September 2011

This time of year, our local merchants are roasting green chile and selling red chile. Normally, it is a couple of weeks earlier in August, but things are all ready to go now. Roasters are outside of Walmart and Peppers and many folks own their own. I just love the smell of roasting green chile; makes you hungry even if you're not, lol.

September is a good month here, like summer only a little milder with even cooler nights. Seems August was the hotest month on record in the southwest, so a little cooler sure sounds good. Monday is Labor Day, but we don't really have any special plans except it was a good excuse to buy a watermelon, lol. I am the only one who truly loves watermelon, so basically it is all mine.

I sure hope everyone enjoys this last special weekend of summer. After this, we all must hunker down for the cold months. :(

September already!

Here is a cute little green chile. It is roasting time in Luna County and the green chiles are being roasted in parking lots at Peppers and Walmart and where ever there is a roaster. People also have home roasters and for just a couple of hundred dollars, you can get a smaller version of the commercial roasters and do your own.

Here in SW New Mexico, school has already begun and the next holiday is Labor Day. Lots of bbq, beer, watermelon, etc. being sold for the holiday. We just fly our flag and eat some of the good stuff. No special plans here.

We are getting new neighbors across the street. After Connie moved from her house, her daughter and family moved in, but the son in California who bought the house last year wants to sell it, so maybe more new neighbors in same house. Also the house next door to them has new tenants moving in. Floyd knows the owner and he said that he already has people ready to move in. The former residents have moved to Albuquerque. This has been a very stable neighborhood but now new people.

September is an OK month here in Deming but next month is October and nearly perfect weather. We don't really get cold weather until the middle of November. However, this has been an odd weather year, so who knows??

Hope you all have a good weekend out there and that the weather cooperates. Those terrible fires in California should abate soon.