This weekend we had a windstorm. Great gusts of wind, some reaching 60 mph blew through Geezerville. If you want to see a quiet Geezerville, turn on the wind machine. Everybody hunkers down, and rides out the storm.
Poor pups were not walked. Walkers did not walk. Joggers did not jog. Even the golfers did not golf. The courses were almost empty. I'm not a golfing geezer, but I saw one brave golfer hit a ball right into the street. I knew something was wrong. Balls NEVER get hit into the street. It was that windy.
Not one geezer in our 'hood went to Costco this weekend. Another indicator that things were bad. Us geezers love Costco. When one of us plans a trip to Costco, all the neighbors are asked if they need anything from the store. No one was asked as no one wanted to beard the windy highway.
Our greater community has a lot of snowbirds. Many snowbirds live in their RV in an "urban" campground with all the mod-cons and lots of activities. Some RV snowbirds are of a more rugged sort and live off the grid enjoying free solar power and the beauty and isolation of the desert. There's LOTS of solar power during desert days. Around here, the desert snowbirds live near a freeway exit pointing toward the great expanse of the desert. They are getting a "free" space to live. (Don't ask the geezer RVer what the solar array and battery assembly cost tho.) This breed of RVer loves "roughing it." Today, the wind was not blowing, but there were no RVs camped in the usual locations. I hope they were not blown away by the wind.
Given all the wind, this morning we woke up to calm air. Something different was happening as the trees started to bud and blossom. There was a tinge of green on the bare tree limbs. The wind blew down flags, whirligigs, and garden decor. The wind blew down or split a number of trees. Yet, the surviving trees were sporting tiny buds or full-fledged blossoms. How did that happen? Is spring happening in Geezerville? It's a bit early to know for sure, but maybe the wind was the catalyst to start the process of re-awakening from winter.
Today, the geezers posted pictures in facebook of lost or found cushions, that had blown into or out of our patio sofas. We picked up our broken whirligigs. We blew away (geezers don't sweep anymore) the dust that accumulated on our porches and in the turf. The sky was blue. The air was calm. It was clear with miles of visibility. The wind was gone and the geezers started walking and being "normal" again.
I had never seen our Geezerville "shut down" for 3 days. The geezers are always out enjoying our lovely winter days, and enduring our devilishly hot summers, but geezers don't come out in the wind. When it's windy, geezers stay inside. Remember, we're in this together.
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