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The past two years Liz and I have had dinner down by the river and
stayed to watch the fireworks. This year we decided to pass. The show
generally doesn't start until 10pm since it stays light that late at
this latitude. That's *way* past Elisha's bedtime - and anymore, ours
too! In any case, it hasn't been much of a summer so far (see attached
weather summary). A bit more aridness and warmth would be a welcome
change about now.
Elisha is happily babbling away in the bedroom as I write this. She's
practicing her B's - a consonant she added to her repertoire just this
morning. The "awababa"s have been practically nonstop today. This may be
related to the fact that her fourth tooth is within microns of
surfacing. Elisha has made much progress this month. She's graduated
from simply grabbing her feet to toe sucking. Her floor exercises have
been augmented with airplanes - she extends both arms and lifts her legs
while on her stomach. On several occasions she has managed to get up on
her hands and knees without any help. She rocks back and forth for a few
seconds before collapsing - but we know crawling is just around the
corner. She's shown some early signs by scooting backwards a tad.
Elisha's appetite has increased markedly. She now gets two "squares" a
day (plus plenty of mother's milk). Breakfast typically consists of
oatmeal mixed with fruit (pears, applesauce, prunes or bananas). She ate
a whole jar of prunes yesterday. Big mistake! She had a bit of an
Independence Day detonation today ;-) Dinner includes a whole jar of
orange [1] or green [2] veggies (tonight she nearly finished TWO jars).
Miss Piggie is always quick to comment when we're not catering the chow
speedily enough to suit her.
On June 26th she responded to her name for the first time!! She's more
apt to acknowledge it when called from across the room. Elisha figures
there's no need if you already have her attention. And on the 28th she
said "da" for the first time :-) Of course, she was staring at the
ceiling at the time, but no matter!
Liz found and purchased a used Johnny-jump-up in pristine condition and
Elisha has been having an absolute ball in it.
Liz and I celebrated our 5 year "meetaversary" on June 24th. It amazes
us to realize that much time has passed since our chance encounter on a
Sierra Club conditioning hike (thanks again, Maryann!!).
This month we look forward to celebrating Liz's birthday on the 22nd. We
are also excited about our upcoming visit to Orange County the first
week of August - which will be the first opportunity to have many of you
meet "Little E".
we love and miss you all,
Sandy, Liz and Elisha
[0] Ascii art by Joan Stark http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/july4.htm
[1] carrots (her favorite), squash or sweet potatoes
[2] peas (eh) or green beans (feh!)
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Data harvested from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr
CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR PORTLAND OREGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
222 AM PDT WED JUL 01 1998
...TEMPERATURE...
HIGH YESTERDAY... 70
LOW YESTERDAY... 58
MEAN TEMP........ 64 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -2
NORMAL HIGH FOR TODAY... 78
NORMAL LOW FOR TODAY... 55
RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY... 105 SET IN 1942
RECORD LOW FOR TODAY... 48 SET IN 1963
...DEGREE DAY DATA...
HEATING
YESTERDAY... 1 DEPARTURE... -1
MONTH....... 72 DEPARTURE... -19
SEASON...... 3988 DEPARTURE... -534
COOLING
YESTERDAY... 0 DEPARTURE... -3
MONTH....... 30 DEPARTURE... -16
SEASON...... 48 DEPARTURE... 2
...PRECIPITATION...
YESTERDAY............. 0.00
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 1.73
NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 1.48
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 24.42 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 37.88
NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 18.69 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 32.83
...WIND DATA IN MPH...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 5.3
FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 13 FROM 220 DEGREES
PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 17 FROM 190 DEGREES
...ASTRONOMICAL DATA...
SUNRISE TODAY...525 AM PDT
SUNSET TODAY...903 PM PDT
SUNRISE TOMORROW...526 AM PDT
SUNSET TOMORROW...903 PM PDT
MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR PORTLAND OREGON...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
1000 AM PDT MON JUN 01 1998
TEMPERATURE DATA......
(DEGREES F)
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 56.2 OR 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.7
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 49.8
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 85 ON DAY 1
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 45 ON DAY 28
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS
MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 267 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 4
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 18 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 4
SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 3916 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 18
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -515 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 18
PRECIPITATION DATA....
..RAIN..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.55 OR 3.49 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 22.69 OR 5.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.45 INCHES ON DAY(S) 16-17
..SNOW..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0
TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 0 INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __
..NUMBER OF DAYS..
WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 18 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 14 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0
WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 5 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............
HIGHEST 30.28 INCHES ON DAY 18
LOWEST 29.55 INCHES ON DAY 01
WIND DATA.............
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 6.1 MPH
THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 30 MPH FROM 190 DEGREES
THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 38 FROM 190 DEGREES
REMARKS...CORRECTED
NEW RECORD PRECIPITATION AT AIRPORT FOR MAY OF 5.55 INCHES...PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 4.88 INCHES IN 1996. FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE RECORD FOR
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND WAS 6.60 INCHES SET IN 1879.
NEW RECORD DAILY HIGH OF 85 ON THE 1ST...PREVIOUS 83 SET IN 1947.
NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD .68 INCHES ON 20TH...PREVIOUS .55 INCHES 1961.
NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD .87 INCHES ON 24TH...PREVIOUS .64 INCHES 1973.
THE 4TH COOLEST AVERAGE MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 62.7 DEG ON RECORD.
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Sandy, Liz & Elisha Tigard, Oregon School of Herring
webfeet@herring.org bigfish@sns-access.com http://www.herring.org/
And that's the news from Portland
where everything is green, rolling stones gather moss,
and the rainfall is always above average.
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