April Heat

We’re having a heat wave this week, with the temperature in the mid-90s, and record temperatures being reported from all over California. But when I returned this evening from my Spanish class, it was a lot cooler outside than inside, so for the first time this year it was back to our summertime pattern of opening the screened doors to cool the house down. (We pride ourselves on never running the air conditioner.)

Despite the summertime weather, spring migrants are still passing through. Yesterday I heard a black-headed grosbeak outside our house, and Pica today had a grosbeak singing outside her office all morning long.