Nippy weather we're having

I think we have to be having a taste of winter weather now that it's mid-October. The local temperature is 60F right now (10:45 am) and it got down to 42F overnight in town - 35F out in the campo. (It did warm up into the mid-70s yesterday and should again today.)

It's times like these that makes one pine for central heating! But, alas, most Mexican houses - including ours - has neither heating nor cooling. One usually doesn't need it: the construction of the homes retains the heat of the day to warm the house in the evening, and the coolness of the night is carried over to cool the house in the daytime. Most of the time we also enjoy a pleasant, mild climate here in SMA, but last night's temperature is causing us to dig out the heater for the bedroom.

Luckily, we have just found (duh!) that our duvet cover has ties sewn into the seams so that we are able to tie the corners of the duvet into place and prevent it from shifting. This made last night much more comfortable for both of us (I prefer to sleep with the terrace door open a bit for fresh air, but even the dogs moved from the bedroom into the office last night). Neither of us was too cold or too hot from the duvet migrating within the cover from one side of the bed to the other!

Our bedroom and the third-floor studio do have gas connections for heaters, but we may just go with the oil-filled electric radiator that we brought from Los Angeles, where we used it in the guest room when it was serving as a puppy nursery. A local store has them in stock if we need one more for the guest room/studio. Of course, we've placed furniture in both rooms without much regard for where gas heaters may need to be connected to the gas supply....

Late last January/early February SMA was unusually wet and cold. We're hoping that it doesn't repeat itself this coming year or we may need to upgrade to the gas versions!

We still love it here. At least it didn't get anywhere near the 119F of the San Fernando Valley last August nor is it snowing as it was when I arrived in Germany one October.