The doe with two small fawns just went past the window. I saw them yesterday when bringing the big flag down. The little ones are curious but cautious. One came around some tall brush, saw me and the flag, and headed for momma, 20 yards away. Cute.
Summers in central Washington State satisfy the characteristic of being hot. Here is what the National Weather Service thinks about the coming week.
Tuesday at 102° is the warmest here. Farther south a hundred miles, and lower, they may get to 110. Lower is 1,800 feet lower than here. Prolonged summer heat means clear sky, and that allows radiation to space. I cool rapidly after the sun sets. An afternoon high of 100°F will drop to 75 by 10:00 pm and I can open windows. The core house temperature, that got to 78°, will be 69 by morning. Mostly, I get by without using the AC system. When the temp went to 116 in June of 2021, I had to turn the AC on about 4 pm, then off about 9 pm. This is an advantage of being over 2,000 feet elevation. It does make growing vegetables a challenge.
A image from space of WA, OR, & ID has no clouds showing. Mountain peaks have snow, and a plume of smoke from the Swany Fire south of Boise trails to the southeast. That is now contained.
At 4:30 pm the airport reading is 99°F (between runways) and 5 miles away, I am at 95. Elevation, trees, and grass cause the lower temperature.
On June 13th, I ordered a replacement spring for a pruner. The item was $1.15 plus 9¢ tax. No shipping – being a member of Amazon Prime.
This took 23 days to arrive. The source wasGuangzhou, China, only 6,500 miles from me. I had not checked local stores, but often such things are not offered. Driving to town and back costs about $6 for gas, so only a multi-purpose trip would make sense. A bigger city with a bigger hardware store might have these, but if the purpose of going to a city is important, running around looking for a $1 item seems silly. With the probability of finding the item, I didn’t bother.
I find the internet (& Amazon) useful.
In contrast to the small cost of the spring, I just learned that the highest paid staff member of the White House earns a salary of $251,258. That extra $8 bothers me. The total for all staff is $60.8 million. It doesn’t say if that includes the cooks.
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John