Cool Down

Today's weather:
Sunny
High - 77
Low - 48

As you can see, we're having a nice, if brief, cool down.  Early in the afternoon the pool was deserted.  But by 3:00 there were a few people out. The pool is the perfect temperature.  Warm, but just cool enough to be refreshing.

Cool decor, huh?

Last year I was really disappointed in the local produce available.  We tried to find a farmers' market without success.  But as I mentioned previously, we have a new market very nearby.  We've gone every Friday since it opened, and it gets better every week.  In addition to produce, we now have local grass-fed beef, cheese and butter, and now eggs, among other things  The produce has been very impressive.  We've had wonderful green beans, amazing red potatoes, and a really nice summer squash called Mexican gray.  It's a light green squash like a zucchini but shorter.  Very good.  But our real find was melons.  I bought one called Magnificent, which truly lives up to its name.  It has salmon pink flesh and is the sweetest, juiciest, most flavorful melon I have ever had.  I'm hoping they still have some next week.  Because the winters here are so mild, apples and pear don't grow well here.  But there were some at the market from Wilcox, which is southeast of here and obviously at a higher elevation. 

David keeps saying he's worried that we might get trick-or-treaters tonight, even though it's a gated community.  Actually, I think he just wants me to buy some candy.

Happy Halloween!