Nice weather

The hot summer weather has disappeared. The last couple days I've been able to open the front and back doors to let fresh cool air inside and turn off the a/c units until after lunch. The nights were in the med to low 60's and the days in the upper 90's. Such great weather. Yesterday I enjoyed my morning coffee sitting on the front porch. And I'll be heading back out there to finish this mornings coffee as well.  Early this week was quite uncomfortable due to high humidity (by Yuma standards) caused by field irrigation and no breeze at night. Nights the windi is usually calm, but by afternoon the breeze chased the humidity out. With the nicer weather, it will be grilling time weather. So I think I'll clean the grill today and set out some hamburger for dinner and steaks for Mondays supper. Oh man that sure sounds good.

Last night Mark was notified that today when he goes in to work he will be trained in his new department. The new area includes, ammo and guns, rv supplies, sporting goods, paint and hardware. There is a lot of paper work involved in the guns and ammo to be learned as well as the process in which each department needs to be done. As of now he doesn't know is his wage will change or not. But he has told them that if the wage drops, he won't work there. His current managers gave him rave reviews as they well should. It sounds like there is less physical work in the new area which is why Mark considered the job. The produce section has changed to less help and more demanding work. Mark is neither lazy or a slouch, but he is retired and has done more than his share in hard physical work.

In spite of the warm weather I got the front porch looking nice. It's now a nice sitting area in the nice weather days ahead. The back porch is my next project on the outside. But it has to get cooler to work out there. That sun is still quite warm. And the back porch is in the sun in the mornings when the temp is cooler. I doubt we will ever sit out back but it still needs a good cleaning with the leaf blower or vacuum. We use it mostly for storing bulky items and cleaning supplies.

I found this map of the weather forecast for this winter. It looks like the snowbirds are going to be grumpy and pains in the butt again this year. Depending on when the rain comes, the farmers may or may not be happy. The farming here is such a science that rain at the wrong time really messed with a lot of scheduling for the harvest and next crop planting. Every field is green fall through the spring. So pretty.