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Myrddin wrote: "Pocatello warmed up to around 62 degrees today. Everybody was outside doing gardening. I turned the water back on for the sprinkler systems and applied a soil activator/feeder over the entire 1/3 acre at my residence. I have sprinkler heads to fix as well. It's that time of year again."

"62 degrees" Oh lucky you, lol. It was in the 90s here today, and I just heard that there was another fire down here, near Magic Mountain. Temps around 97 is predicted for tomorrow. "Nice and warm" reassures our weatherman. Ick.

I had snow on my lawn just two days ago. It's down to 41 degrees right now. Expecting around 36 at night and 62 during the day for the next few days. Spring and Fall are just delightful in Pocatello. June/July/August will be daytime temps from 86 to 103 with humidity between 5% and 20%. No sweat...literally. Night time drops to 60 to 80. I ditch my sheets and blanks and sleep with the window open all summer. You do need to pay attention to proper hydration with the low humidity and high elevation. It's real easy to get dehydrated.

Fire in the middle of the state of Idaho is a part of the summer as well. When the smoke gets bad, I shut the windows and turn on the air conditioning. HEPA filters help a great deal. A few million acres burned last year. Jeff Head quipped about the "Smoky Mountains". It was forest fires in Idaho. The brilliant red sunsets are accentuated by the smoke.