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Sitting on the terrace, watching rain pour down, lightening flash and listening to Nina Simone.  An hour ago I was swimming, laying in the sun and gardening in 90˚+ temps.   Now, it is a cool 84˚ with the breeze from the rain bringing the smell of green and damp.  It has been cooler lately, [...]

The rains seem to be much more regular this year than last, almost every evening they arrive with the crash of thunder and flash of lightning.    Last night the temps were at an incredible low of 25°C (77°F), it was chilly.  I had to turn the hot water heater back on last week, the water [...]

Learning to garden in this environment has been a steep curve, I am trying to regain my formerly green thumb.  There are some things that have just been perplexing to me.  One is that it is very difficult to grow mint.  Mint! The stuff that eats your yard up north if you don’t pull out [...]

I’m hooked on my roof.  For one thing it is cooler up there at night, the breeze is wonderful and if I open the door to the roof it cools the bedroom quickly.  For another, I’m enjoying the vantage it gives me over the city.
It’s not the upper, upper roof, I’ve not quite gotten the [...]