At least the gnats are gone!

So Our Long-Awaited Autumn Arrives....

Yes, a week of frosts or near-frosts. Had to scrape ice off the windshield for the first time this year.

But by mid-week it was going up to 70 during the day, a pleasant although temporary reprieve.

What the hell am I doing in this climate?

My obligatory annual picture registering my shock at the departure of the life-giving rays of the summer sun.

The former northernmost papaya tree.

Our papaya plant is unable to withstand the rigors of  the north winds.

But what can one say? Better here than in New Jersey, this month anyway.

Time Sink Part Deux....

....and then some.
Yes, so I am now the owner of a new Nexus 7 tablet.
Today I ran into a man I know, and he asked what I had been doing with myself lately.
I had to stop and think for a minute. I couldn't remember exactly what I had been doing for the last week or so. I told my wife that I could not remember what I have been doing for the last 2 weeks or so. She said 1 word: tablet.

First Post

Still in the process of figuring out how this thing works.
They say that it is the path of the future without a doubt.
Let's hit "publish" and then examine the results.

In the throes of a terrible summer cold.

Moving right along...

Gracias a Dios!  At long last things have begun to cool off!
Instead of pushing 100, it's now only pushing 90!