What happened to the perfect weather?????

Well, for about a week, it's been overcast with heavy clouds sitting right on top of the mountains directly behind us, and the lake and mountains across are invisible. The temperatures have dropped as well with highs in the low 60s and overnight lows about 55.  Then Friday came the deluge; it started raining and it's pretty much been raining ever since.  Here's a picture of the terrace shiny with rain.

You can see that beyond the wall we have no view.  This is evidently the result of an unstable low pressure system pushed very far south--called "el norte."  In the northern estados along the border, the low temps have dropped below freezing and there's even snow in the highest altitudes there. Highly unusual, we're told, but then it's just tagged as another signal of global warming.  I guess we'll just standby for much more of that.  😞

Mexicans are walking around in down jackets or vests with knit caps pulled down over their ears.  Your dad is freezing, wearing his flannel jammies and sweatshirts.  So cold is he that we actually turned on the gas fire this morning.

Too bad I didn't see this coming; I could have had some hot chocolate in the pantry.  Appropriately, it feels very much like November/Thanksgiving weather. It's also good to know that Tuesday the "sun'll come out" and the temps will rise by 10 degrees.