Two-Years Ago (26-October-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Colorful Clouds at Dawn.

Colorful Clouds at Dawn. (David J Mathre)
Late Afternoon Fall Colors. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-55 mm zoom lens (ISO 100, 22 mm, f/4.5, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (41.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (7.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rain. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 31.0 kWh.

Three-Years Ago (25-October-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Late Afternoon Fall Colors.

Backyard Nisse with Mushroom. (David J Mathre)
Late Afternoon Fall Colors. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-55 mm zoom lens (ISO 100, 22 mm, f/4.5, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (38.8 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (17.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rain. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 31.0 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (300 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (123 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy, rainy, and cooler outside during the week. Geothermal HVAC turned on to warm the house. Also continuous use of a forced-air dehydrator processing hot peppers. A deficit of 177 kWh.

Eleven-Years Ago (23-October-2009) — California

Autumn in California.

Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from the Berkeley Hills.

Sunset Panorama of San Francisco Bay. (David J Mathre)
Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from the Berkeley Hills. Composite of 3 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/5, 0.5 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (43.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system turned on to heat the house. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 25.1 kWh.

Four-Years Ago (20-October-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard

Little Planet view of the backyard. Patio construction in progress. Note the solar panels.

Backyard. (David J Mathre)
Little Planet view of the backyard. Composite of 36 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and stitched together with AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)
Daily Electric Energy Used (43.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.9 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Clouds and rain. A deficit of 24.8 kWh.

Wednesday (14-October-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Dawn in New Jersey.

While taking the trash out early in the morning, I noticed the Crescent Moon and Venus shining brightly in the eastern dawn sky.

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Crescent Moon and Venus at Dawn. Image taken with a Leica SL2 camera and 24-90 mm lens (ISO 6400, 59 mm, f/3.7, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (40.1 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (36.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. More Sun. Geothermal HVAC system off. A deficit of 3.5 kWh.