Friday, November 5, 2010

Friday 5th November-

Slept in till 630 as we had a late night last night.
Met peter rabbit this morning when I went out to get the paper.
Worked on the WW1 Diaries and then had breakfast with Uncle Ron and Aunt Mary.
We went for a stroll around the circle and I
got some photos of butterflies and flowers. I was surprised that there are still so many flowers blooming, of course they are in peoples yards and tended. there is not a lot blooming out on the desert.
one hummingbird posed for me ever so nicely but I did not want to scare it away so didn't get too close. They are so cute.
There are some flowering bushes down here with seed pods that almost look like pussy wuillows,
all fuzzy and soft but I did not touch them as everything down here seems to look fuzzy and soft and then it sticks you with thorns or some such thing.
About half way around the circle Uncle Ron offered Aunt Mary a seat to rest on in the shade of an appollo Verde ( Green Tree) and ever gracious she accepted.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

4th November- Leo and Grace, Glen and Virginia

Woke up at five and typed some WW1 Diaries.
I seem to have a cold now. Rats!
The moon was a sliver of gorgeous orange this morning.
I walked to the store and back to get some medicine. Yesterday we went to Rotary for lunch and it was fun. I bought a ticket for a car. If I win I do not know what I will do with it.
Today we had Grace and Leo over for Lunch.
They are friends of Dave and Colleen who just bought a house down here and are here to furnish it and fix it up.
Mary and I listened to another chapter of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. and then some music.
When we played ' Let me call you sweetheart' Uncle Ron and Aunt Mary danced together.
They are so sweet.
A late afternoon walk around the circle with the walker went very well. We saw an agave plant with a spike that was 15 feet tall and
wondered if it would end up pulling the plant up by its roots.
We watched some news and then we were off to Leo and Graces to have dinner.
It is so black out there as there are very few if any street lights that we missed the turnoff the first time and so were a little late.
the evening was very pleasant. We met another couple, Glen and Virginia, who stay down here for about 6 months of the year. Leo and Glen work together in Edmonton.
back home in the pitch black and

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

2 November - Bobcat!

The flight down was smooth and uneventful. the movies were not working so read from my new E-book - Plato the Republic and took about a 20 minute nap. Jim picked us up at the airport and we were here at about 830 phoenix time. they have a different time than Edmonton. It seems that Arizona and Ohio are like Saskatchewan and don't do the daylight savings time.slept well and woke up at 5 am.typed up one and one/half page of WW1 Diaries,
ate breakfast
Went for a walk. saw a lovely spiders nest, a tarantula's I think.
As I was coming around a tight corner in the road just down the street from Aunt Mary and Uncle Ron's I saw a Bobcat! crossing the road about a 1/4 block in front of me. I was so shocked that I almost forgot to get a photo but at the last second I shot and got his hind end going into the bushes.
I was so excited! I followed it into the brush and was so nervous that when my camera shut itself off I just about had a heart attack. The bobcat was long gone by the time I followed it and of course I probably made so much noise that it would have had plenty of time to hide from me anyway. they are so cool and much larger than I thought they were. don't worry I did not chase it into the thickets I was out in the open.
Made it back to the house with not too much more excitement, certainly nothing to top the Bobcat. I saw a golfball in a jumping cactus.... would like to see someone play that ball.
Saw some quail, a bunny rabbit and hundreds of bees were enjoying the flowers of these purple bushes.
After breakfast we went to the store, I drove, and we got some groceries and I picked up some stamps.
The afternoon was filled with an alfredo chicken pasta lunch for M&R and a salad for me.
A crossword puzzle, two chapters of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.(an Audio book on my I tunes) and some old songs again courtesy of Itunes kept Mary and I busy. Uncle Ron had a nice long nap and then did all kinds of little things to get himself organized. He knows he is getting better because he could remember where he put his drink of juice.
Supper was a light affair of veggie barley soup and grilled cheese sandwiches with frozen vanilla yogurt for dessert. Did I mention that I picked up some Cadbury praline chocolates at the duty free in Edmonton and we each had one of those too.
M&R watched TV and Blogging and Facebooking and emailing filled my evening. Will hit the sac early and probably wake up early again tomorrow. Great first day at Superstition.