Big Winds In Little Tucson

 I spent a nice long morning out on the patio yesterday, watching the sun rise.  Little did I know I was spending it with the coyotes too.  An entire pack, mostly females stopped by at 7:30.  As soon as I figure out how to make those files just a tad bit shorter, I'll post them.  

For some reason, even though the camera only shoots for 20 seconds, it thinks this file is larger than another 20 second file and will not load it.  It's going to be a big challenge to figure out how to make them smaller.

And then the winds came!!  Last night things were going bump in the night ... all night long.  We call it the Vail Gale ... and Gale is up and kicking!!!  Rain is predicted this week ... the desert needs it badly ... but I don't know if any will actually land here.

All that dry wind doesn't seem to help with the humidity problem.  See ... it's not just me.  Cooper has the same shocking problems I have!!  

And the same bad hair days due to all the electricity in the air.  

Here's a new find for you ... one that came in the mail yesterday.  When Cindy and Ray gave me that spaghetti squash, they had sprinkled something on it that was delicious with a capital D.  Although I could not find the HICKORY variety, THIS stuff is pretty amazing.  It gives everything a little smoky flavor.  I have to say it's not my favorite on scrambled eggs, but the chicken came out pretty tasty.

Then I was off to find a new valve for my plumbing.  Apparently I'm just too strong and broke the last one.  It doesn't want to turn off at all.  I'm pretty reluctant about this job since I could not find the exact same valve as what's there.  So what if the threads are the wrong size?  There I will be with my water turned off completely while I contemplate what to do next.  

And no, I haven't even THOUGHT about replacing that strap on the rig.  The honey-dos are adding up.

Since I couldn't get the coyotes to load, here's another beauty that stopped by around 2 am.   Boy is he ever a HUNK!!  I had no idea they wander around at night!!  If I was a doe, I'd be after him in a hot second!!

I just picked up the game camera, but rather imagine there will be 85 images of branches waving in the wind.  I doubt critters will be roaming around much.  As with my horses, the wind takes away all their regular scents, making them very skittish about what might be lurking around the corner!!  Even the bunnies don't come out when it's windy.