this is January??

There's no substance to this post. I'm just sitting here on a fine, sunny, calm, 81° afternoon. On January 7th. And no rain yet, nor expected. The sprinkler is going on the herb bed -- the rosemary is distressed-looking, and the thyme may be dead. Also the lantana, and the columbine, and the huge cedar trees across the street. I'm going to go visit the neighbors and suggest maybe they should run a hose slowly for a day on the cedars -- might not be too late. This is crazy.