And, speaking of environment …

… I live in a strange one. It has been raining around here for a few days on and off. I say around here because it is NOT raining here. I have been wanting a little rain for the garden but not much has fallen. For example, the other night I drove all the way home in a fairly hard rain, all the way that is until about two miles from the house. At that point there was no rain and the road was absolutely dry. (A year or so ago, I wrote about a day it was raining on the house, but not at the end of the driveway.) Another night, again rain was falling, but the wind was blowing hard. There are places on the Knik River bridge where snow builds up in winter and dust in summer during wind storms. This night no dust or snow, but everywhere the wind crossed the road on the bridge, the pavement was blown absolutely dry. There were stripes of dry, gray pavement interspersed with wet. black pavement crossing the road. Talk about your blow dryer.