At midnight eleven twelfths of 2025 will be in the history books. We then will be three weeks from the winter solstice and the technical beginning of winter. Just imagine, in another month we'll be a quarter of the way through another century ... the mind boggles.
Here in the high desert, on the eastern rim of the Mojave, this is our nicest time of year - requiring no air conditioning. Shirtsleeve weather at midday, a light jacket in early mornings and evenings.
I have labeled our winter home-away-from-home "the Palm Springs of the Rockies." At this far eastern edge of the Pacific Time Zone our days end very early. Five p.m. looks like midnight.
We turned on our outdoor Xmas lights last night, our Thanksgiving visitor has headed home, and another half-day drop-in shows up tomorrow. Friends and relatives come to Las Vegas and we become a side trip from there, which we enjoy.
The webcam shows our WY area finally has snow on the ground, it should persist for the next four plus months. We are happy to be here instead.
Have a Happy Holidays season.
