Yeah, hot! HOT!

Not really as bad as expected, but one can feel the heat rising from the soil of Central California.

We actually had a few drops of rain up in Reno the other day and it was accompanied by a bit of thunder in the distance. For sure, that is about the size of the rain for us in the month of July.

Hope to purchase a new laptop tomorrow. I think the one I have in Reno is about to give up the ghost. It shuts off right in the middle of a post and starts back up after cooling off for a bit. (Sure sign of a terminal problem.)