Starting to look like fall here in Buenos Aires

some leaves are changing and falling on the streets and sidewalks... but spring is hitting most of the u.s. now with the cherry blossoms in d.c. almost past their peak...



so, wednesday night, i begin the long trek back to reno... yeah, i know... i'm just one of those "snowbird" wussies... at least i have the good grace not to winter over in arizona or florida...

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Brightening things up a bit

i realized one thing i could definitely do to break up the bushco atmosphere of unrelieved gloom is to post more pics...



this is one of three beautiful blossoms on the large aloe plant that grows right outside my front window, where i can gaze on its beauty as i toil away on my laptop... it always blooms right in the middle of the buenos aires winter... while the climate is mild enough here for other plants to also bloom during invierno (winter), this one only pops into bloom in late july/early august, just when winter is entering its home stretch...

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Ooooo, brrrrrrrrr... Chilly Porteños...

my post from earlier today called attention to the unusual cold snap they're having in buenos aires... i just checked the temperature there, and at 12:45 a.m. ART (Argentina Regional Time)/8:45 p.m. PDT, it's exactly freezing, 32^o F/0^o C, and is supposed to drop to 30^o ... my porteño friends must be freezing their tootsies off...

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It's winter down south

How Porteños dress
when the temperature
hits the 30s

i usually follow the weather forecasts and temperatures in buenos aires whether or not i happen to be in residence there... as summer comes here to the high desert and the daily average high temperature climbs toward the 90s, i've noticed that buenos aires has experienced some unusually cold nights of late... the average low nighttime temperature during the winter there is usually in the low 40s, occasionally hitting the upper 30s... during the day, it's customarily in the 50s or low 60s... the past few days or so, i've noticed it getting down to 34-35 at night and thought of all the people i know there who would be complaining about how miserably cold it's been... little did i know, and it isn't even winter yet...

Power was rationed in parts of the Argentine capital and four people died from exposure as autumn temperatures dipped below freezing across a wide swath of Argentina on Tuesday morning.

needless to say, most of the buildings there aren't constructed for that kind of temperature... over in bariloche, however, where winter is winter, they build accordingly...

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