Are we really still in Vegas?

It's a beautiful fall day in Vegas...dreary, drizzly, and 65°.
For Vegas that IS a beautiful change. 

Last night we could hear the rain tapping off the windows and the roof.   It kept us awake again.  And again  we dozed through our 5:30 gym time...basking in  the cool fresh air during brief moments of consciousness.
Ahhhh....another cool, beautiful morning. 

I say again because....

The night before we woke at 3 am to the most amazing thunderstorm we've experienced here in Vegas.  We could hear the thunder rolling in  and get progressively closer and closer until it was right over us.   The amazing part was that there was no breaks  between thunder claps...it was a continually rumble of thunder all around us...some louder than others with a few house rattling claps that makes one expect the lights to flicker and the power to go out.   Amazingly...it didn't.  We just laid there listening to thunder, watching the windows light up almost continuously.   Then I realized this storm could have some serious consequences so I jumped up and ran to unplug the computer and TV.   We stood in the front doorway watching rain pour off the roof amazed at how light the sky was... until we were intimated by a few flashes that bolted across the sky  and we scurried back to the safety of our bed.
Yes...we dozed through our gym time yesterday also.

I hope it is cloudy and drizzly all day.
Perfect weather for baking cookies...since I'm on the fast track to fat anyway :)   

 P.S  Our newly planted fall gardens loves this weather too.

Beyond happy...

Yesterday I made a discovery that made my day!!!! 

I had to call Karl and tell him immediately.  

I was giddy, giggly and happy all evening.  

My thrifty heart is about to burst with excitement.

A Winco is being built in one of our neighborhood  shopping centers!!!!

Approximately 1.7 miles away!

Construction actively underway.

Winco...Oh how I have missed you  and mourned your loss since moving here to Vegas.

I know this may be a sign that I am pathetic and have no life.

But  right now ...I'm sooo  blissfully happy in my pathetic state.

Treasure hunting

Soon after we moved to Las Vegas and attempted to garden in this  parched desert of rock-hard alkaline soil...Karl decided he needed a composter.  Really?   With our micro-yard?   I tried to use all the logic that I had...but I must of lost because a  composter showed up on our doorstep shortly there after. 

We faithfully fill it with grass clippings, kitchen scraps, garden pruning and leaves.  

We not-so-faithfully spin it. 

And we occasionally empty it of what the Master Gardeners call "pure gold"

...looks like course dirt to me.  

But it IS  full of treasures.   

So whenever Karl plants a new bush or plant he digs a larger than needed hole...fills the hole with his "golden" compost.   The transplanted plants do okay...but all the volunteer seedlings that come up do great.   

Normal rational people would just pluck these little invaders out like weeds.   

Not us...not here in desolate Vegas. 

If it's green and growing... we don't have the heart to kill it.   

 

Hence.. you can't see the bougainvillea for the cantaloupe and tomatoes.   

 

And this transplanted bush is suffering from sunburn but the cantaloupe are lovin' it.

Then the other day Karl found these... 

 

Cantaloupes the size of soft balls hanging in the oleander bush....

 

Ahhh ...hidden treasures.

Happy Labor Day

 ...officially marking the end of those summer days.

9-11 Memorial at a nearby cemetery.

 

7:15 am Fun Run

 

Karl 10K. Me...I'm still hanging with the 5K crowd.

Our photos just couldn't capture the grandeur of this field of flags.

It's been a quiet lazy day...the best!

Love September...

   Cooler days.
   Turn off the A/C and open the open windows at night.
   Planting my fall garden.
   Cooking those comfort foods again...soups & breads.
   Football (...for Karl)
   October getting closer with autumn leaves
        (okay...in the mountains here)