Lazy, hazy day of summer at the Aerie

Lazy day after the epic travel followed by sweltering outdoor labor of Monday-Tuesday.

The overnight temps only fell to 72 degrees and the humidity was about the same so I'm glad I put the AC in the bedroom window. Terry was kind enough to allow me to sleep in until 8 AM or so. She says the cats started yowling at 5:45 AM and she finally conceded the field at 7:15 AM. Never heard them or her.

This morning it looked like we might get one heck of a T-storm. It was headed directly east along Route 6 and I followed it on the weather.com radar through Coudersport, then Gaines and right to the west side of Wellsboro, but it disintegrated before it reached us.

Cold have been worse, over the weekend Knoxville (northwest part of Tioga Co.) had a tornado. Not a big one--only a category F-1--but that's big enough. The same storm dropped trees all over the county from south to north. Power is still out in the Liberty area on the south end of the county. Driving around to run some errands today I couldn't help but notice a lot of downed trees along the side of the road and at least one mobile home in Mansfield had one end crushed under the weight of a big maple.

This afternoon, after the storm-line-that-wasn't passed over us, the humidity dropped from over 70% to "only" 50%. The only other change was in the speed of the breeze--up a good deal--and the total lack of clouds. The temperature did reach 84 degrees late this afternoon. That's about 10 degrees less than yesterday. Should fall to around 45-50 tonight.

With less heat forecast for tomorrow, there's a morning bird walk scheduled and then I'll do some work outside. Scout out any damage in the woods, move the toppled firewood, stuff like that. That's tomorrow.

For today: I did nearly nothin' and enjoyed every minute of it.