A faint light dawning

Air temperature 64 F, wind south about 15 mph, partly cloudy. We set a record high for the date yesterday, and couldn't have done it without you. May get another bike ride in before football.

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Had a couple of tufted titmice come to the seed ball while I was making my second cup of coffee. Handsome birds.

Where the coyotes howl

Another house in the neighborhood showed up on the real estate listings, now "sale pending" -- this one backs up on a couple-hundred acres of tangled brush that used to be the fields of the state hospital. Renowned habitat of foxes, raccoons, and porcupines, as well as the aforementioned coyotes and a reputed fisher family. Hope those buyers don't keep outdoor pets.

Sunday bonus report

Still defiant asters blooming on the other side of town. Also, cinquefoil in the grass and goats-beard. Most of the leaves down, but a plantation of tamaracks still puts on a good show of the smoky gold. And no, we have no clue why someone would plant tamaracks -- they aren't a commercial tree.

No roadkill, no interesting metal birds out at the base. I think I heard a C-130 taking off, that's a distinctive sound, but I was pedaling in the wrong direction for a visual check. Army Guard Blackhawks were playing.

Warm, windier than I would like at 15 mph with gusts over 25, but I got another bike ride in. Did not die.

15.75 miles, 1:22:08

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Meanwhile, a chunk of the American electorate keeps chanting their version of Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer. Even without the other baggage, I have to remember that my family is not part of their Volk.

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Full arch rainbow at sunset.