A Calmer Day in the Neighbourhood, Visitors

Park Place RV Park

On Friday, Mar. 13th Bill and Gibbs were up at their usual 6 o'clock. I had already been awake at 4:50 (!) for some reason and pulled the duvet up over my lower body. Silly, true, but I felt a bit cool with my window open. I know I slept well, dreaming again.

Good morning!

Bill was in the shower, having his breakfast by the time I came downstairs around 7:15. Gibbs was into the usual performance too, delving under the covers and waiting until Mom laughed. Yes, he felt he needed to wake me up. Age means nothing to him either, he loves to play.

After Bill left, I had my tea and we went for our walk around the outer block. It was already quite warm so we had closed windows and turned the a/c to come on around 72F/20C. With no obligations to go anywhere or make anything, I made a coffee around 10 and walked to the obnoxious puzzle.

A little bit more finished down the right
hand side. 

This may be one of 3 that I will have started and not finished. Some people have more faith in me than I do when it comes to Van Gogh....well, I may be beaten. In an hour and a half I only put in about 5 pieces and left before noon frustrated. There is still tomorrow......we'll see.

We had lunch together and I helped Bill pour 1/2 of a 4.5 gal container of peanut oil (Bill got it at Sams Club) into individual containers. We were splitting it this summer with our friends so we can all enjoy deep frying at its best. Better than EVOO. 😉

Our company, Lori and Roland, arrived just before 1 on their Indian bikes and we enjoyed a nice catchup visit. It was hot sitting outside under the canopy but comfortable in the shade. Gibbs had to take turns sitting on our friends, he knows them.

Thank you Bill for taking the picture
for me.
Gibbs poses as well.

Bill then went to Jim's for a while and Gibbs and I relaxed again in the cool of the Suite. We reached a high of 92F/30C today so indoors was the place to be, if possible. Supper was ribs and spuds done in Madame IP with a vegetable of sorts. 

Gibbs likes to get as much
attention from his friends as
possible.
I wonder if he remembers them
as Schatzi's mom and dad?

On their way back to 
Holtville Hot Springs LTVA, CA

Last night, I had made a couple of greeting cards for Stephanie and Anne Marie because I won't see them on their birthdays in the summer months. They are the only ones in our group who didn't receive a homemade card for any reason. I remedied that. I think they were both pleased. 💕

The colour here is not great
but the cross is brown and the 
shroud is in purple.
Anne-Marie loved it.

Stephanie is picking up her baby,
Sally, a bichon frise, this spring,
so I did my best to imitate one for her card.
She loved it also. 

So, our supper of pork ribs, potatoes for Bill and salad for each of us, turned out very good. We didn't have any sauce for the ribs but gravy worked fine for tonight. We finished off with a small pie from Walmart for dessert. 

The little old man pose
after I had to lift him into my chair.

Supper was good.

That's it for our day and the evening will be quiet, in front of the tv. 

We say goodbye to the heat
source of the day.

But it sure makes a pretty exit.

Good night!
(the sky may get better before it's done)

Thank you for popping by!

Blessed Calm Day, More Puzzling, Reunion! Two SunsetsL

Park Place RV Park (Darn laptop!!)

On Tuesday, Jan. 9^th it was a lounge in bed day. When I opened the blind upstairs at 7:15, the sky was lightening up already and it was clear as a bell. 😊 The best thing of all though was that there were little to NO wind. The cold spell was upon us with the temperature sitting at 33F/.55C. Brrrr! That has been the coldest night yet and I believe there may be another one before the week is through.

Last night, I love these moments.

This morning - some frost
but beautiful sunshine

Black Beauty had a bit of frost on her windshield but it was by no means heavy, it came off with the first sweep of the wipers. After Bill disconnected us from power, we are at least benefitting from the sun’s rays, he left for the field. I finished my morning tea and Gibbs and I bundled, he in his sweater, me in my warm coat, and went for our walk. It had warmed up considerably (well, about 8 degrees) by 9 when we left.

A couple of selfies on my walk

The lesson here?
"Never Give Up"

Not sure if you can see the quail in the bottom photo
but they are all getting ready to run across the road.
Follow the leader! (they made it)

I dropped him off at home and continued on with my own walk. It felt great! I was getting a good dose of steps in today, compared to my norm. 😊 I took the time to snap a couple of selfies before returning home. I made a coffee and went over to work on the puzzle until noon hour. Bill and I had minced ham sandwiches for lunch and then drove down Main St. to Ken’s Grocery Tent. They carry a few things we like at very good prices so we picked those up.

