Electricity Doesn't Grow On Trees It Falls From the Sky

Today dawned crisp and clear and cool and sunny. Ooooh bright it was, and the ol' solar panels were cranking away, putting out nearly 1500 watts at 9:00; we are back to partly cloudy now (sigh) but it is still a pleasant day.

On today's agenda: Hannah and I will be precinct walking for Hillary Bradbury-Huang, a candidate for the local non-partisan community college district with good green ideas mixed with a corporate sensibility. (Should have finished two weeks ago, but various maladies interfered.) Then back to put in some of that winter planting this afternoon and finish securing the back yard against the rest of winter.

In summer the backyard is our outdoor living/dining room; winter here is enough like winter that we mostly move indoors, especially for meals. All summer, we have a tendency to eat outside under the tree with the big light in it -- what we call the moontree.

Speaking of the moon, last night was intensely clear (no clouds, rain washed air) and the moon only a little past full. No stars were visible in the city competing with the very bright moon, but Mars, alone with the moon, shone out just below our near neighbor. And it was oh-so-clearly Mars, for it was big and bright as stars go, and red. Yes, mars is distinctly red when seen with the naked eye. Tonight, if it is clear, I think we will have to track down the ol' telescope.

If there is a chance, we will stop for tea or a little fair trade drip coffee at Starbucks, and make use of the WiFi link to update the Easy Green blog. There are ten articles in the draft cue that need to be polished up. and published!