a backdrop of pale blue. Walter’s barking sounds disgruntled and half-hearted. The birds twitter and chirp in subdued tones. An orchard sprayer whines far down the way, somewhere north of here. I transplanted some corn and pumpkin yesterday and they seem to […]]]> Mon, 04 May 2026 15:53:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIixwDqeZd5puBAvog9GEFm?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJms0EXLpG9uS1juCbrhCOq?utm_source=follow.it 5/3/26 7:15 50F (10C) Clear, blue sky. No wind. The sun has just topped the ridge. I slept in after a late night. Amy is still in bed. We went to hear a band at Double Mountain, a show Squirrel put on. A good time was had by all.]]> Sun, 03 May 2026 16:34:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJms0EXLpG9uS1juCbrhCOq?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIXCu50Sh8Hi_Lr4n4uf8L2?utm_source=follow.it     5/2/26 6:15 54F (12.2C)  Calm. Quiet, if you can ignore the birds and the dog. The sky is a uniform pale gray, like an old cotton sheet or a dress shirt past retirement. Rain is predicted this evening.  From the marks in the dust, it looks like it sprinkled last night. I put […]]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 16:34:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIXCu50Sh8Hi_Lr4n4uf8L2?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIXHE6Hq8WGL6dj5xVOforT?utm_source=follow.it     5/1/26 5:45 43F (6C) Birds sing in a pale blue  morning  tinged with pink. A light breeze sways the birch. Good morning.                                                               […]]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 15:27:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIXHE6Hq8WGL6dj5xVOforT?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJQN1iGv4iPPHXE1_pr51G-?utm_source=follow.it     4/30/26 4:45 41F (5C) The sky is clear and dark, pierced by stars. The moon should be nearly full. I expected it to be shining brightly in the southwest,  but it must be too low, behind the ridge. The birds are just beginning to stir. It was quiet until the dog across the […]]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:24:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJQN1iGv4iPPHXE1_pr51G-?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLNqAGj0I2DY0XW-_SfuINs?utm_source=follow.it     4/29/26 6:00 39F (3.8C) Clear, blue  sky. A whisper of breeze, heavy dew on the deck. The orchard fans are rumbling again. The birds are a little  slow to wake this morning. Perhaps the moon, nearly full last night, disturbed their sleep.                       […]]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:44:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLNqAGj0I2DY0XW-_SfuINs?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLjF8vVlX--BZ1djytcGK2T?utm_source=follow.it   4/28/26 5:45 44F (6.66C)  Clear with tattered pink clouds moving across a light blue sky. A jay preens himself as an inconstant breeze stirs the willows. The birds sound like an orchestra warming up, playing scales and fragments of stanza. Amidst the honks and trills I swear one was playing a juice harp as […]]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:48:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLjF8vVlX--BZ1djytcGK2T?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwL-aYPBqizpehwfgXpWpX-7?utm_source=follow.it     4/27/26 5:30 42F (5.5C) Mostly  clear with the tickle of a breeze. Birds sing in the dull luminosity of dawn. Somewhere, a woodpecker is hammering. Walter has done his lap of the perimeter,  barking where necessary. Now he rests wachfully on the deck. Good morning.                 […]]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:21:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwL-aYPBqizpehwfgXpWpX-7?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIC801Xjx2-Hsjel6Krgg44?utm_source=follow.it     4/26/26 6:30 42F (5.5C) The  city is quiet for a city. The sirens settled down last night and there is little traffic moving this early on a Sunday  morning. Amy is sleeping. We came north to Seattle for my aunt’s burial yesterday. My brother Dave brought mom up Friday  and they went  home […]]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:11:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIC801Xjx2-Hsjel6Krgg44?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLUrbs31QgPg8i6QlmHplcK?utm_source=follow.it     4/25/26 5:00 38F (3.3C) Clear and calm. Stars dot the dark blue sky above. Birds are bursting with the morning gossip, vying to be heard over the loud rattle of orchard fans. Walter, still exhausted from yesterday’s excursion,  sprawls sleeping on the deck. Good morning.                 […]]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:35:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLUrbs31QgPg8i6QlmHplcK?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJpCMggVrKGMjDg_Yb79DP4?utm_source=follow.it     4/24/26 6:45 36F (2.2C) Clear, calm, and beautiful. I am surrounded by the thunder of orchard fans. Three ducks wheel overhead, twisting and turning, describing great arcs and figure eights as they fly through blue sky tinged with pink. Where are they going?  