The calendar says December 8 - 2 1/2 weeks until Christmas…but the temperature gauge says 80!!! A bit warm for this Montana girl and her northern breed dog! The A/C is running even! I miss the snow and the cold and a crackly fire but I confess that I am enjoying balmy mornings on the back porch. 
Karl has found his “cool” spots under Bill’s truck in the shade of the carport or on the patio which stays shady all day. And actually, I’m writing this ”from the back deck” as the sun is starting down, shadows are long and the temperature is already dropping and is pleasant in the shade at 75ish. Kind of funny, sunset here is not that different time-wise than MT - sunrise, however is more than 2 hours earlier… 
Karl found another spot that he thought would be good for napping - with just a bit of digging…unfortunately it was in the azalea bed or at least adjacent enough that the digging needed to be discouraged with a couple of buckets.
The other oops has been the leather couch. My Montana furniture is leather also and I never prohibited Karl from getting on it. He usually only got on the furniture on hot days - probably the leather stayed cooler. One afternoon he decided it was warm enough and made himself comfortable on Bill’s couch…they had a discussion regarding that - maybe more than one…
The azaleas are the other non-Christmas thing. A couple of them have been blooming - beautiful and per Bill, a bit unusual.
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