MOST OF MY HAIR IS GONE, SO IS MOST OF MY BEARD….’OH DEAR’

THESE GUYS DROPPED BY TO SEE IF PHEEBS COULD COME OUT TO PLAY

Partial cloud cover today but no sign of much needed rain yet.  Only a few drops of rain all winter so far.  I think all plants including cactus are waiting patiently for that first substantial shower to burst them forth in all their early Spring finery.  Looking forward to seeing trees leaf out again & flowers blooming in the desert soon.

After Kelly’s haircut Saturday & the fact Simon recently had the majority of his longer hair cut off I said to Kelly this morning, ‘it’s time for a haircut cause I can’t take this unmanageable mop any longer.’  Half an hour later I was sitting in a chair wrapped in a blanket with my graying locks falling like dollups of snow from an old pine bough.  Head definitely felt colder & I noticed the sun’s rays heating up the back of my neck right away when I stepped outside later.  However, I was on a roll with my new do so marched myself right into my washroom, closed the door, fired up my electric clippers & sawed off about two thirds of my beard toote sweete.  And yikes there was my darned face just staring right back at me in the mirror again just like it did years ago before I covered part of it up.  Noticed I had a few extra furrows & ruts in my skin that I do not recall seeing the last time I saw those parts of my face about 7 years ago.  Now that is a little un-nerving to say the least. 

We thought maybe we would do a day trip somewhere today but it seemed to be warming up fast on our morning walk so we shelved that idea.  No A/C in the Jeep.  Kelly was feeling a little under the weather anyway & I was suffering post traumatic shock from seeing myself in the mirror earlier so we just stayed home.  I did manage to peak out between the tightly closed curtains a couple times.  Now if I could just lose about 60 pounds I would be about ready to Boogie.  We both did manage to recover later in the day from our temporary maladys:))

<<< JUST A FEW FILE PHOTOS TONIGHT & WONDER IF ANYONE REMEMBERS WHAT THIS WAS

Turned out to be a pretty normal Sunday for us.  Kelly read a bunch, I grumbled a bit, & we both sat in the backyard sun for awhile soaking up some quiet.  Pheebs played with her toys & chased a few bunnies out of the yard while I spent a little time on the front porch listening to a couple noisy Gila Woodpeckers & watching half a dozen little House Sparrows busily gathering materials for their early spring nests in our Saguaros.  Just a mighty nice relaxing & pleasant Arizona Sunday.

AUNT JEAN GIVING PHEEBS A TUMMY RUB LAST WINTER >>>

Had to dust off the Critter Cam today because tonight it has a job to do.  Something is burrowing either into or out of our house foundation again.  I had securely blocked off the Skunk hole a few months ago but a new hole appeared a couple days ago right beside the blocked off section.  I blocked that hole off & we noticed this morning there is still another hole beside that.  I guess our first step is to identify the culprit so out with the Critter Cam tonight.  Going to be very disappointing if it turns out to be more Skunks under the house again.

Dragonfly from THE JOURNEY OF LITTLE SANITEE has just joined us on our Blog Followers list.  Now here’s an interesting artsy Gal hoping to be on the road this year with her small vintage trailer.  Read a couple of her recent posts & see that she is a ‘thinker.’  I generally always find those types of people interesting:)) 

And Bruce our good friend & neighbor from back home in Bayfield sent us along this link today which I’m sure a lot of folks in our age bracket will remember & enjoy.  MUSIC VIDEOS & MUSIC FROM THE 50'S & EARLY 60'S.  This site is chalked full of great memories for we Boomers……………

THIS GROOVIN LITTLE HOUSE SPARROW HOLDS EVERYONE’S ATTENTION WITH HER VERSION OF THE BOOGALO BOOGEY

Interesting comment by first time commenter Mike Goad on my Saturday post regarding the topic of the Full Timing RV decision many folks go through.  Lots of pros & cons to that decision just like there is with anything & I think what it boils down to is simply what preferences are given to each & everyone’s needs, dreams, preference’s, & desires.  And fortunately we are all different with our thoughts in each one of those categories………… 

GROANER’S CORNER:(( George W. Bush, in an airport lobby, noticed a man in a long flowing white robe with a long flowing white beard and flowing white hair. The man had a staff in one hand and some stone tablets under the other arm.
George W. approached the man and inquired, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man ignored George W. and stared at the ceiling.
George W. positioned himself more directly in the man's view and asked again, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man continued to peruse the ceiling. George W. tugged at the man's sleeve and asked once again, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man finally responded in an irritated voice, "Yes I am".
George W. asked him why he was so unfriendly and Moses replied, "The last time I spoke to a Bush I had to spend forty years in the desert.

