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NIPPY

We are having a cold wave; our second this winter.

This is normal.

We have a frost protection feature on the pool and it usually goes off twice each year. Today is the second time.

Our water pipes are on the roof so I fret a little about bust pipes. Not really to worry, but, well, you know.

When I get up during the night I flush the toilets and surge the faucets in each of the bathrooms.

There is one toilet and one 'hot' water faucet that are chronic slushup points.

If you get to know your house and its quirks you slowly learn how to forestall trouble.

Other compensations for the cold are involved in walking the dog a little later in the morning and a little earlier in the afternoon to catch the sun.

The heat stays on all day and, of course the house is closed.

Not much else.

We were supposed to get some flowers put in yesterday and did not do it. We will wait until this is over on Tuesday or Wednesday.

What does a cold snap involve numbers wise?

Daytime temps in the 60s and down into the high 30s at night.

That is cold enough for me.

Right now I am cooling the pool off because I am running water through the solar to keep it from freezing up. It is about 68 degrees. I may lose a degree or two.

The thing about the desert is that all depends on the humidity and the sun. When the sun is up and the humidity is low then you get hot standing in the rays no matter what the air temperature is. Shirtsleeves in 60s.

At night, a different story. Dry and no clouds and no sun means coooooooooold. No humidity to hold the heat.

Last night the dew point was -7 degrees F.

Whew.

Extremes.

That is one of the things that we like about living here in the desert. Everything is contingent. Nothing is really predictable.