As you can see It's been a little warm at the hacienda. Slee-ping I think is some place in China near Tip-ping. It's not really cooling down in the house.
I went out and bought a UV rated window shade today for outside the 8' x 5' single pane picture window. It gets the afternoon sun. Way too hot out to install. I may get out early tommorrow and install it.
I spoke with a lady at Lowe's who bought one the day before and she said it really made a difference.
The fires in the area are still blowing up plumes of smoke. Today wasn't so bad because the inclusion layer lifted but some areas are being covered with ash.
Somehow CalTrans is out working in the heat on a project to be completed by 2012. We are getting some new bridges and wider highways. They lean on shovels a lot but the do it in the heat and the rain. Gotta give them credit for that.