Tuesday Morning

Its Tuesday morning in Merced.
This morning it seemed a little warmer. Looking at the weather forecast it should be warmer today. I collected the sunrise today without any clouds in the sky. Since my walk however, the breeze has picked up and is jangling the wind chimes in the front. This time of the year we have winds that come down off the mountain and warm up from the friction. We seldom get coastal fog but during this time of the year, sometimes the coastal fog is non existent. The friction in the air and no fog was part of the weather conditions the resulted in huge losses in the Oakland fire a few years ago.

Top of the agenda today is to cut the yard with the lawn mower, do some laundry. Maybe I will go after some volunteer berry bushes in the back yard.

What is really nice about this time of the year is that when you have the thermostat set in the high 70's it the air conditioner does not go on. In the evening it is not so cold that you need a jacket on if you are not up in the wee hours.

Today I was up before the sun to get my walk in. They have changed the layout of the furniture in our Starbucks. The walls were painted new colors and new corporate artwork was hung. New furniture was added. We now have a section of tall bar stools and tables in the center. On the outside edge of the turret shaped interior are low tables of 4 instead of more smaller tables of 2. We got back a couple of upholstered chairs and we now have a coffee counter with chairs as we come in. Most veteran customers are not at all amused by the new set up. While I have been going to this one for about 4 years this is the second time this Starbucks has incurred a furniture switch. On the surface it would seem that those that sit down and need to work with the wifi and the lap top computers would be the most pleased of the customers. They have turned out to be the least tolerant. When a group of students came in and sat at the center tables they "hogged" all the electrical outlets that the regular laptop customers use. We will see how all of this washes out.  Some customers were so concerned that they have threatened to move their business to another branch of starbucks. Its a mile and half away. I guess if you arrive and leave using your car it wouldn't matter.

Have a happy day! :  ) Pat