A LONG TIME BLOG READER DROPS BY & KELLY GETS A HAIRCUT AT HOME:))

PHEEBS WORKS AWAY AT GETTING A STICKER OUT OF HER PAW ON OUR MORNING WALK

  

SHE ENDS UP NEEDING A LITTLE HELP FROM MOM

Had an email Friday from a long time Blog reader currently staying over at North Ranch for a few days.  Had a few boondocking questions & wondered about getting together.  Sure could so this morning Simon & Sandy from Winchester Ontario rolled into our yard in their nice looking 03 Jeep Wrangler.  Well Okay, don’t all Jeep Wranglers look nice eh.  Travelling in a Triple E Motorhome these folks have a love for the South West just as Kelly & I & many others do.  Simon brought his Atlas along so I was able to point out some of the spots Kelly & I had just been to over in the Kofa & Castle Dome mountains this winter.  They are heading that way next.

 

  

Sandy & Kelly got to talking about things & one of those things was hair.  Turns out Sandy is a hairdresser.    Well between the two of them they cooked up some plans for later in the afternoon.  Sandy & Simon headed back to their rig at North Ranch & Kelly slipped over later & picked up Sandy for a trip to Wickenburg.  Some hair products, a stop at a health food store & some groceries.  I kinda had myself a wee snoozle.

Shortly after Kelly arrived home Sandy & Simon came back over with Sandy doing a great job on cutting & trimming Kelly’s hair.  Kelly’s picky but she was really pleased.  She also picked up some good tips & pointers from Sandy as well.  While the ladies were doing the hair thing Simon & I armed ourselves with our telephoto lenses & headed out into our backyard in search of some bird photos.  Well there never seems to be a shortage of birds in our back yard so we were both able to rack us up a few pics. 

  

Hope I don’t get myself into trouble with this commenter who left a comment on a fellow Blogger’s post but I felt it interesting enough to be repeated here in the RV community.  I feel it is well written & thought provoking.  It regards an RV topic we don’t always see folks writing about & it is also from a non RV’er & reader’s perspective.  A perspective we RV’ers were all at one time or another but a perspective we sometimes forget.  We often hear the Rah-Rah Awesome-Awesome side of RVing but what about the ‘other side of the coin’.   (can’t believe I just used that 7 letter ‘A’ word twice in a row)  The comment was left on Steve’s latest post entitled, THE MOMENTUM DREAM COMES TO A SCREECHING HALT.  Here is that comment……..Hi Steve, I read your blog as I do a few others but I very rarely comment - Your thoughts about not wanting to give up your home and your last special possessions are oh so true - I can tell you that unless you are rich you will never be able to buy another nice home like what you already own - without a job you can not qualify for a loan and even if you are lucky enough to get another job you have to be on it for 2 years before they will even consider that employment. Plus to start all over again making payments on a loan you would not be able to afford to travel or even retire - I have several friends who have been caught in a similar Catch 22 - they find a cheap property and then find out the bank doesn't even make loans under $50K or if they try to get a bigger house they don't have enough for a 20% downpayment and/or can't qualify for the high payments. I live in Dayton, Ohio and this has been the worst winter of my life - and it has only made matters worse to read blogs about all the fun in the Southwest and the warm sunshine , all the pictures of sunsets and campfires and jeep trips - and how "awesome" everything is and on and on and on - And then I gave up reading all those blogs and I was so much happier !! - But, reading blogs can become and addiction just the same as playing video games or being on facebook - I fell off the wagon even though reading them is just a waste of time. I think we are just searching out those that reinforce our own thoughts. Yes, I hate winter and I'm cold so let me read about how wonderful it would be in Arizona ! We have to remember there are only a handful of these bloggers who have a huge following and they kind of "feed on each other" - They travel in the same circles and literally fall over each other in a 3 million acre desert ! Bloggers write for various reasons - some to earn money on Amazon, some as a form of therapy against depression, some just to keep in touch with family, others to share photography or RV tips like how to flush a black tank. But whatever they write about - they are just throwing their ideas and experiences and thoughts out into the universe. They are not trying to hurt anyone - they have just formed their own little community and are chatting back and forth. We wouldn't even be exposed to them except for the internet. So it is sad that those of us who are unhappy or restless or vulnerable - might be swayed into giving up everything we have and following the pied piper off to Arizona. I can't imagine you or your dogs being very happy if you give everything away and sell your vehicles and your home - I'm glad you stopped before you reached the point of no return. It would be nice to travel and leave winter behind for 4 months - but the other 8 months in the midwest are pretty great and the sky and the stars are free. I think a lot of fulltime RV people have a lot of regrets - but unless they are rich they are now trapped by the decisions they made - they don't write blogs and you never hear about all the hardships and loss of home and family and what happens when they are sick and can't travel anymore I think you are making the right decision to keep your HOME and the possessions you love and hold most dear. I apologize for such a long comment - but your blog really touched me - maybe my comment helped me sort out my own feelings ? - Time to get on with LIFE !. Anyway I wish you luck - Spring will be here soon and it will be the sweetest one in many years !

