It is raining, but not hard. According to the weather graphs, the really bad stuff (wind & rain) will come in tonight. Nothing to look forward to, nothing to avoid.
Just in Case…
With Hilary (hurricane/tropical storm – who knows?) around the corner one tries to be prepared.
Fifth Summer
Fifth summer in the desert and dead on time the monsoon started. Yesterday we had the first thunderstorm with few, but very impressive flashes of lightning in between rambling thunder and then the rain started. Now we can prepare for a month or so of oppressive humidity at temperatures above 100 F. Welcome to yet…
…and she is gone…
A week ago she left us. Black, beautiful, strong and long legged Julchen. We loved her dearly.
Hunting
With the wildlife situation in the desert being slightly different than in other climes, it might happen that you walk down the hallway to you bedroom and encounter a lizard with the body language of someone/something not quite knowing where they/it are. Such encounters have to do with the summer and the heat. And the…
Early Sunday Evening
Drink: Whiskey SourMusic: Cowboy BebopWeather: Can’t decide between Monsoon storm and desert heat Yes, desert living does have it’s charm. And no, it is not boring 🙂
Third Summer
I always say: “No, one never gets used to the heat, but one learns how to handle it.” The other day I read the complaint of someone (in Germany) about the excessive heat in the person’s house. 28 C! Imagine! Pure hell! Nobody can live like that! 28 C = 82 F… Let’s put it…
Goodbye Spectrum, Hello Frontier
Writing this in case anyone in the Coachella Valley is trying to decide between Spectrum and Frontier. TL/DR is Frontier wins, Spectrum loses. So it was finally a farewell to Spectrum. We had been with them in Culver City simply because the TV portion was paid through our HOA fees. That was based on a…