Monday 14th March - Going home

Woke up at 6 this morning.

Decided to get caught up on this blog and face book so did that with a my Red Rose cup of tea . ( I bring down my own as they do not sell it down here).

I am watching a rabbit in the courtyard right now at 830.

It is about the size of your fist with ears. Very cute.

Uncle Ron just came in and is going to make us a tasty breakfast of oatmeal.

Another lovely day in paradise.

Todays project is to get all things collected, gathered in and packed up, as Jim is coming to get us at 4 to take us to the airport.

Sunday 13th Mar. - The coffee shop opens at 630 on Sundays

Woke up at 5.

Left the house by 530 and went down to the shop by way of the golf course path as far as the club house this morning. I will not do that again. I thought that maybe it would be faster than the road but it was very dark and my little light on the bike was not enough to light up the little path far enough in advance to get any good speed . Also there are lots of turns, sharp turns on the path that I has not noticed when I was walking it. I did get onto the road again safely and made it down to the coffee shop by 6.am.

The only problem with that is that the coffee shop doesn't open till 630 on a Sunday. It was very nice outside so I set up at one of the tables outside and read my book. Charlie came out and advised me that they did not open till 630, "I know that now" I told him as I pointed at the hours posted on the door.

It was not long before I was joined by Dwight and Annie. Dwight was looking for his paper too that had not been delivered yet and Annie was not staying long as she was going to go for a walk with her daughter but needed her morning coffee to take along. we chatted about the fair and how next year Annie will get me some tickets to go, I was not aware that one needed tickets to go so am quite thrilled. Turns out Dwight knows Uncle Ron and my cousin Dave. small world.

the shop opened and we all got our drink of choice. they left and I stayed to see who would turn up. talked to Charlie about his career. Larry came in and went out. I had met him the first morning I think as I was early that morning too. I chatted with him for a bit about cameras again. He is going on a hike this morning which sounds like fun.

then off to the cafe for a bit of breakfast where I was informed by Joel the cook that his alarm set itself to daylight savings time and his alarm woke him up at 230 am, an hour early this morning. That sucks. i was joined by Jim from milwaukee. We had almost the same breakfast. Two eggs with potatoes. his were sunny with hash browns, mine were basted with country potatoes. Anyway, he is feeling a little stiff in the joints this morning and still not happy about his washer and dryer situation. We exchanged emails so that we could stay in touch and we headed off in different directions.

My ride home was not too eventful I did see an Audobon's warbler but only got a bad shot of it, a flicker, a hummingbird and the obligatory quail.

Aunt Mary and Uncle Ron had a nice breakfast of oatmeal but with no bananas today as we are leaving tomorrow so don't want to by any more food.

Off to church where we dropped off the newspaper to recycle and then the priest told a couple of great stories about Adam and eve and the garden of Eden. Did you know that they were vegans or was it fruitarians? That wasn't part of the story he told I just picked up on that.

After church we went to the gold canyon golf course to sit on the patio for a lunch el fresco. I was real glad for the shade coverings but I had to move my chair a couple of times to avoid sitting in the sun. nice lunch.

On the way home we noticed that there was on open house up the street so we went to see. I love that house. Long but very nice with a great view. of course they were asking a lot for it. Architect was Jeff Burgess.

Home again to sit and drink water. lots of water. it is about 85 F here. a light supper of left overs and then a little I love Lucy.

I actually enjoy driving the Flex

Saturday 12 Mar - A climbing milkweed and 8 golf balls

Slept in till 7 because I woke up at 230? do not know why. Probably coyotes or an owl outside the window. My window was open so I closed it but didn't fall back to sleep till around 5.

The day was lovely.

Did not go down to the shop, just for a little walk over to the wall behind the social club.

I did see a new thing .

A Climbing Milkweed which has very pretty flowers.

I looked it up when I got back. It seems to be considered a weed as it is poisonous to livestock.

Lots of old things too.

An Aberts Towhee,

that darn flicker,

lots of cactus wrens

and the mocking bird.

Rabbits and quail are a given on any hike or walk.

Every once in a while there are odd things to see too.

Just appearing out there as if dropped from the sky.

Had a nice breakfast of oatmeal with dates.

We went for a leisurely walk around the circle.

Back home to a crossword and some lunch of vegetarian sheppards pie.

(not bad but needed some spices I thought).

finished the crossword Aunt Mary and I listened to music and sang along with the old time songs.

she knows almost all the words to songs and poetry too.

She can recite all kinds of poems by heart.

That is what comes of being from an era wigh no TV and only radio and books to entertain. What a great memory. Uncle Ron kept us posted on the nuclear meltdown in Japan while also keeping a close eye on the golf channel. He is a very busy man.

I went for a walk before supper today on the hill across the was to the east.

Looking for snakes but I didn't see even one.

I did find 8 golf balls.

Every time I go for a walk along the sides of the golf course I pickup abandoned and lost golf balls .

I am collecting them into a basket to leave on the table for Dave and Colleen , like a bouquet to welcome them back.

there are now 32 golf balls.

All in all a pretty exciting day don't you think