So much for sunny by 1 PM

I know you'd like it to be different, but it really is pretty. I grew up with fog...SF bay area. Rarely ever see fog where I live now, and when I do, it's usually freezing fog...even prettier, but can be very dangerous for traveling. Seems our Indian Summer is lingering down here in the central Oregon high desert...sunny & clear, reaching 70°F most afternoons, low 30°F's at night. Can't last too much longer before our temps plummet. Nice pic of your Alaskan fog, actually makes me a bit nostalgic. Rick

Green Grass???

Mine still looks like it's June.

Mine is still green-ish, but it surprises me that Dave's is. Heck, he has already had snow.

Dave always has snow. His grass has learned to adapt.

For the record - in June, my grass was also more brown than Dave's is now.

~10 minutes ago:

Huh, who woulda thunk.

Hey Dave - send some of your fog over to Rick - it'll make me feel better.
(Been running my stove daily for 3 weeks now).

I burned in my shop stove Fri, Sat, Sun...warmed up a bit now, so I'm not...but this ain't gonna last long.

All my trees are Junipers...they're always green.

Yes, warm days & cold nights. I've only burned in my shop stove three days so far, then it warmed back up a bit...won't be long, though. Used the electric furnace in the house a couple of mornings...just not worth firing up the Lopi to simply let it burn out. No new snow on the Cascades yet this year...but I do have a very nice view of them from my house. When they get pretty I'll post a pic. Fire season was I guess what you'd call "normal"...we did have one particularly big nasty fire just north of North Sister. Lots of forest burned, but minimal damage to structures. Fire season seems to be about over now (I hope). Stay warm. Rick

The clouds are finally rolling into Seattle now. Today was our first all grey day in months. AK looks just like here today, but with no rain and brown lawns. We just blew past the 80 day record, though rain is predicted to be coming by Friday.

We got to what everybody here knows I call woodburner's hell early. Thirties last night. Ain't doing it this early. Just turned on the space heaters. But from here to December it will be "heat it up" "cool it back down". I live in shoulder season from October till December and then go like hell till April and then start the game again.

Just backing off and burning the sucker around the clock is the best part of the year. Wish I had a furnace for the rest of it.

It's been cool this summer, but really dry. We are threatened with the first real rain in 82 days tomorrow.