A windy first half of the week with high temperatures starting off mild at 78° last Sunday before temperatures warmed to the warmest temperatures of the year and first 90 degree temperature of the year with a high of 91° on both Thursday and Friday. Lows were mostly in the 40's and 50's and warmed some to end the week. The low of the week was 47° on Wednesday. The first monsoon moisture of the season started to arrive, a few days before the official start of the monsoon season, on Friday with some light rain on Saturday morning. Only .02 inches fell which was the total for the week. Elevated fire conditions eased some at the end of the week with the arrival of the moisture. However, the area is very dry with brown grasses but still some green plants. Pumpkins have sprouted in the vegetable garden. Saw a rabbit on my morning walk and a squirrel on the neighbors shed. A lot of garter snakes observed and a couple appear to be hanging out in the waterfall filter. Birds also continue to frequent the garden and yellow swallowtail butterflies also seen in the garden.