Changing Weather

Fall on the Highway of Legends

We had such a hot and dry summer.  But suddenly the weather is giving us a glimpse of things to come.  Today it is very windy and cool.  Snow has can be seen on the higher mountains.  Night-time temps are in the 30's.

I LOVE IT!

Our bear hasn't been seen in a couple of weeks.  The last time I saw him was in the middle of the afternoon -- just watching the happenings on West First Street in the early afternoon.  There were cars and kids and dogs and just way too much commotion for a shy animal like this... so he turned and went back to his little hideaway in the back yard across the street.

Unusual clouds

We have new neighbors.  The contractor who had rented the other side of our little house had finished his part of the construction job on Mt. Carmel.  He went back up to the Springs to start another project.  The house sat vacant for nearly a month -- which is the longest we've ever gone without a tenant.  I had our realtors on the lookout for a tenant, but I also advertised on Craigslist.  But the thing that set our rental apart was the fact that I am a dog lover.  Most people say no pets.  But why narrow the field when I just love the critters anyway?

Ask and you shall receive!  I got a call from a frantic woman who had a rental all lined up.  They were to move on 10/1 and I talked to her on 9/28.  The rental they had all lined up and ready to move into was out in the country because they had 3 dogs.  But she worked from home and the house had no internet access.  So they had to back out of that deal at the last minute.

3 dogs -- yikes!  So with a quiver in my voice I said OK.  But just in case it didn't work out I wanted a short lease.  That was agreeable to her... so long as they had a place to hang their hats during the holidays.


Stephanie and Dave moved in with Stephanie's 13 year old daughter and their 3 dogs.  They have Myla -- a lab mix.  Sam -- a boisterous 100 pound golden retriever.  And Gus -- a long haired chihuahua whom Les refers to as, "Little Hitler."  With the daughter on poop patrol and with some stern corrections to Myla about barking -- it seems to be working out.  Right now Mindy and Lucy are ganging up on Sam in the front yard.  They're having a ball!