One of the best things about retirement is being able to get out of bed at your leisure and your biggest decision is what to have for breakfast. Last Saturday, Verna made a stack of macadamia nut pancakes with maple syrup. We don’t often “eat sweet,” but these hit the spot on a cool desert morning. Click on the image to enlarge.
We just got out of the Spa, probably for the last time of our “second spring.” The forecast is for fall temperatures to actually hit here tomorrow and this weekend. We’ve had highs in the mid 80’s and that is going to drop to the 50’s and 60’s.
Tomorrow, we’ll drain the spa and “winterize” it by pumping out the excess water in the pipes in case of freezing temperatures. The pipes could burst in a hard freeze. We need to do the same thing in the travel trailer.
We took the dogs to the Wickenburg Dog Park today. They enjoyed meeting some of the bigger dogs running free in the main park (we were in the small breed section). Cabela looks almost like the Doberman except he’s a boy and six times her size. Click on the image to enlarge.
Just because we are retired does not exempt us from chores. There are plenty of little maintenance jobs around our retirement home to keep us busy.
The creosote bush above needed to be trimmed. This particular bush grows faster than the others on the property since it is located near the irrigation for the citrus trees directly behind it. It also got a couple of deep watering events during monsoon season; it is located next to the drainage ditch west of the house.
Thick creosotes attract small desert mammals that need a place to nest. That, in turn, attracts predators like rattlesnakes. You can understand why we needed this bush to be cleaned up.
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What a nice treat to wake up and find homemade biscuits and gravy on the table with an (almost) virgin Bloody Mary on the side. Yummers! 😀
This mesquite deadwood and a cholla cactus are at the entrance to our backyard wash where all kinds of birds and wildlife abound. I like the gnarly appearance of the wood and cactus. Click on the image to enlarge.
