Finally start to cool down.

Well cooling down is relative...only going to be in high 90's rest of week. And getting down to 70's at night. For the first time in months!

Everyone is sick of the heat. Las Vegas has seen significant heat this summer. Here are some details: Total Days — Las Vegas recorded 79 days over 100°F from June 1 to August 27, 2026.

Except for groceries and doctors we've pretty much stayed home. 

Our pretty Palo Verde before wind storm. 

Took three workers about three hours to clean up the mess. 

A hummingbird checking out the scenery from what is left of the tree. 

This is all that is left. Gardener thinks it will survive. We'll see. 

Doesn't take much to make me happy. Our son sent his cleaning ladies over the other day. When they left I was checking things out. A pretty bow on the paper towels. Makes me smile. 

A fan on the toilet paper. Another smile. 

All the kleenex boxes had the tissues arranged on top as flowers. And towels were folded special. AND of course house was very clean. 

Looked like we were about to get another storm, but it fizzled out before reaching us. 

Bill has really been in a cooking mood lately. Making more milensea. 

he is wearing his Panchos apron. Check out what it says. "Neer Fresh Sea Food and Could Beer"

Another Sphere picture. I'm surprised there aren't more wrecks with drivers watching it. 

The new hotel going up on The Strip. Hard Rock hotel, 400+ rooms in the guitar. All the windows in the original Mirage hotel will be blue glass too. 

Here is a rendering of another new hotel going up in Vegas, down by the Luxor. Weird city we live in. 

Bill saw the cardiologist the other day. Going to him is like going through a revolving door. 10 minutes  per patient. He talks so fast it's hard to figure out what he meant. Said the heart monitor showed "a little Afib" Other than that heart seems to be doing fine. When we got home got to wondering about "a little Afib" so asked AI. AI suggested I upload the doctor's notes and AI (want to call it He) would break it down so we could understand. First I had to set up Bill's patient portal...then copy and past the doctor's notes and monitor's reading. Surprised myself and managed to do that. AI gave us info we could understand. The Afib is only 5% of the time.and not bad. And a whole lot of other information that made us feel at least informed. Doctor agreed no Eliquis because of the macular degeneration in Bill's eye.  

A couple of interesting visitors. 

There are three of these birds that come to raid the hummingbird feeders. They can get some through the holes, but have seen them tipping the feeder to get the nectar to pour out. AI says they are some kind of finch. Sure going through a lot of nectar. 

We've gone out to lunch a few times with our son and one day with our oldest granddaughter and her husband and daughter. They were in town for a couple of days. That was fun. She is the daughter of our oldest son who passed a few years ago. Then Bill and I went out to lunch to an Argentine restaurant on our side of town. And that is about it.