Transition Time

This time of year, in the Phoenix area, we are between seasons. The chill of January is past, where we had freezing spells and the last leaves on the trees and bushes were frost bitten. Now is a temperate time, when the daytime highs reach the high 60s to the low 80s. We had some rain yesterday evening, so the plants and trees will start to grow again pretty soon. In fact, Valentines Day is a scheduled day to fertilize citrus trees in this part of the state. I am out of that kind of fertilizer, so it may be a day or two more. The heat will begin to rise in March, with April temps starting to drive away the snowbirds that came for the winter. By the time mid May rolls around, the winter folks are long gone and it is just us regulars and the normal 100 plus temperatures. But now is the transition time, when the days are balmy and the evenings are still cool enough to sleep under a blanket or two. Wonderful weather.

Another transition for me is that I just finished an online course I was taking in Dreamweaver, a web site design program. This was the last in a series of three courses on Dreamweaver. Now I know enough to learn more on my own. Applying what I know to web sites may take a little longer.

I gave a presentation last night in Photoshop Elements to one of our local computer club groups. The subject was fairly intense and somewhat complicated. I am afraid I lost some the the audience last night. But a number of people hung in there with me, and seemed to be pleased with what I shared. What I am discovering is that many of the techniques that I have learned to apply with Photoshop also work equally as well with Photoshop Elements. One of these days I will publish what I have presented, and put it on my website. At this time, my notes are just kept on our computer club's web site.

Had a really good meal at Garcias restaurant this afternoon. Now that we are retired, we (my wife and I) seem to end up at restaurants during the mid-afternoon lull. The crowds are gone from the noontime rush, and it is too early for dinner. So we get good seats and hot food at lunchtime prices. And by the time our normal dinnertime runs around, we are still too full to eat any more. So it is a late (7:30 p.m.) snack and we are done for the day. That's the way it goes for retirees. A nice way to be. See ya.....