As much as I hate winter, it’s on its way. I wish we were getting ready to start
February instead of December. Big sigh…
There’s not much happening here except work and more work,
but I’m not complaining. However, it
seems like the older I get the more difficult it is to do repetitive things for
six hours at one time. I’m talking about
the cheese demo I had on Friday. It’s
now Sunday and my arms feel like they’re falling off and I feel like I did about a
hundred sit-ups. I had to cut hard
cheese wedges into small cubes. I bet I
cut approximately 900 cubes of cheese with a pastry cutter. The only way to do this was to rock it back
and forth and lean into it. I probably
should have taken a big, sharp knife instead and will try that next time. Anyway, needless to say, after Wednesday and
then Friday I’m glad to have a couple of days off. The holiday season is in full swing with
shoppers.
Sunrise in the desert
A lonely bird surveys the desert
I managed to get this beautiful sunrise the other morning and also one of a lone bird sitting on a tree branch in the backyard. Then yesterday the storm clouds came in and I got these pics at sunset. Today it rained and then the sun came out but it’s a chilly 45 degrees right now with upper 20’s expected tonight. I’m not at all excited about that.
Storm clouds gather out back as the sun is setting
I’m not in the holiday spirit at all this year, but at least
I got my ornaments and will get them in the mail in the morning. My sisters and I exchange them every
year. We have quite a collection now.
Great pics. I know what you mean about holiday spirit lacking. Ah well. There's still a couple weeks...
ReplyDeleteLiz,
DeleteThanks. I try to keep the camera handy. Yeah, we have some time left but I kind of wish the holidays were over already.
Sunni
I was just surprised here how we went from summer to winter without a taste of fall. One day our air conditioner, two days later the furnace. Hubby is loving the cooler temps; I'm counting the days until spring :) (though I know we'll have a few nice days between now and then).
ReplyDeleteI'm embracing the holiday season this year. Doing less than before, but doing some other things I couldn't do before with more glee this year :)
betty
Betty, it does seem that in desert climates sometimes there is no spring or fall, just summer and winter. Luckily we had some time we didn't use the A/C or the heat, but those times are rare. My hubby is the same way liking the cooler temps while I prefer the summers.
DeleteYes this year you have a grandchild so you can get carried away with Christmas. That will be fun.
Sunni
Your pictures are gorgeous, Sunni. When I was a kid I thought the desert was a barren inferno with super hot days––hot enough to make a person's skin sizzle and the soles of their feet melt on the blazing sand underneath. I thought the days were much longer and the nights very brief and not much cooler. The way most people imagine the planet Mars would be. Of course, now I know better. The desert is very beautiful as you've shown us with your pictures and there are winters too.
ReplyDeleteVaskti,
DeleteThe desert is a beautiful place and, yes, unfortunately, there is winter and long nights like the rest of the planet. It's a climate of extremes. The sun can get hot enough in the summer to cook your skin. It's like stepping into a blast furnace in the hottest summer months. The winters can be really chilly at times with lows in the teens where I live, although that's rare. We usually never dip below 20 degrees, but that's plenty cold.
The wind around here is horrible too, almost hurricane force at times. It carries away anything that isn't tied down and breaks off trees, etc, even when they're staked. If we're lucky we get a month or more on each side of winter and summer when it's pleasant enough to open the windows and not use any A/C or heat, but that doesn't happen every year.
But it's beautiful here and the desert shrubs can get so green and make a nice contrast to the red sand and carved rocks. It's also fun to watch all the wildlife right out of the back door.
Sunni