On the 1st, rained fairly hard most of the day, so stayed home & soaked up water leaking in sunroom & taking it easy.

One of 6 bucket-full of water soaked up from sunroom

Very wet out there!

Low clouds all day

Got a couple things from the store

Webo is peak on left, San Ysidro Mtn on right

A couple of ravens checking out dates in palm trees

Noticed this bubble in ceiling paint with water dripping from it

Placed ice chest to catch water from leak

On the 2nd, a mostly cloudy day. We took doggies on 4 mile, 2.5 hour walk to town to drop off xmas card(3 kings) to Stacey (which her mom has been doing for decades). Kathy had bad back pain the whole way, so we had to rest a minute for every 2 minutes of walking.

Sun trying to poke thru at sunrise, but clouds won out for the rest of the day

Depth of water indicates we had 1.5" of rain

Circled area is where new leak is located

Newly painted room

Panorama of backyard from roof

Close up of area of possible leak

WStar house at start of walk

Low clouds by Indianhead

Front "lawn"

On the 3rd, Jef walked to town and met Kathy at the office where they worked out for another 1.5 hours.

Back "lawn"

Meter still heading north

house viewed from the rear

Shortcut trail to rocking chair

Sunset this evening near end of our workout

Sunset after our workout

On the 4th, Jef went to Sewanee and did some weeding. Kathy went to Pam & Jaime's and helped with housecleaning. Jef joined and helped later & we had pizza there this evening.

Clouds this morning

Sewanee's back yard "lawn"

Panorama by elephant statues

Rain in mountains (Jef got a few sprinkles just before arriving at Pam's)

Pam, Jaime & Kathy

Moon above sloth statue on drive home

Moon after arriving home to WStar

Moonbow looking towards Montezuma

On the 5th, mostly took it easy. We cooked albondigas this afternoon.

Sunrise this morning

Toro still shrouded in clouds

Cool clouds this day

We made a batch of Albondigas this evening

On the 6th, a cool and cloudy day where we mostly took it easy at home.

On the 7th, we mostly stayed home, but did take doggies on a 2 mile walk a couple times around our circle as it was sunny with little wind.

Our lawn is pretty verdant now

At WStar & Tilting T

Heading up EStar with Daisy

Kathy managed Pepper most of the way

Split level house on sand dune

Sand dune is covered with "lawn"

Looking toward Indianhead near top of circle on EStar

Kathy arriving home

On the 8th, Kathy saw a couple patients at the office. Jef walked to the Mall and hit the PO on the way home.

Entering canyon behind old country club

This (probably invasive) weed is a problem at our houses and is also out in the wild

Nearing the end of the canyon

Saw a few birds fly by

They appear to have been hawks

The trail to exit the wash

Panorama at the pass

Lupine in bloom at bottom of spur trail

A desert lily has come up at this point along the trail for many years

On the 9th, Jef did some burning of dead branches & diagnosis of electrical problem at Sewanee house. Kathy broke her back cleaning house, but was mostly "out of it" all day.

On the 10th, took Kathy to Escondido for MD appointment & MRI in Mission Valley, doing some shopping on the way home.

Coldest it's been all season

On the 11th, took it easy at home.

On the 12th, Jef walked to town, picked up mail and got a couple things at the Pantry.

Meter still heading north

Sand blazing star in bloom

Panorama at the top

Walked home the easy way - the fountain was running at the Catholic church

On the 13th, A+ Roofing came by and patched the roof. Kathy worked at the office & Jef did chores at home.

A little sunset this evening

On the 14th, Jef went over and did some weeding at Sewanee house. Kathy cancelled the walk this afternoon due to the "no-see-ums". Jef didn't want to work out, so we resolved to work out on Friday the 16th.

Jef shadow after dropping trash at the end of the driveway

Checking out patching job on roof where ceiling had been leaking

A patch was also placed around sunroom roof edge, where water appears during big storms

Drywall tape was placed before this spongy thick white stuff was applied

At Sewanee house, the plants surrounding this old log seem to be whispering bells

On the 15th, Kathy had a full day at the office. Jef stayed home and did chores, but walked to office to help with new patient paperwork this afternoon.

Brittlebush blooming

Rock daisy blooming at base of trail out of wash

Desert hibiscus bloom fully extended

Desert ground cherry

View from the top

Start of descent

Note how green base of Fonts is

1st desert dandelion

On the 16th, Jef drove Kathy to MD in SD. Kathy drove to Ramona from there where we did some shopping before Jef drove home to Borrego.

On the 17th, mostly took it easy at home.

Sunrise this morning

On the 18th, mostly took it easy at home, doing some clean up and weeding in front yard.

This black acacia is leaning on fence and roots are exposed

On the 19th, Jef dropped Camry at Tito's for maintenance & then walked home. Later drove black Jeep there & exchanged with Camry.

Left Camry at Tito's

Saw this solid wall of green across from Roadrunner - a 6' tall growth of weeds in the channel draining from the Roadrunner

Most of the terrain was similar to this on walk home

Dunno what weed this is

Saw 2 pairs of pants on walk home

Old fence around abandoned driving range

Panorama from middle of driving range

3 of the 4 tires I saw dumped along my cross country route

Saw this and another patch of broken glass

Took this trail on final 1/2 mile on walk home

This little (yellow) primrose and fillery were blooms I saw along the way

Walked Daisy around circle after Kathy was unable to continue and she decided Pepper needed a new harness

Hummingbird on nest by front door

On the 20th, Kathy returned to work, seeing 5 patients. Jef met Dave at Sewanee & did weeding. Dave found problem with laundry room electricity was that it was on a GFI circuit.

On the 21st, Jef & Kathy worked out at the office.

On the 22nd, Kathy returned to work. Jef walked to town to do some banking and get mail, and walked back home the longer route.