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The preceding sunset was way more picturesque than Jupiter and Saturn 😜


Sunset during our isolation vacation at the North Coast of California.


Moonlight over the Pacific. Above the moon, Jupiter and then Saturn.


Sundown at Trinidad, California. We’re hunkered down here for a few nights, completely self-sufficient and not likely to go anywhere. Not a bad choice with this view. I have a feeling this is the last time we’ll risk going somewhere until vaccinations.


Good morning. This morning’s sun rise almost makes up for my neighbor being obsessive with their sheet metal shelters and sheds.


The rainy season in California is right around the corner, so I just cleaned the rain gage & other weather station components of summer’s dust and ash. Meanwhile, the mandarins are slowly ripening.


I’m looking forward to winter. Summer was far too long.

Furnace burners at full flame



Siri Shortcut for Meteobridge Weather Report

If you have a weather station with Meteobridge, I’ve made a iOS Siri Shortcut so Siri can tell you about current conditions. You can tweak the weather report using variables on Meteobridge’s template page along with other small shortcut adjustments. By default it reports current temperature, humidity and gusts in the last hour. You’ll likely want to change the shortcut’s name. I chose simply “Yard” since Siri on HomePod finds it unique enough to not do something else.

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Been a few years since we first wanted to mulch the backyard. Weather got nice so here we go with 10 cu yd of chips!


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