Coffee Hour, An Afternoon with a Good Book

Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Nov. 20^th things were normal for our startup. I was up and out the door before 7:30 and once more caught the sunrise once I was on Quail Trail. It runs east to west and that’s the way I start out. That meant I could tell by the pink mountains in front of me when the sun was ready to pop behind me so I turned around to get it on camera. 😊

Good morning!
The pink mountains are a prelude
to the sunrise. 💓 I love them!

Back home, Bill was ready to leave for the field, he is happy about the low winds first thing too. He is able to get a couple of flights in before he heads to Jim’s. The Hangar there is where Jim has a shop set up for pilots to fix planes after boo-boos so it is very handy. Bill is almost finished covering his plane, which will free up his afternoons for other things here at home.

The preview and the main performance

After my tea, Gibbs and I went for his walk, around the park, although shortened by me today. For some reason, he was in the mood to bark at people and vehicles which he doesn’t usually do when walking. I admonished him and returned home quicker. He knows full well why we get upset but doesn’t seem to have the power to stop himself. Ha ha ♥

I walk by it every day.
The back side, you can walk right through the middle,
or through each building to the other side.
The porch on the other side is wheelchair accessible.

I walked over to the clubhouse for their Wednesday morning Coffee Hour at 9. Jess was just a few steps ahead of me so I sat next to her. Today, there were 8 of us, an improvement from last week. We are regulars, so to speak, unless something else we’re interested in down town is held on the same morning. Shortly after 10, I returned home and pulled my paints, markers and rocks out from under the bed. It was time to at least get them set up in the gazebo. 😊

I've always thought of walking into this
postal mailbox building so today was the day.

I read a few chapters of my book until Bill came home for lunch. He had his sandwich and I made a quesadilla for myself. The discussion about supper ensued, we agreed on pork shoulder chops and while my boys dozed, I went out to the gazebo again. Bill went back to Jim’s this afternoon and when Gibbs had no interest in coming outside, I remained where I was, in the sunny gazebo, out of the breeze.

The pictures are not good but
as I was sitting at my laptop,
I had a visitor outside my window.
First time! And he came back twice. ♥

Irma (Erma?) from a couple of sites down is a blog follower who we met a couple of years ago when they checked into the park. I knew who they were but would not have passed a test on what her name was – until she told me. Ah yes! She and Walt were cleaning out the basement of their home and she popped over to ask if Bill could use some portable shop lights that they didn’t want any longer. We chatted for a bit and made some future plans involving thrift shops. 😊 Yay!

Monkey is hanging in there with still some
stuffing yet to come out. His body is in a bit of a mess though.
He is well loved.

I’m so close to finishing my book but when Bill got home I put it down and took Gibbs for his afternoon walk. No hesitation on his part! What a little bum he is. ♥ Who exactly is in charge here? Don’t answer that! I'll finish my book tonight. Bill hooked up the lights and liked my suggestion of using one for when he barbecues in the dark. So, thank you Irma and Walt!

There is a lot of this pork so I just had him reheat the 2 small potato halves as well and I cooked mixed veggies inside. Our appetites sure are not what they used to be. The pork grilled up nicely, still a bit pink in the centre but tender and tasty. We cleaned up the mugs and turned the dishwasher on. Tonight is Survivor night for me and Bill will find something of his own to watch upstairs.

This was after our walk.

This has been a quiet day. Tomorrow, I will start a new puzzle – hopefully an easier one! Ha! We’ll see about that. We reached 73F/23C (although it didn’t feel that warm to me) and after a couple more cool nights (42F/5C) we start to get warmer evenings for a few. If your ground is still green or brown, then your November is doing you right too!

A good supper tonight.
Good night!

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A Few Wispy Clouds, More Puzzling

Park Place RV Park

On Tuesday, Nov. 19^th I wasn’t awake enough to rise until almost 7:30! I had gone to bed at 10 and was off to dreamland right away. I woke 2 hours later, feeling as if I’d slept a whole night, and realized that Bill still wasn’t in bed and it was only midnight. LOL, luckily, I can roll over and drop right back off. However, that short spurt of being awake kept me sleeping later this morning. 😊

Good morning!
I beat the sun up at least!

Another opportunity to see
it pop

First thing in the morning is the best time for me to walk for a couple of reasons. Number one, there is hardly any traffic at all and I get to enjoy the sunrises. Number two, if there will be winds throughout the day, they have not yet woken up by the time I return. I don’t like walking in wind unless it is warm. At that time of the day, it is seldom warm, especially when it comes from the north or northeast.

The clouds were the premiere

Back home, Bill was almost ready to leave for the field. I made my tea and had cereal while playing my Wordle games. I left the Phrazle until later, it needed some thought. 😊 M has had no serious responses for renting out his apartment so asked if I would not only post it on Marketplace (back home) but also on Kijiji. That was easy this time, just re-activating the same one with a couple of tweaks.

Well, hello there!🐇

Most interested people can’t read (sarcasm) and end up ‘replying’ directly on the ad, even if I tell them not to. I have to respond and point out M’s phone #. Duh! It’s very annoying but M isn’t on Facebook nor is Kijiji his thing. Anyway, it’s posted on both and we can only hope and pray that someone is seriously interested. LOL I then had my shower before taking the little bum for his walk.

Clouds, jet streams, and sunny rays

It was his normal long walk today, as a matter of fact he didn’t want to come home! There were still a lot of things he hadn’t sniffed yet. ♥ He did come in and I made my bp coffee, gave him his treat and went to the puzzle shortly after 10. It is getting easier now that many pieces are in place. For the duplicate pictures of the chocolate, some are complete so I know where the others of the same will go. I know that is probably confusing but I know what I mean, even if you don’t! 😊

Seems to be these communities popping up
all over the desert.
It's a good place for them, I don't see them in the park.

Back home for lunch, I made a peanut butter and green onion sandwich today. Just a switch up from the cold meat. Bill and Gibbs snoozed and I decided to make Rice Krispie squares, the ones with peanut butter. I need to come up with something other than what I’d first planned for the potluck…………..something for a main dish. Hmm, I’ll be thinking on that this week.

Peanut butter rice krispie squares

After the squares were made, they take no time at all, I went to the clubhouse to work on the puzzle again. I told Bill that when this one is done, I may take a break and get out my rocks, paints and markers for a switch-a-roo. 😊 As it turned out, at 4 o’clock when the office closed, I was so close to finishing the puzzle that I couldn’t leave it. Within 15 minutes, it was done and I was on my way home. It went pretty smooth this afternoon, sorting into colours.

We decided on a simple supper of pancakes and mini sausages tonight so I mixed up Bill’s pancake batter from Bisquick and my keto mix from a recipe. I started cooking around 5:30, using my electric frypan for the pancakes, it’s more even cooking space. With home ‘reared’ maple syrup, of course everything was very good! We cleaned up the pans, loaded the dishwasher and settled in for the evening.

Tadah!!

Today has been a bit on the cool side, only because of the ne winds. They weren’t strong, just cool. Gibbs and I went for our afternoon walk, he was so hyped up to get out and moving that I can’t help but wonder what was bothering him over the last week. Anyway, he seems back to normal now, even for Bill in the early morning, he wants to keep moving. ♥

Neither of us could eat them all.
Pancakes are so filling.
Good night!

We reached a high of 69F/19C today with a covering of wispy clouds for most of the day. We’ve enjoyed it!

Thank you for popping by.