Making some headway

The $1 Tent behind him, has the best deal in town for certain items too so just check the expiry dates but check them out. We needed some small coiled booklets for notes and ‘stuff’ so for a real steal, I bought 6. We shouldn’t run out again for a while. We also stopped at the sign ‘kiosk’ at the corner of I95 and Main but they were gone for lunch so we’ll go back.

Back home, the boys dozed and I went back to the puzzle for an hour. 3 of our friends, who were camped the other side of Yuma, in California, had arrived at Roadrunner BLM this morning. Time for a group Happy Hour! 

We found the group easily enough.
Oreo in the doorway to see who's coming

We left home around 3 and found them easily enough. Hugs all around with Kim, Ken and Keith. Oh, and pets for Oreo too. It was a nice couple of hours rehashing old and new things, but mostly just being together. As Kim said, it seems like a long time!

Patsy, Bill, Gibbs, Keith, Ken, Kim

Keith showed Bill and I his quaint little, perfect for him, home for a couple of months. He has made it really nice but especially with that rug! 😊 We got a selfie, watched the sun drop behind the mountains (La Paz ?) and headed home around 5:30. Supper was not going to be chicken legs as planned, it was too late to start a meal like that.

Oreo enjoys the sun too

Before we left, Keith and I captured the sunset
at their campsite

We were hungry now. That meant warming up the last of the meatloaf after all (I was going to skip a night), eating the last of the coleslaw and cooking a veggie. All was fine, it was worth it to have a reunion with friends. The sunset tonight was one of those ‘knock me down, blow me away’ ones again but I tried not to go overboard. Hahahaha. After loading the dishwasher, Bill went to watch a movie while I wrote this.

As we drove away, towards the south
Bill and I captured another sunset (haha)
where the mountains were lower.

It has been a great day even though we only made it to 56F/12C. If you got ‘weather’ where you are, I hope you are warm, safe and healthy.

And then this. It was no surprise,
we knew with those clouds that it would
be another spectacular sky.
Good night!

My laptop was very slow last night so by 8 pm, I shut it down and watched another good movie. 7 Days in Utopia with Robert Duvall and Lucas Black. Watch it! 😃

Thank you for stopping by!

The Calm Before the Wind, Spring Arrives, Friends Leave

Park Place RV Park

Bill and Gibbs were up and out the door by 6:30 this morning, Monday, Mar. 20^th.  Hey, it is the first day of spring! Today, the forecast is for a high of 75F/24C which will be the best day for a while. The temperature will be dropping again and the winds will be picking up, possibly bringing some rain.

The start of our day

In case you’re wondering, Gibbs is still weighing each outing with his trepidation. Sometimes, he’s gung ho with no hesitation, especially in daylight hours. At night, you never know so we play it by ear. Some nights, he goes out but doesn’t piddle and manages to go from 6:30 pm to 6:30 am before having to go ‘potty’. 😊 He has a good bladder!

They were just hooking up the car when
we walked over

See you in November!

When we got up at 7, I hopped into the shower and then Bill and I walked over for one more goodbye to Kobos and Carol Ann. I really wanted to get a picture of them together plus I wanted to put a memento on their vehicle. Which we did after a couple more hugs. It is still sad to see them go but we’ll see them in November.

We sat together after lunch
Gibbs checking on Daddy while
he vainly sat on Mom

I took Gibbs for a very short walk and then went over to Ladies Poker Pool. Only 4 of us today and I lost badly or is it losing well? 😊 We had fun all the same and I was home for lunch.

Lunch with Priceville syrup

Today was pancakes and they were good. Another nice switcheroo from the norm. After we ate, I walked back to the puzzle for a couple of hours. Adele and I made more progress and at 4 we parted ways.

At least now the bottom border is correct

For supper, we had meatballs, mashed potatoes and a veggie. Yum, a nice meal. 

Delicious

While watching our Monday night programs, and recording others, I worked on my blog. This has been a great day for the first day of spring and we’ll get back to our warm weather soon enough.

This is what we put on the
motorhome's antenna, secretly.
Later, we got a text to indicate they noticed it 💖
Good night!

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