good news

Our 12 1/2 year old dog-daughter, Lia, finally is feeling relief from her aching joints and back to her happy self with walks to the neighborhood's pool area and common grassy knoll.  She and Mark take their morning stroll and then they stretch out on the grass and watch the cars go by.

Also, it's a change of seasons for us desert dwellers: monsoon clouds gather in the afternoon and present not only rain, if we are lucky, but also the most lovely sunsets. 

Yesterday, most of the city (not our neighborhood) had a mild to drenching rain and the whole valley was cooled off by 10 or more degrees.  We went downtown for Second Saturdays and joined a jolly crowd of families and older "dates" like us before the next 20-30 something's hour started with bands at 9 p.m.  You can check out my other blog to read what I wrote about our viewing of Hulot's Holiday at The Screening Room, a funny little French 1946 comedy.  http://anitawritesforyou.blogspot.com