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HEAT

OK. It is time for a weather report. I don't know whether I will be complaining or bragging.

We had a cooler than normal June. And then, with the onset of July, it immediately went into the over 110 mode. Every day. For awhile, it was cool in the morning, high 70s, and we would open up for a few hours.

The last week or more it has not gone below 85. No opening. The last few days we had slight moisture. Not a monsoon. Comfort indices of 65 or so. 60 is the point you start to feel it. Light humidity.

Now, that is dissipating and we will have another week of 110 plus weather with low humidities.

Not bad.

They say night time temps will be back in the 70s but I don't believe them.

Actually, none of this is a complaint. I am quite adapted to the heat. I go out during the day and Booker and I walk every night as soon as the sun goes down. Probably in the low hundreds. It is often breezy as the temps drop rather quickly. We do need a bearable pavement to walk on in bare feet/paws.

A lot of people get scared of the heat early and do not adapt. They turn on their AC almost immediately. They close up their vehicles and turn up the AC. They do not walk their dogs if it is "too hot".

Booker is great with the heat. We are quite surprised. He comes from Reno NV, you know. A mile high city. Almost. He goes out durning the day to hunt lizards against the wall near the kitchen and will walk around in the shaded front. If I go out back he will go with me and stay. We run the last ten or fifteen feet because the tile there has been in full sun for quite some time.

He doesn't stay out a long time but will go out several times in the afternoon on his own. The lizard is a strong tug on the prey instinct.

He does ask about rain. When will it? And so on. I don't think it has rained in the near three months he has been here. He doesn't really mind no rain as he is loathe to get wet from the merest sprinkler as we walk. He will detour into the street. Death by auto before moisture on back.

We watch him and work it out with him. It is OK. There aren't any cars when we walk in the morning. Before the sun. And after sunset, there are usually not any sprinklers. There is a myth here that watering in the heat is not good. I have a set that comes on at 6PM as a matter of convenience. My theory is that it sort of mists up in the heat and gets good coverage.

Have I exhausted the weather subject?

We live in the fucking desert. Get with it.

Labels: Booker, desert, weather