Thursday, March 15, 2007
CURTAINS
I went out back and saw that John had pulled our 'sun curtains' closed.
We are mostly glass across the back of the house. We see desert and mountains. The pool and our yard.
But in summer we black them out for part of the day to keep it cool.
When we moved here we laughed at some of the houses that had outside drapes; heavy canvas things.
Pulled back from the windows on the outside.
It didn't take us long to laugh on the other side of our faces.
The radiation heat on the back of the house was intense. Vertical blinds did not begin to do the trick because they were inside the house. The glass was as hot as a stove top.
So we got the outdoor drapes! Heavy canvas ones. Vertical awnings.
They are now 9 years old and look as good as they did the first day. Almost.
So today they are drawn; first time since October maybe.
It has been in the 90s all week and that is part of it but the most of it is that the sun is now up to the Spring level (next week) and it is hitting us longer each day.
The drapes are only up for a few hours in the afternoon.
They are doing their job. It is famously cool in the bedroom.
