Arizona

Moving Boulders

boulder.jpgBob and I teamed up to move dozens rocks and a couple of huge boulders yesterday and today to the rock garden. We wanted to place deadwood and rocks to enhance the cactus and rock garden which is adjacent to the RV road leading behind the patio.

Image: deadwood, painted rock and boulder. Click on the image to enlarge.

The boulder seen in the center of the image must have weighed close to 200 pounds. We couldn’t lift it into the wheelbarrow, so we had to roll it to the location shown by the wash. It was slow going, but we got it there. The rock behind the boulder and to the right came from the hillside at the edge of the property and looked interesting since the orange moss almost looked like someone had painted a daisy on it.

We are slowly putting the final touches to our rock and cactus garden after the wonderful job the landscaping crew did to deliver and place the ground coverings. More to come later, of course.

Cabela

Late this afternoon, we were sitting on the patio enjoying the nice desert evening. Cabela was sitting on one of our folding chairs looking at the quail, mourning doves and other birds in the “west forty” pecking at the ground. Click on this image to enlarge.

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We haz Rabbits and Squirrels

We have a lot of cottontail bunnies and desert ground squirrels in abundance it would seem. These two critters were munching on some of the “critter crunch” I tossed into the wash this morning. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Spring Gold

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One of the succulents we transported from California is this epiphyllum or “Cactus Orchid.” Today, one of the flower pods opened to reveal this brilliant canary yellow flower. This variety is called Frülingsgold, which translates to “Spring Gold” in English. Click on the image to enlarge.

Arizona House Composite Images

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I composed an image file with several views around the new house to send to family and friends. The top panel is a panoramic image of the property as of last week. Below are individual panels of 1) the driveway entrance, 2) Verna’s custom-made courtyard gate, 3) Verna’s mailbox project and 4) the RV pull-through and patio seen from the hill in the back yard. Click on the image to enlarge.

Transporting the Sebring

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Image: (top) ready to depart California (bottom) arrival in Arizona – click to enlarge

We brought Verna’s Sebring Convertible to her new Arizona home today. The trip took six hours since the tow dolly had a maximum towing speed of less than the speed limits. The trip went smoothly and we were at the Arizona house by about 5 PM. We’re too road weary to unpack and unhook today, so we will do it tomorrow.