AWOKE TO ANOTHER COLD SNOWY MORNING IN ARIZONA:((

WOKE UP TO ANOTHER SNOWY MORNING

 

AND, WE HAVE A SNOWY BIRD’S NEST IN OUR SAGUARO

Soooo disappointing to wake up & see it snowing again this morning!!!!  Temperature here…36F.  Temperature back home in Bayfield…56F.  Our Legacy Blue Flame heater has been running for 48 hours now & that is the longest we have ever had to have it on since we began our RV travels years ago.  It’s just plum cold out & that’s all there is to it.  And to think, just a few short days ago I was mumblin & grumblin about the hot 80F+ temperatures.  Silly me!!!!

 

 

OUR GHOST TOWN ROAD DEAD ENDS AT THE OLD CONGRESS GOLD MINE

Cora’s condition hasn’t changed much.  Talked to the Vet again & she suggested taking Motor to an animal hospital near Phoenix.  She is thinking Motor’s problem may be her liver.  Results came in this morning & she does not have Valley Fever.  She is 15 years old & her age may be catching up with her.    It’s a tough decision for us now but we were encouraged tonight when she showed interest in my hamburger & actually gobbled have a dozen little chunks just like her old self.  We’ll see how she is tomorrow.  Oh, & she definitely does not like Gatorade.

WE HAVE 2 DRIVEWAYS & THIS MARKER MARKS THE FIRST ONE

  

OUR FELLOW CANADIAN NEIGHBOR’S DRIVEWAY

Kelly’s still limping on her sore ankle & found out this afternoon she cannot push the clutch pedal in on the Jeep so looks like from here on in I will be driving Miss Kelly.

OUR BACKYARD

 

FRONT & SIDE YARDS

My painting started off this morning with George Benson’s ‘Sunrise.’  Nice start to the day.  Picked up the painting pace a bit with Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors & Jimi Hendrix.  Mellowed things out with JJ Cale, Johnny Rivers & Chris Rea.  Finished up my painting spree with the fine 50’s styling's of none other than that great guitar picking western warbler himself, Hank Williams.

FRONT YARD AREA WHERE I HAVE BEEN PLANTING CACTUS

  

Tomorrow I will start on the kitchen cupboards.  So far I am not totally satisfied with the kitchen wall color so am hoping to pull it out of the fire with some snappy cupboard colors.  Back to the paint store in the morning.  Hmmm, wonder about lime green with fuscia accents on a purple & orange black background.  Ya right!!

ACROSS THE ROAD NEIGHBOR’S DRIVEWAY

 

NEIGHBOR IN DISTANT HOUSE RAISES LIZARDS…SNOW CAPPED FRONT YARD SAGUAROS

The septic tank guys came today & repaired the pipe problem.  It was a $400 fix & Freddie Mac paid for that.

OUR SOUTHERN SIDE YARD

 

Took advantage of the soft wet ground & planted some more cactus today.  The downside of soft wet ground is mud and  boy are we ever in a mess here in the coach.  Muddy shoes & muddy doggy paws.  And it’s an oozy mud too.  Not good!!

 

DISTANT HOUSE IS DIRECTLY BEHIND US AND IS OUR ALBERTA SNOWBIRD NEIGHBOR

Our Realtor phoned today saying we are very close to a closing date.  Possibly Wednesday.  We asked if we could go ahead & get a few people lined up for some work on the house & he said yes, go ahead.

 

VERY MUDDY AROUND OUR ARIZONA DIGS

We have a new Blog Follower today.  Bob & Jo from HOW TO LOVE WHERE YOU ARE AND EAT WHERE THE LOCALS EAT joins the Bayfield Bunch as we work on our new Arizona digs & begin making plans for the long journey back to Ontario, Canada.

GROANER’S CORNER:((    There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's.

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A COLD BLUSTERY SUNDAY COMPLETE WITH SNOW!!

 

It was the lightning on the horizon high atop the Weaver Mountains that first alerted me to the coming storm.  It was dark & I was outside with the furry kids.  Minutes later a deluge of rain drops had us scrambling back into the Motorhome.  It had begun.

 

The rain set up quite a clatter on the roof & the wind rattled the slide awnings.  It was to this cacophony of of sound that I drifted off to sleep around 10 & was back up again at 12:30.  My biggest worry was our Mifi up on the roof.  Despite putting it in a plastic container & wrapping everything in a plastic bag I was worried about the driving rain finding it’s way in & ruining the unit.  I had set a rock on top of the container to prevent the wind gusts from blowing it off the roof but was convinced the powerful gusts would blow that rock right off the container, over the side of the rig & smash off a side mirror.  Yep, had myself worried about all the worse case scenarios alright.

 

Turned the computer on & fully expected to have no internet connection whatsoever but was surprised to see the Google search page pop right up.  Stayed on the computer to nearly 4 in the morning catching up on some long overdue email correspondence.  Although very tired, I did finally fall asleep with a good feeling inside knowing I had caught up a few emails.

  

Kelly is dealing with a badly twisted ankle.  While in the driveway Saturday with her cell phone she stepped on a rock which turned her ankle bringing her to the ground in a heap.  Ankle is swollen & she has been painfully limping ever since.  Same ankle she twisted badly on a hike near Borrego Springs 3 years ago.  Will she consider going to the nearby medical clinic to have it checked out.  Probably not, she’s even worse than I am about that ‘running to the Doctor’ stuff.

 

Surprised to see snow on the ground when we woke up.  Didn’t take me long to get outside in my pajamas & frazzled hair to take a few snow photos before it all melted.  Imagine the buzz in the neighborhood had someone gone by & seen the new frazzled haired neighbor running around outside in his pajamas.  Oh dear:((

  

LOOKING NORTHWEST PAST OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR  

Little Cora’s condition today was same as yesterday.  Still eating very little.  Thanks to readers sending in suggestions & we have tried many of them but no success yet.  Did manage to get an anti-bacteria pill into her first thing this morning & another one tonight.  Mentally & physically she’s still holding her own……but it’s just the appetite thing.  She does seem to shiver a fair bit.

THE KIDS:))

As predicted, I spent my day on the end of a paint brush.  Am doing the laundry room as well as the kitchen.  Weather outside was dreadful with rain, sleet & snow showers all day.  No electricity in the house yet so every time a dark cloud went over I used my pocket flashlight to peer & paint into the dark corner areas under the kitchen cupboards.  As most people know, it’s not the painting itself that is time consuming, it’s all the prep work.  Washing walls & taping.  Should be able to wrap the job up Monday morning.  Could have done it later this afternoon but it was just toooooo cold!!

 

SOME BACKYARD COLOR AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY

Disappointed to see Javelina’s right in our back yard this afternoon.  We obviously have some holes in our fence that have to be mended.  Javelina’s (wild pigs) are a serious threat to a dog so we have to be extra vigilante when Pheebs & the Motor are out.  Also got to find & fix those holes in the fences!!

  

It was a mixed bag of tunes I had cranked up today.  ZZ Top, George Thorogood & The Destoyers, Stray Cats, Dwight Yoakim, Dire Straits, Bee Gee’s Saturday Night Fever, and Emerson Lake & Palmer just to mention a few.   Over 5 hours of painting & non stop great musical memories:)))))

  

OUR SUNDAY NEIGHBORHOOD

GROANER’S CORNER:((   A young and foolish pilot wanted to sound cool on the aviation frequencies. This was his first time approaching a field during nighttime, and instead of making any official requests to the tower, he said, "Guess who?"
The controller switched the field lights off and replied, "Guess where!"

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- Home is where your pet is:))

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