Laying bare our fears
Feel the sunlight on our souls
Swaying sunflowers
Laying bare our fears
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Tech, The Web & Smokey Seattle Skies
It’s a hazy day in Seattle. And that haze is smoke, coming here from a variety of sources, mostly from Eastern Washington. Outdoor activities are pretty challenging right now with the horrible air quality.
And it’s looking to get worse over the next few days. Hurray! cough cough
Key to adapting to and managing this situation: knowledge. I offer two sites I’m using for key details.
- Accuweather’s Air Quality Index. It shows the current air quality issues and is updated throughout the day.
- The Washington Smoke Information Blog. Says something that we have a need for such a blog.
Lest I get too whiny about these conditions, I recognize that many other areas in the west are far worse.
Check out this shot from Portland (from Oregon Live).
Or this one from San Francisco. (Via the San Francisco Chronicle).
How are you coping? Any tools you’re using that I should know about? Let me know.
The bees keep working
Through the intense sun
And air choked with smoke moving
The bees keep working
The air in the greater Seattle has been filled with the smoke of many fires. Carried by the wind miles, a gift to be choked, I guess. The bees seem unperturbed.
An Evening Walk
on this evening walk
with my mind feeding my soul
in this cool night air
Seattle Smoke
in this morning air
destructive rage blowing west
the sepia sky
The featured image is out my front door, trying to capture the smoky haze that’s descended upon Seattle. My lungs hurt a bit, my eyes sting, and I feel for my asthmatic friends and the misery they’re going through.
Tenacious Flowers
tenacious flowers
dancing with the honey bees
as they move skyward
A Walk Amongst The Trees
walking amongst trees
sunlight climbing to the west
motion of my feet
A Near Autumn Haiku
These ghosts of summer
Gently fading into time
This cool morning air
How Far Have We Moved?
how far have we moved?
the sun across the sky
and the moon so close
Created this image in Adobe Spark with a built in template and image. Loved the photo, and thought this haiku worked nicely with it.
Grace Hopper, Lord of Cobol
I’m a fan of Dr. Admiral Hopper. Funny, with all my years of enjoying Battlestar Galactica and Dr. Hopper, I’m surprised that I never connected “Cobol”, Dr. Hopper and the Lords of Cobol.
So, here’s a bit of fun whipped out in Photoshop.
Below is a brief history of Cobol. A critically important programming language.