Oh, and the neighborhood raccoon has awakened from his slumbers.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Raccoon tracks, up the porch steps and straight for the garbage can to the left.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Nothing in the garbage can, then to the door to see if anyone is home. Then back down the steps.<\/p><\/div>\n
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The snowpack is still below average.\u00a0 The latest article I read said “68% of normal”.\u00a0 I always take issue with calling it “normal”.\u00a0 “Average” is the correct word, as the weather is never normal.\u00a0 Statistically, Colorado weather spends most of it’s time in the extremes.<\/p>\n
I tend to think the drought is over.\u00a0 Although we’re not going to make up for winter’s deficit of precipitation, it seems like spring is a little wetter than it was last year.\u00a0 This gives me hope that maybe there will be wildflowers this year.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Looking towards the mountains last week, from the flatlands, somewhere between Longmont and Berthoud, Colorado. Smoke from controlled burning is visible.<\/p><\/div>\n
The media is exclaiming in dramatic fashion about the upcoming fire season being severe.\u00a0 It’s really too early to tell.\u00a0 But in any case, after 100+ years of fire suppression coupled with more people living in the forested areas, the fire seasons are always going to be severe.\u00a0\u00a0 And it’s going to continue to get worse regardless of the weather.\u00a0 Fire is a natural function of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n
I’m still running the two businesses, electronic engineering and pinball\/jukebox repair.\u00a0 Neither is particularly prosperous right now, in spite of working days and evenings.\u00a0 It hasn’t left me much time for the things I enjoy like hiking and photography.\u00a0 In the upcoming week, when I calculate my taxes, I’ll crunch some numbers to see how sustainable it is.\u00a0 My gut is telling me that it’s not.\u00a0 I don’t know where I’d find the time to add a third source of income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring usually conjures an image of green and colorful profusion of blossoms.\u00a0 That happens here in the mountains in what most people refer to as summer.\u00a0 Spring in the mountains, at least in terms of the calendar, is a no-mans … Continue reading