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Spring in view of the Pacific Ocean brings us an onshore wind depending on the low pressure systems the jet stream brings us.  It is blowing like crazy.

I finally have a hose bib and a curley que hose with a nice nozzle and I can reach all the potted plants on the deck.  There are four, new, very big pots half full of soil and a bunch of small pots on the table.  I still am not sure what I’m going to put in them.

Two of the smaller pots got loquat cuttings set to root in the shade.  I guess I’ll have to go over to Somis and to Saticoy and look at the trees in the nurseries.  I have to keep watering in the meantime as the wind sucks the moisture out of everything, including me.

As we get towards summer we will be getting the Santa Ana winds.  Those blow from the four corners high towards the ocean.  Besides sucking the moisture out of everything they bring the heat of the desert.  They bring summer instead of a spring time that is still feeling a bit like winter.

All this in explanation of no posts, no work, and little time spent outdoors in the wind.

I’ve been reading a lot.  I’ve been on a book ordering spree.  I had to replace my all in one printer but I’ve not set it up yet.  It tells me it won’t scan until I do some more work.  I’ll just tell you about my reading instead of showing you the book covers.

Fear of Flying  -  Erica Jong

Life Studies  -  Susan Vreeland

Moosewood Restaurant New Classics

The Essential Eating Well Cookbook

Bicycle Diaries  -  David Byrne

The New Sins  -  David Byrne

Old Friend from Far Away  -  Natalie Goldberg

There are more books that have not shown up at my door.  More on those another day.

You did notice the cookbooks?  Yes, I’m actually cooking some these days; I’m not quite sure why.  Comfort, I guess.  My friend, Barbara, enticed me into baking bread for the first time in twenty five years.

As to the books, I recommend any and all of the above.  Book reviews when and if I get around to it.