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 Cloudy this morning but above freezing. Our coming cold "snap" will not be much, apparently. Lots of data to suggest that Omicron is taking over from Delta and that the infections are not very severe, especially if you are fully vaccinated and boosted. I haven't found any more news concerning any new variants and the "Deltacron" business seems to have been based on bad data. Good news there. I'm so bloody tired of this pandemic, as are we all. Another thing I'm tired of is the drought. Rainfall chances are no better than 5% at best in the next week. Too dry! As for the sunflowers, I recall that there were once huge fields of sunflowers around Lubbock. You just don't see that anymore. 

Texas, so far, has been dodging the bullet in terms of winter storms. January continues to be rather mild. 

Interesting Covid Info

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 Yet another nice day but winter is far from over. It will be somewhat cold this weekend. I'm enjoying this mild weather while it lasts.

If we can get through February without an arctic blast, we've got it made. 

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 Terrific weather for this time of year! Not bad at all, except for the persistent drought. That's not good. My eye exam went well, and it felt good to get that done. Back on the once per year schedule.

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 It's not even freezing this morning and the cloud cover might hint at rain chances. Not likely, though. Today I'll be having my first eye exam since early 2018. Seems to be about time. But when Covid hit I wanted to be fully vaccinated (I was sure there would be a vaccine) before I did that. Now of course, there is Omicron but I can't put it off any longer. It must be done. I've got a KN-95 mask, a lot of them in fact, and that's what I'll be wearing. Not long ago I got my annual dermatology screening. Can't neglect that either, since there was a time in my life when I got all too much sun. 

But sunflowers never zapped anybody.

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 Seasonal type temperatures and the drought continues. Nice and sunny today. Neither a joiner nor a lender be-- advice for the day. Ha. Ha. Really pleased that the Webb telescope has gotten through the most critical and difficult phases. The rest should be easy. 

Too cold for my taste but it could be worse.