Locked out!

I managed to lock myself out today. Blame the ants, not my CMS syndrome (can't remember shit). Octavio was here and we were checking out the tree trimming job. Earlier the pest control man was here and I had taken my hidden keys inside so he wouldn't see where they were because they were on top of an ant hill. (some hiding place)

Long story short - all my fail safe locks worked including the garage door lock. Bummer dude.

Well, remember the cat screen!

I had to remove it and tear out the screening to open the door. And I always have keys in my pocket. Seems to me this is what happened the last time I locked the outside keys inside the house. Ah, growing old. It ain't pretty.

Monsoons

Now when I moved to AZ 9 years ago, I first heard about the monsoons. I heard what horrible storms they were and how you had to be prepared for them. I must confess I just thought that they were big thunderstorms like in New Mexico. But evidently not, because after 9 years people run programs on the weather channel about all the damage they can (and do) cause.

So, this year I decided to get prepared and trim the trees as I don't need any tree limbs falling on my roof or on my car. These are pictures of before. Notice the saw: wonder who got that stuck there? Must have been my neighbor who trimmed his side of the tree (on his property of course) but not mine.

Well, here is the after:

I threw in a picture of my sunflowers 'cuz they are so pretty.