The SKP Saguaro Co-op clan is gathering...

 ... so I'm keeping a low profile. Leaseholders here are strongly encouraged to attend the annual meeting in early February. Amazing how we usually have a doctor's appointment on the appointed day!

Board meetings aside, I notice that my occasional peek outside frequently includes sunrise. So a few more opportunistic shots pre-dawn here in Benson, AZ. In another month sunrise will be so early I'll be hiding in my bed pretending it can't possibly be as late as the clock says it is!

Rise and shine (or not!)

Even earlier... ugh!

Bloody cold out there!

Here's a peek across the San Pedro Valley as a freight train labors through on its way to point East.

I-10 crosses the Dragoon Mountains via Texas Canyon. This route requires a very steep climb to get to the other side near Willcox. Not that anyone cares, the train follows a route across pretty-much level ground through San Pedro Valley and the town of Dragoon to a notch in the Dragoon Mountains. This route avoids the very steep grade thru Texas Canyon. That bypass makes for a very pretty drive thru almond orchards on the East side of the Dragoons.

Now back to my whine about temps!

 

Ugh!

 

My beloved thinks the weather is too cold for human habitation...
she may well be right!

The radiator above is our latest attempt at keeping a space heater for longer than 2 years. They just die after that span of service- usually because the fan packs it in. There are no moving parts in this ancient concept to heat a living space. This heat source is sold under the DeLonghi brand name but I doubt it has spent even a moment in Italy! It has a thermostat so it's not "on" 24/7. It's big and in the way but so far it silently works like a charm. So we cut it some slack.