Hot But...

The heat is not really out of norms, and certainly bearable. I do what I need to do early in the day. It helps to be an early riser, and it helps to ignore DST. My 7 is your 8, and so on. I just don't alter my sleep patterns. I'm out of bed and ready to rumble by 5:30. MY time. True to form, I got the essentials done while the morning was fresh and cool. 

I have certainly been enjoying my guitars lately. People complain about the Duncan designed pickups on  Jagmasters, but the secret to a good tone is to set them as far below the strings as possible and then to screw out the threaded pole pieces a few millimeters. This adjustment makes a world of difference. I find the action on my Jagmaster to be the best of all my guitars. Of course, I used a hard wood tremelo block, held in place with Titebond. Trem systems aren't worth the tuning hassle, in my book. And the springs actually make a nasty contribution to the sound. They must go. 

Trending Warm And Humid

 We need to dry out. Rain chances are greatly diminished, temps climb, and rather high humidity is the current trend. It might be a bit tropical for a few days. So be it. June will soon be gone. 

Important business taken care of yesterday! Much did I worry but it came together nicely. A feeling of satisfaction was had by all. 

Soaky Doaky El Quaderno!

 Truly, we have had some rain. I heard yet another downpour and thunderstorm in the wee hours of the night, in the night I say, and I arose to find a sopping wet world and indications that at least another inch of rain had fallen, if not more. My rain gauge was smashed to bits by hail several years ago, so I go by the high water mark on the driveway, left by debris carried by water rushing down the street, as it receded. The street must have been flooded from curb to curb. And the clouds are heavy, the air is quite chilly, and the threat of more rain, yet more rain, hangs heavy above our saturated heads. Yesterday I found playa lakes near me approaching flood stage. I would not be surprised to find them overflowing into streets. Quite impressive. Many rains. 

But I think the rain chances were supposed to diminish, to BEGIN to diminish today. We'll see. 

Just Like That!

 Last afternoon, late, I heard a sort of rapping, a sort of tapping, at my chamber door. It was HAIL, quarter sized, driven by a very strong wind, and then rain poured down in torrents. Just like that, everything changed. Lubbock and surrounding areas got soused. It will be cloudy and cool all day and rain is likely all day, off and on, and into the night and through the night. I could do without the hail. It really battered some of the stuff I've got growing outside, but it probably needed to be thinned anyway. So nature did the work for me. There is more than enough still standing, and what is still standing will grow rapidly after such rains. It is a great relief from the heat! Meanwhile everything is soaked. We are under a flood advisory at this very moment. 

Yesterday it was hot, but not all that bad-- certainly not "unbearable". Not oppressive. This morning it is so cool that some thin-blooded people might wear a sweater. 

Pretty Hot Yesterday

 But dry air and breezes and overcast kept us out of the triple digits, and now chances for rain and storms return, with moderating temperatures and cooler mornings. Some relief, at least. And very welcome. Not bad at all on the patio yesterday evening. It should be not as hot today, and very nice tomorrow. Next week looks to be full of rain chances and more moderate temps. 

A simple life is a positive joy, but I'm not sure that I would want to be "off grid". That would be a bit much.