Enough Rain for a While

Quartzsite, Arizona

On Sunday, Nov. 1st we woke up in the dark, in more ways than one. Our brain functions last night were not on the ball yet for desert camping. We'll get better for sure but we woke up with dead batteries and no power in the Suite. Plus, it was raining.

Good morning!

Bill and Gibbs had slipped out shortly after 6, in between the drops, and he waited until almost 8 to go out and start the generator. That is something we'll monitor more closely. We should have ran it last night for a couple of hours because we both watched tv. 🤷‍♀️

This is how our day started out.
All cuddly and together.

I remember one day through the spring (or summer?) when that happened, Bill panicked a bit wondering what damage we'd done. However, this time I was impressed with his calmness about the whole thing. Everything came back up just fine but the rain continued all morning............until around 2 pm. LOL

This is what rain in the desert
looks like.
Thankfully, it wasn't bad at all.
Middle picture is the wash to our west.

It wasn't cold and we certainly weren't in any danger from the laying water although the washes on both sides of us had little active streams. It's funny to see the puddles, there is no where for the water to go and it doesn't seep into the hard ground very quickly. We needed the sun.

Eventually that happened, and the sun put a whole new perspective on the rest of the afternoon. We started out the morning at 61F/16.1C, pretty much where it dropped to last night and didn't reach our high of 71F/21.6C until around 4 pm. Bill wrote a blog, read and dozed. I quilled, read and rested.

And the smaller wash to our east.

Gibbs did the dozing and resting part and after the rain stopped, he and I wandered freely around our large site. 🥰 He seems quite comfortable, still curious but happy with Mom and Dad. After my cup of tea, I went for a walk since I didn't get out earlier. 

We were happy to see peeks
at some blue late afternoon.

This handsome fellow visited often.
💕

I walked up to the front and saw the host's site before turning back. Nancy, in the comments, suggested I turn back every so often and take a picture  order to learn where I need to return to. Sounds good, I tried that but the paths in here all look the same. If I venture further, off the path, it will work better. 😃

This is when I went for my walk.

When I returned, it was my turn to write today's blog. I managed to get one Christmas card 95% done and another one started but it's hard to get into the Christmas mood looking outside! I'll watch one of Bill's movies with him and see if that helps. 🤭

This tall soldier caught my eye.
How is he still standing? They are
amazing!

For supper, I popped 2 chicken pot pies in the oven and we'll have salad on the side. We had bacon and eggs for lunch and it was quite tasty............so we're not starving and I'm trying to get back on track. (again!) I read my James Patterson's, 8th Confession until supper was ready.

I walked until I could zoom in 
on the host's site at the entrance.
Then I turned back.
It was quite windy, to die off
overnight.

The sky was in performance mode tonight so I've taken lots of pictures again. LOL Here we go again with our Starlink. Since turning the genny off, we lost connection and even though we wanted to watch tv.........well, it seems it will be another reading night. It has been quite frustrating this winter so far.

The view out our back window.

We've had a quiet day, enjoyed the inside day as much as possible and it made the sunshine all that more special when it arrived. We only have bright days ahead - in more ways than one. 

Actually, all windows were
lovely to look out.

Back home, most of our family changed time when the clocks went back an hour. We don't change, nor does my brother, Michael and Jess in Alberta (for the first time). It's a frustrating discussion all around. 🤷‍♀️ 

This was supper and that was our day!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by!

Home Again, Jiggity Jig, Police Stop

Clemson and I left Donna and Gerry’s on Friday, Apr. 21^st around 8:50 am. Both of our hosts had morning jobs so we wanted to be out of their hair and their driveway in plenty of time. It was a great evening, Donna and I never have a hard time filling the hours together.

Before I left, Donna printed off a page with the Sunflower’s Marchers for Memory logo on it so I can try and make my own tank top. I left with a recipe in my head and all my overnight ‘stuff’ including my Christmas cactus and orchid that Donna ‘plant’ sat for over the winter.

No blooms all winter.............I think my orchid is a dud

The sky looked bright this morning for a while. We all looked out the window in Hanover and wondered what that ball in the sky was. No sooner did we think that and it disappeared behind the ever-persistent clouds. Gerry was helpful directing me out of their driveway, it is a short street and traffic tends to whip around their corner.

Looking east out of Donna's dining room window

Arriving home I found some things were tipped over from the strong wind but the worst being our satellite dish. Darn! Hopefully, it won’t be a challenge setting it up again. Bill might have to add his water jugs like we did in Arizona for support. It is nice to go away but the feeling when you walk in the door of your home again is indescribable. *sigh* I’m sure Clemson feels the same way although he is such a good boy there with his buddy, Gerry.

Grey sheds on a grey day

Dull spotty day

I ventured out a couple of times, telling myself that it wasn’t that cold. I realized pretty quickly that I was lying to myself. It was darn cold and I was happy to get back inside. I dallied on the laptop for a while, played with some pictures and waited for Bill to call. He was keeping me informed of where he was so I knew when to expect him. This afternoon he was actually delivering a 40’ travel trailer to Parkhill and bringing back a smaller one. Someone is upgrading!

McGowan Falls

In the meantime, at 3:45 I drove into Durham to pick up the little buttons I’d ordered from a local business owner. Instead of ordering them by the 100’s or even 25’s I was able to order 8 for our walk. I picked them up and then drove down by the dam in town. It was really rushing today!

Back home again and it was around 5 when Bill’s call came in. He was on his way home. Since I had pork chops out I figured I’d just wait and we’d eat together. I was going to try a recipe from Marlene and Benno's suggestion. Maybe I’ll enjoy my chops yet!

Strong enough to move a couple of downed trees

We had taped a movie called The Heat with Sandra Bullock way back in December. Since the satellite signal was lost for the moment, I turned the pvr on and watched it. It is filled with ‘language’ but quite entertaining. One of those nonsense movies that you don’t have to dwell on but it got some good LOL’s (laugh out louds) from me.

At about 7:10 I looked out and noticed lights on a vehicle coming up the drive. Wow, thinking Bill made good time, I watched. Quickly I noticed it was a black suv, then soon after a sign on the side door POLICE.  The things that run through your head but the final one was ‘oh-oh, Bill’. I walked out and met the officer as he drove up towards the Suite.

He rolled down his window and smiled “hello”. Boy, was I relieved when he said “nothing is wrong”. The timing was just bad, my heart was in my chest until he spoke. He was looking for Bill to talk to him about trailer choices. He couldn't apologize enough for scaring me. Ha ha. Phew! is all I could say!

We chatted outside for about 15 minutes and my body was telling me to get my butt inside but he is a very pleasant man. A friend of Rob’s, so I’m not surprised about that.

As I said goodbye and invited him to stop around again, he started down the drive only to see our little Toyota coming up. The two of them had an opportunity for a brief chat themselves before he left. I was prepared to start supper so baked a potato, coated the chops (flour, beaten egg and bread crumbs) before frying them up slowly in bacon grease.

The gravel pit down the highway

I had my jewels leftover from Tuesday night’s meal so had those with my chop. I must say, it tasted pretty good, Marlene! Thank you for the suggestion. With supper over, dishes done, Bill caught up on his reading of blogs while I finished this post. The sun that didn’t appear all day made a point of leaving me with a sliver of a sunset. Weird.

With no luck finding a satellite connection in the dark, it will be a book night. I doubt my traveler will last long anyway and he’ll be asleep in his recliner. I hope your day went well. I am happy it is over, simply because it was so cold and dull outside and I’m happy to have my hubby home again for a while.

Goodnight from The Ridge Richards, all home together

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