mattie g

Lucky you guys! I have no idea why ours are being kept in until then since we also had no days off, but we persevere...

Picture I took from on top of a building at 10th and F, NW at about 8:00am. The Capitol should be visible on the middle left, but no dice. Edit: It's interesting that the smoke is much more noticeable in the picture around where the sun is shining, but in person it all looks pretty much the same (and definitely not blue like on the right/west).

Our kids are in school until next Friday.

Fairfax County just cancelled all on-premise outdoor activities for the day. This is interesting and all, but it's already gotten old.

Always...

Do you have a good site to monitor (nearly) real-time AQI? AirNow.gov seems decent, but it appears to only refresh once an hour and I'd love something that refreshes a little more often.

The worst. For us it's if there's a train that goes by when there are some clouds in the sky. That HAD to have been thunder! Funny thing is that when there's a meet it's often the other way around

That's amazing. Truly.

We're telling everyone practice is optional (which it kind of is every day ). Our pool management company tends to the cautious side on this kind of stuff - I just hope they don't make an uninformed decision to close.

Lots of teams are cancelling swim practice (and at least one pool just decided to close for the day). Looks like it'll clear up a bit after school lets out, so we're planning to make a call at about 3:00. Figure we'll plan for light practices anyway, even if it does clear up.

I had to come into the city today, and I kept thinking that if I opened the window I would immediately start sweating since it looked like it should have been 85 and humid at 7:00 am. Definitely reminded me of growing up in the 80s and walking out of the house and into a hazy soup *every morning* in the summertime.

I have no doubt that I like my own beer because it's mine...and that nwbw's is better than I could produce!

Been going low thew last couple years, but I have a feeling the rubber bands snaps, so... DCA 101 IAD 103 BWI 101 RIC 102

Damn...that's pretty sweet. I just have a burner and a bag. BIAB is just too easy, and I make a damn fine beer, if I do say so myself!

Sad to have all those wildfires happening, but the results down here are so anomalous that it's actually pretty cool. Kind of like a Cat 5 up the Potomac and all that.

Same down in my neck of the woods. What a weird couple/few months of weather.

I'm going to keep fighting this fight. He said 1/1 to 6/5, so it wasn't really a "first five months" thing. Completely agreed!

Agreed, but that's just a dumb stat. No?

Adding to the discussion...yeah, *really* smokey this morning in Fairfax County. Agreed on wondering if the filtered sun will result in lower temps than forecast.

No smoke down this-a-way that I could notice this evening. Impressive reports though!

A record for the first 156 days of the year? That's like some random baseball statistic about how well a left-handed pitcher throws against righties in the second game of a three-game series with two outs in the seventh inning and a man on first base.

^ Perfect time to wade the Potomac to fish for smallmouth!

Exactly. I was replying to this:

The vegetable garden is as healthy looking as I've had at this point. Already lots of small cherry tomatoes popping, with one Pomodoro Squisito forming and others close behind (and lots of flowers on my other plants). Jalapenos haven't minded the realtively cooler conditions at all. Garlic looks super healthy, lettuce and mache have gone bonkers (cooler weather definitely helps), and I should be finally harvesting broccoli in a week or two. I've probably watered an average of once every four days over the last month. I'd prefer not to have to water, but with a garden my size its not terribly difficult or time-consuming; plus, I try to recycle as much water as I can (pond cleaning, kids playing, etc.) so that I don't feel it's being wasted.

Rabbits