I want some coffee!

 ... but the truth is that summer sneaked in the back door about 6 weeks ago. But then this is Southeast Arizona and the weather gets to do whatever it wants. We've had days over 100° for weeks now. But it hasn't been unbearable as long as we can stay inside and hug the air conditioner during the hottest part of the day.  I managed to catch a few nice sunsets (mostly!) from the back of the lot. That area faces North (-ish) and the sun is setting in the Northwest these days. Conveniently there's no one currently staying in that lot so I have a clear shot out to the trees on the North edge of the park.   And this shot is off to the South-southwest (Mexico is about 60 miles away). And then there was the surprise T-storm. What a welcome break in temps as our Davis weather station said it dropped from about 95° down to about 75° in something like 20 minutes. It was a one-time event so it's not yet monsoon season... but it was a hopeful sign! Bit of a fast moving river out th...

 ... but we have about 2 weeks to go. So knock it off with the thermostat-fiddling, ok?! We had a sprinkle of rain this Monday morning. One of those head-fakes that's supposed to trick us into believing monsoons have started early. Not gonna' work folks! We've been fooled too many times. Summer and monsoons start in early July (if they start at all!) and no amount of wishing will change that. I'm confident I'm right cuz I've tried the wishing thing before and it just doesn't produce much moisture. It's been warm enough that we've been running the AC. A lot. Including at nite. But if I'm honest the AC hasn't run after 11:00 PM yet. But we're ready for it! The Admiral got this pre-dawn shot beyond the adjacent development.   Odd cloud effect. Kinda looks like smoke but it's not. We've had some really attractive cloud formations.  

 ... but so far we haven't been plunged into the fires of hell we call "Summer" here in Southeast Arizona. Well why would we?! It's still Spring?! And a very pleasant Spring it has been. Temps have been very comfortable and no overnight freezes. And not much in the way of clouds during the day, but I did manage a couple shots to give the viewer the feel for what we see here... Looking Northwest from the rear of our lot at SKP Saguaro Co-op in SE Benson, Arizona Some moisture falling to the South of us but it never reached the park. The timing for a very red sunset like this shot is very difficult as it lasts only a few seconds .   SKP Saguaro Co-op is starting to look like a ghost town. Yeah, there are over 100 lots with residents still here. But with temps rising, those folks are starting to cling to their air conditioner rather than be outside! I do see a few folks out and about for their early morning or post-sunset walk... but not many. Today is an unplanned roast...