winter strikes again

The rainy season has started again and were were greeted with a snow capped Mount Baldy in the morning. Earlier in June, we actually had turned off the instant backup water heater to see how long we oculd use the solar panels for hot water. And while there was still warm water (in the upper 90s) coming out of the shower (after 2 days of solid cloud cover) we decided to turn it back on. We also had the Eucalyptus trees pruned to avoid a similar disaster as last year and are not ready for the dark and cozy season...