OUR FRONT YARD OCOTILLO IS REALLY GREENING UP

And these photos are for you DONNA & RUSS:))

   

 

 

  

 

As promised I have a few pics of Kelly’s outfit she picked up in Jerome Friday at at a shop called ‘MAGPIE’.  She also picked up a scarf at 'christy fisher' in Cottonwood that matches well with her dress.  And she reminded me this morning it is a dress & not a shirt as I previously stated.

  

THESE PHOTOS ARE WITHOUT THE SCARF

AND THIS PHOTO IS WITH THE SCARF

  

IN THESE PHOTOS SHE IS MINUS THE PURSE BUT WEARING A SASH BOUGHT IN COTTONWOOD AT

Plus I have some Jammie Bear pics as requested.  Photos were taken in the early morn so that yellow caste to the photos is the early morning sunrise.

 

AND YES I WEAR MY COWBOY HAT TO BED TOO:))

OF COURSE I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE RUNNING AROUND OUR FRONT YARD IN THEIR PJ’S THIS MORNING

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Why do they call it the Department of the Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?

Why do you press harder on a remote control when you know the battery is dead?

It's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow. How cold will that be?

COTTONWOOD, JEROME, & MINGUS MOUNTAIN, YEP WE DID EM ALL TODAY

Took ourselves (Pheebs too) for a daytrip back to Cottonwood today for a looky-see at a few things, lunch at Randall’s, a purse swap for Kelly (orange to blue) in one of the groovy shops she was in a few days ago & a stop in mountainside Jerome for Kelly to pick up a colorful South West stylish long shirt.  I’ll see if I can get a few pics of all that tomorrow along with my Jammie Bears:))  And Chinle…..this is the link to my JAMS.

MOST PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT ROLLING THROUGH JEROME AZ TODAY

 

NOTICE THE SKULL TAIL LIGHT EYES ARE LIT IN LEFT SHADOWED PHOTO OF TRI-WHEELED MOTORCYCLE

DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A CAR OR A MOTORCYCLE…MAYBE A CAR-O-CYCLE

 

GLAD WE HAD THE JEEP TODAY & NOT A MOTORHOME

Been a few years since we ACCIDENTALLY brought our 33’ Damon Motorhome over Mingus Mountain & through the narrow streets of Jerome & I’ve always wanted to do that drive again but from the other way heading west out of Jerome.   Today we did that.  Enjoyed the scenery unlike back in late 07 when my full concentration was concentrated on getting our rig around the tight mountain curves & hair pin turns.  That is quite an amazing drive & I have always held that one as my personal benchmark to measure other tough Motorhome mountain drives by.  Have always figured if I made it over that Mingus Mountain Jerome drive I should be able to handle most other tricky drives as well.  And that was only our second month on the road with our 33’ Damon Challenger Class A.

  

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SPOTTED THIS COUPLE A FEW DAYS AGO AT THE ‘OAK CREEK VISTA’ DOING A SELFIE

An update on what is happening in SLAB CITY at the moment can be read here at ‘LAST FREE PLACE’.  Thanks to COZYGIRL for the update:))

TRYING TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH AN IPAD….WHY WOULDN’T YA JUST USE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR TAKING PICTURES….LIKE MAYBE A CAMERA!!!!

I stayed up past 10 a couple nights ago to watch Jimmy Fallons monologue.  He’s the new host of the The Tonight Show recently vacated by Jay Leno.  I lasted about 5 minutes & shut the TV off.  That ends a long running tradition for me of watching both Johnny Carson & Jay Leno’s monologues since way back in the 60’s.  It’s not that I don’t like Jimmy Fallon.  It’s just that I do not find the guy’s sense of humor…………funny.

And a surprise at the Post Office today.  Thank you so much DONNA & RUSS for what you sent us.  Beautiful, & tomorrow I am going to see if I can creatively photograph some of them & include the pics in Saturday’s post.  We will find a special place here in our South West setting to give them a home.  Thank you for thinking of us:))

I DON’T KNOW WHY I TAKE PHOTOS OF THINGS FLYING OVERHEAD LIKE PLANES, BIRDS, BALLOONS, BUGS, & HELICOPTERS, ETC BUT I JUST DO………………..

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Thanks for the Hockey pics Alice:))