Though in tight formation, they appear to be everywhere at […]]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:47:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJpCMggVrKGMjDg_Yb79DP4?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwK3beq5y0myxniqiiu3Ckk3?utm_source=follow.it     4/23/26 6:45 42F (5.5C)  A hint of a breeze stirs the leaves beneath a blue sky delicately laced with clouds. Birds are singing,  dashing and gliding between the trees. Up on Willow Flat an orchard sprayer drones. Dogs are barking. The sun yawns and struggles to rise above the ridge. Good morning.   […]]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:15:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwK3beq5y0myxniqiiu3Ckk3?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKokGZ8zLXaDWb1z8jIBcnT?utm_source=follow.it 4/21/26 65F Calm, overcast and humid. It sprinkled a little this morning,  but not enough to prevent me from mowing. After lunch I returned the keg. Since I was in the neighborhood, I dropped by the range to burn up some black powder. While there, some hungry deer visited.  Niether shouts nor gunfire perturbed them […]]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:42:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKokGZ8zLXaDWb1z8jIBcnT?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIooil5uisc4PdHMO9eLl5Q?utm_source=follow.it     4/22/26 5:30 51F (10.5C) Light  rain, breezy. There is a dark glow illuminating the gloom. A cacophony of birds fills the damp blue-gray dark of predawn with whistles and trills, chirps and fragments of melody. The jungle awakens.                               […]]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:04:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIooil5uisc4PdHMO9eLl5Q?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLd7YnZINmyK7J1C6BVB_gm?utm_source=follow.it     4/21/26 6:30 51F (10.5C) Faint breeze, partly cloudy with rain predicted for later today. The baby chicks are in feathers and growing fast, the rabbits are putting on weight. I got some seeds in the ground yesterday,  corn and pumpkin. We have starts going in the living room window. Perhaps I can get […]]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:05:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLd7YnZINmyK7J1C6BVB_gm?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJdNMnM9NXRpqE1QfA_vs8H?utm_source=follow.it     4/20/26 7:00 49F (9.4C) Windless, overcast. It is a dull, gray morning. A dove coos monotonously. The birds seem to bicker, their low, trilling chatter discordant and without melody. Even Walter’s barking lacks enthusiasm. Good morning?                                   […]]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:36:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJdNMnM9NXRpqE1QfA_vs8H?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLyq8PqLM88E85wgT1fwCaj?utm_source=follow.it     4/19/26 6:30 45F (7.2C) Calm, temperate, mostly cloudy. Thin, grey clouds shift above me. Song birds trill. A duck flys low overhead. Somewhere  a woodpecker is tapping. A dove coos. A turkey calls nearby. A shotgun blast. Good morning.                             […]]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:54:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLyq8PqLM88E85wgT1fwCaj?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIIdmfyQGFsIKVo9CVLvkA5?utm_source=follow.it     4/18/26 7:00 38F (3.3C) Wisps of white clouds stretch across blue sky. No wind. Sprayers whine and orchard fans rumble in the distance. The sun climbs over Snakehead Ridge but hasn’t quite lit the canyon floor. Good morning.                               […]]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:49:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIIdmfyQGFsIKVo9CVLvkA5?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKkWWJJtOp8nuFaURNNx2lZ?utm_source=follow.it       4/17/26 7:00 37F (2.7C) Calm and quiet. I slept late this morning,  clinging to dreams which faded and disappeared as soon as I opened my eyes. Patches of white clouds decorate the blue sky. Birds trill sweetly. A dove coos. Squirrels chatter as they chase each other through the oaks. Good morning. […]]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:22:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKkWWJJtOp8nuFaURNNx2lZ?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJ7krYPYfNsbzwEB3BCQvc6?utm_source=follow.it     4/16/26 6:00 34F (1C) Cold, partial clearing, no wind on the ground. The temperature  has dropped. Orchard fans are thrumming. It rained all day yesterday and through a good deal of the night. There is snow on the hills up behind the house. We actually got a little snow mixed with rain here. […]]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:50:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJ7krYPYfNsbzwEB3BCQvc6?utm_source=follow.it