Moderate Rock?

 No, but moderate temps are set to continue into December, and that's alright with me. The less winter we have the better I like it. Maybe the Arctic blasts and bomb cyclones and polar vortices will stay north of us this winter. That, too, would be alright with me. It hasn't frozen hard enough yet to inhibit growth. I'm not so sure that that will prove to be a good thing, but we'll see. I'm spending a lot more on sunflower seeds because the finch colony I've been sustaining consumes more food during cold weather. I'm OK with that. I've been enjoying Leonard Susskind lately, lectures at Stanford University I can watch on YouTube. I love this stuff. Lectures from the Institute for Advanced Study are not always my cup of tea, unless they involve physics. Pure math is too much for me, but it's there and it's amazing to have access to such things, so easily. Smart kids can find wonderful things. I had to make do with books, as a relatively smart kid, but it would have been nice to have the kinds of instruction one can find today on the internet. Of course, there's a lot of horse manure floating around too. And online courses are available! A smart and curious person can learn just about anything today. Not so smart and somewhat deranged people can get their brains stuffed with even more twisted and silly crap. That's not so good. Oh well. 

Examples of twisted and silly crap: flat earth tomfoolery, celebrity "math", fundamentalist/young earth creationist fantasy, and things of that sort. THAT'S garbage. 

Nice Thanksgiving.

 Good company. I'm not around people much anymore and I don't want to entirely lose whatever social and conversational skills I might have. I certainly ate well. Sunny and chilly. But not all that bad. 

Christmas will be my next opportunity to be social. After that, not much for a long time. 

Mighty Fine Weather Today

 Couldn't ask for better, but it will be a bit chilly tomorrow. That's OK. No winter storms are on the horizon. But when they arrive, I will be ready for them. 

Frugality, simplicity, are so very important. Keeping it simple is the way to go. At least, it works for me. At one time my life was very complicated. Never again. 

Abundant Sunshine

 A sunny day is always welcome, except when we need rain, and we don't. 

It's crisp. Like LISP? Does anybody use that anymore? 

Nearly A Record High!

 It was quite warm yesterday. A cold front today has chilled us a bit, but it didn't freeze and doesn't look bad at all. Still no polar vortex or bomb cyclone on our horizon. It looks as though it will be mostly sunny today. Email was squirrely this morning. Working fine now. I really hate the digital world. Truly I do. The less I have to do online the better I like it. 

"Progress" will destroy us all. 

Warming After The Freeze

 For us it was not a hard freeze. I've seen no damaged vegetation. It could be a week or more before the next freeze. Leaves are turning, however, and trees are shedding leaves. Plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures for the weekend. The Thanksgiving forecast is not bad at all. I recall a Thanksgiving, back when I lived in a dormitory, that was warm and windy and very dusty. 

Cool And Sunny

 We might have our first freeze tomorrow morning, which would put an end to our growing season. I've been dreading that. At least we had a fairly warm October. 

The less winter we have the better I will like it. 

Lots Of Rain

 Yesterday and this morning it poured down again, and the playa lakes are REALLY full now, just in time for the arrival of migratory birds. They will find things in good condition to winter over here. It's unusual to have such a wet Fall. Maybe that means we'll have a lot of snow, but I hope not. Snow is a pain. And ice is worse. 

In the photo above, is a view of bindweed. I hope for great things from this stuff. 

Our Fine Weather

 Our fine weather continues as the bindweed grows and spreads. One weed to bind them all. Heehee. It's a little windy today but it will be warm. Some strange things have happened. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Some things are not under my control. 

It was fine outside last evening. I kind of got lost in thought for a while and time slipped away.