I took this photo of the patio clock’s temperature readout today at about 12:30 PM AZ time. It actually got up to 83 ° today with a forecast for 87° tomorrow and Friday. Happy days! Winter appears to be over.
If this weather trend continues, I will be *forced* to fill the spa and get it ready for occupancy. We’ve missed dipping in our spa all winter and can’t wait until we are soaking in it again.
Damsel reports seeing butterflies today, the bees are buzzing, collecting nectar from the rosemary flowers and the lizards are all thawed out and romping on the rocks all around the lot.
We haven’t seen any snakes yet, but we are careful to watch out for them, too. I read last week that in addition to gopher snakes (non-venomous) and diamondback rattlesnakes, we also may encounter sidewinders (ugh).
Hey, c’mon! Sidewinders are cool! They take the standard serpentine motion and lift one side or the other, and the side still on the ground generates the sidewise thrust, Plus, though they are venomous, theirs is the least toxic of the rattlesnake venoms. 😉
Minimum toxin or not, I wouldn’t want them around our 13 and 15 pound min-pins. Yikes!
Of course not Cap’n! Neither of us want our dogs exposed to ANY rattlesnake. I just think that the snakes are cool. Doesn’t mean I’m going to handle rattlesnakes anytime soon, in spite of my screen name. Sidewinders carry the least risk, but they still carry risk.