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October 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM

Vernon

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10/1/26 7:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 The first day of October dawns with a whisper of a breeze. A thin net of white clouds cannot conceal the placid blue sky overhead. Smoke drifts from the top of…

October 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM

Vernon

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9/30/26 5:00 55F (12.7C) AQI14 It is a warm, windless morning. The moon, just past full, wanes through broken clouds; the ground glows in its silver light. The clouds close in and the ligh…

September 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM

Vernon

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9/29/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) AQI 20 It is much warmer this morning. No wind on the ground and not much aloft. Broken overcast with grey and gloomy clouds to the west and the north. Crows convers…

September 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Vernon

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9/28/26 7:30 38F (3.3C) AQI 21 A pellucid gauze of high clouds softens the morning blue of the autumn sky. Heat rising from the fire stirs the air around the poles above the lodge. Otherwise…

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September 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM

Vernon

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Good Evening

9/27/26 6:30 62F (16.6C) The wind has died and the light is fading. I had a productive day. Slaughtered and cleaned four bunnies, freeing up that cage for the rest of the litter I just weaned. Then…

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September 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM

Vernon

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Sparassis Stroganov

I found a small Sparassis down by Cabbage Creek. It was just large enough to provide the noodles for a single serving of stroganov. Lunch is sorted. I scalded the Sparassis in salted water w…

September 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM

Vernon

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9/27/26 7:00 44F (6.66C) AQI 19 No wind. Blue sky with a few clouds scattered about. Birds are flitting here and there. Walter is having a conversation with a dog down the road, but it is n…

September 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM

Vernon

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9/26/26 7:00 43F (6C) AQI 15 Approximate altitude 800′ Clear sky with a few white whisps behind the east ridge. A slight breeze from the southeast is blowing on the ground here. Touche…

September 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM

Vernon

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9/25/26 5:30 54F (12.2C) AQI 25 Cloudy, dark, wet. There is a light breeze, cool but not uncomfortable. The predicted rains were slow coming. It was sprinkling when I came out, progressing t…

September 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM

Vernon

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9/24/26 6:30 Partly cloudy, no wind. It feels cold this morning, colder than yesterday. Daylight is just beginning to seep into the forest. It was completely dark when I walked down the fire…

September 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

9/23/26 8:00 Approximately 2,000′ elevation. Cool but not cold, probably about the mid-forties (7.5C) Light overcast with no breeze. It’s the first day of fall. Biscuits and chan…

September 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

9/22/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) AQI 15 Partially cloudy but no wind. Swallows dance with my floaters, black specks against the sky. They soar and flutter, then vanish as suddenly as they appeared. …

September 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM

Vernon

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9/21/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 No wind. Bright, blue sky waiting on the sun. The day before the Autumnal Equinox. A crow complains somewhere behind the nieghbor’s barn. Walter has tak…

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September 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Vernon

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Dried Pumpkin

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September 21, 2026 at 5:38 AM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

9/20/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 Blue sky with a hint of a breeze. Yesterday, I cut some pumpkin rings and hung them on the drying rack in the tipi. I am waiting until they allow fires to do m…

September 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

9/19/26 6:45 46F (7.7C) AQI 24 Daylight is upon us but the sun is not quite up yet. The sky is clear and blue. There is a tickle of a breeze. The kennel dogs are barking and Walter joins th…

September 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM

Vernon

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9/18/26 55F (12.7C) AQI 27 Clear, cloudless sky with a faint breeze stirring. Aside from Walter’s occasional outbursts and the rooster fulfilling his duties, it is a quiet Friday morn…

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September 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Vernon

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Chanterelles for Lunch

Mike, Walter and I ranged a little farther north than usual in search of mushrooms. The new territory didn’t yield any boletes or chanterelles, but we collected some wild ginger and a few ea…

September 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM

Vernon

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9/17/26 6:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 19 It is a clear, blue dawn. A slight breeze flutters the birch but leaves the oaks unmoved. Sprayers whine and a few cars pass, headed for town. Good morning. &n…

September 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM

Vernon

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9/16/26 7:15 49F (9.4C) AQI 21 Clear blue sky with a few white clouds in the south. No wind, light dew. The sun has not yet topped the ridge. I can feel the season changing. Sunrise is slowe…

September 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM

Vernon

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9/15/26 4:30 47F (8.3C) AQI 16 Dark. Heavy dew. No wind. No hot tub this morning – going fishing with Bill. …

September 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM

Vernon

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9/14/26 6:00 51F (10.5C) AQI 21 Cloudy , calm, and dry. The little black banty managed to get herself locked out of the henhouse last night and is wandering around the chicken yard complai…

September 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM

Vernon

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9/13/26 6:45 50F (10C) AQI 24 Overcast and still. The ground is soaked. It rained yesterday afternoon and most of the night, but it has stopped for now. A squirrel is chattering in the oaks…

September 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM

Vernon

@vernonwade.bsky.social

9/12/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 20 Overcast, no wind. Rain is predicted for later in the day. Amy left clothes hanging on the line last night; there is no dew this morning, so they may still be d…