July 2011

118° in the Shade… Or, Why I Want to Move to YARNELL!

July 2, 2011

Not an exaggeration. By midafternoon the temp on the covered porch in back was 118 degrees. Fahrenheit, that is. It’s 9:00 p.m. now and the heat persists: 105 in the dark. This afternoon I needed to make a quick Costco run, pump some gas, buy a couple of necessities. Walking across the parking lot made [...]

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What’s this thing?

July 1, 2011

So this afternoon Cassie and I arrive home from a trip to Yarnell (about which later, in a less tireder moment) to find this interesting flower growing on a weed that volunteered in the vegetable garden: Does anybody have any idea what this critter is? Click on the image for a larger view. Four of [...]

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Car: Budget (and wheels) rescued

July 1, 2011

Okay, so we all remember how Chuck, the redoubtable owner of Chuck’s (Awesome, Incredible) Auto Service, opined that the work needed to keep the aged Dog Chariot running would come to some $1,300. And how this led me to speculate that now may be the time to raid my Car Savings and purchase something newer, [...]

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