Record-breaking heat today, followed by ~70 degree plunge overnight, winds up to 40mph and snow tomorrow and Wednesday... That's the weather here in Colorado Springs. Today I am bringing in the plants I can find room for, mulching the bigger and immovable planters with straw. The doves are back, they have been freshening their nest with new twigs. I put out water for them this morning. I should have thought to do this days ago, in this heat unrelieved by rain. They leave the nest at night, I... Sign in to see full entry.