The neighbors house is on a two-acre spread, most of which is natural desert flora and fauna. Among those is this nice Beavertail Cactus (opuntia basilaris) which just started displaying its beautiful bright pink flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
I took this photo of Verna taking the above photo. When she sees our Beavertails flowers opening, I’m sure she will post some nice close up cactus flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Daddy tells me that I am four years old today. I am a happy boy and I love my family. The Mama and the Daddy adopted me two and a half years ago.
The Mama took this picture of me on the patio. Click on the image to make me big.
Our little watchdogs were on high alert this afternoon when they spotted the neighbor’s dog milling around in the field across the road. The other dog eventually went away and our little troop resumed napping on the sofa and loveseat. Click on the image to enlarge.
Except for a few days when the weather involved a chance of rain and it was overcast, we have had a delightful January and February (thus far). The forecast calls for more warm days (in the 70’s) for the next week. Tuesday, prior to heading to the doctor down in Litchfield Park, Bob put on his shorts and T-shirt to cope with the few degrees warmer it gets down in the valley.
I took this photo of Bob and Cabela on the road that day. We were taking the dogs for their last run before leaving them “home alone” for the few hours it would take to get down to the valley, have the appointment with the doctor and the drive back home. Fortunately, one of the doctor’s staff told us about the opening of the new SR 303 Loop all the way to the road near the medical plaza. We made good time having avoided the traffic and all the signals on Grand Avenue and Litchfield Road. Click on the image to enlarge.
The best part of the trip to the doctor was having him give Bob a clean bill of health and, after from one more minor procedure on Friday, will relieve us of the constraints that have limited our ability to doing some recreational travel. YAY!
The Mama and Daddy got me this nice T-shirt today. It still is cool at night and since I have very short hair, the shirt keeps me warm. Bay Bay is getting a shirt next week so he can be warm like me. I don’t know what the words say, but the Mama and Daddy think it’s funny and cute like me. Click the picture to make me big.
I received word this afternoon that the eldest of my three granddaughters will become a mother sometime this year. Well, when that happens, it will make me a great grandfather! Wow!
That makes me very thankful that I was able to get in touch with the girls after many years of not knowing where or how they were. I made the effort to find them through social services of California and I now am in contact with two out of the three. I still expect to hear from the youngest of them who will be turning eighteen years of age in March.
The news makes me feel old and young at the same time – weird. But, life goes on. With that in mind, I posted this image of “man, woman, birth, death, infinity” which was used at the beginning of the old “Ben Casey” TV series. The Ben Casey series was on television from the time I graduated high school until five years later, or so. I didn’t watch every episode, but many of them.
