Four hours difference to Seattle, and I love graphs!

       

Morning sun reflected on nearby bluff

           

With daylight savings time on the mainland US there is a 4 hour time difference shore to shore.  Shortly it will be 5 hours as we move away from daylight savings time here and move further into autumn. Awakened this morning to an outside temperature of 14 centigrade about 57 Fahrenheit.   So we are getting chillier nights.  The days are still a balmy 75F (23.9C ) degrees.  I hope to be able to quickly translate centigrade to sweater, coat or sleeveless weather the way I do Fahrenheit now.  From nursing school I learned to: °C  x  9/5 + 32 = °F

(°F  -  32)  x  5/9 = °C

But that is not really getting the tactile sense of warmth or cold on our skin. This graph helps.

C          F

40.6     105.1

40.4     104.7

40.2     104.3

40.0     104.0

39.8     103.7

39.6     103.3

39.4     102.9

39.2     102.6

39.0     102.2

38.8     101.8

38.6     101.5

38.4     101.2

38.2     100.8

38.0     100.4

37.8     100.1

37.6     99.7

37.4     99.3

37.2     99.0

37.0     98.6

36.0     96.8

35.0     95.0

34.0     93.2

33.0     91.4

32.0     89.6

31.0     87.8

30.0     86.0

29.0     85.2

28.0     82.4

27.0     80.6

I also want to be able to translate these temperatures to baking items in the oven.  Here’s what I know:

Temperature	Celsius	Fahrenheit	Gas Mark
Very Slow	120	250	1/2
Slow	150	300	2
Warm	170	325	3
Moderate	180	350	4
Moderate Hot	190	375	5
Moderate Hotter	200	400	6
Hot	220	425	7
Very Hot	230	450	8

Gas Mark means nothing to me, but the way we travel it may be somehow important in the future. 

Quiet days now with lots of sewing. I'm borrowing a friend’s machine.  As I’ve sewn since I was about 10 years old, making doll clothes, it’s comforting to hear the sound of the machine needle working away on fabric.  My Mom enrolled me in a Singer sewing class at age 12 and I made my first dress.  I still have the merit medal and still love the drone of the machine.  There is a sense of accomplishment in completing projects and living with the results.  Well most of the results anyway.

Off to meet the day and feel good about the results! J