Saturday, August 15, 2015
Hottest
A heat wave here for the next 6 days.
It is 96 right now, at 4 AM. And will hit 115 sometime during the day. Afternoon.
We just hunker down.
Yes, it is a dry heat. It is bone dry. Everything dries up outside. The fountain gets filled once a day. The flowers the same.
But we are all desert plants now and adaptable.
Look.
I will happily trade this for one day of sleety snow or icy rain.
I will be happy to refill the fountain twice as often or more rather than be back in the winter stuff.
We used to go back and forth. North, south.It is pretty quiet in the complex right now. Most are away. Not us. A few die hards too. We have become desert rats.
Now, an occasional break is good. The four days in San Diego for me, a ride on the ship next week for John.
It is a little hard on the dog but no more than us. He gets some extra consideration for not being able to run out so often into the small yard. But he is OK. Shorter walks and out of bed a little earlier. Easy.
I get to relax some. Nothing is going on outside that does not absolutely have to. I water. I get the mail. I go do my chores out in the town.
And in a week, it will be in the 90s again, dry and comfy and then clear sailing until next July or August.
