Trippin' to Town, Puzzling and Quilling

The Ridge

On Wednesday, June 18th, hump day got off with a quiet murmur. I was up at 6:30 to say goodbye to my sweetie and crawled back in bed for another half hour. Gibbs and I were up at 7 and I know I had a good, no, a great sleep. My window was open and the sheets were clean and cool. 😌

Good morning!
Last night, before the sun disappeared.

Then it went in between these clouds
before dropping below the horizon out of
my view.

I had my tea and yogourt, relaxing with my Wordle games. Before going outside, it was looking mighty fine out there!, I got the Dirt Devil out and vacuumed the Suite. It was overdue, I kept putting it off. A bad habit, I know. 

Last night, Gibbs and I went out
after supper to cool off and
I took  a few pictures.

Bill and I disagree on this one.
I've NEVER seen these long droppings
from our tree  before. Bill says he has.
He's wrong (haha) I'm here most days and
cut the grass here.........never seen them.
I'm right. 😂

Gibbs and I went out then and after a walk-about, checking plants etc. I realized that we must have had some rain at some point. My plants were quite wet. Huh! Bill didn't think it had rained overnight as nothing else was wet and he heard nothing. 😴

More beautiful irises

I worked on the puzzle for a while until 9:30 and, at a few minutes before 10, drove over to M's for his town run. We were back in an hour and I gave him the picture I drew. I'd tweaked our Suite with a black marker and like it much better. 

It looks more like the Suite now.

He really liked it too and will put it in his 'crokinole' room. If you could see his place, that would probably make you chuckle, but that only means the board is set up in there. 😂 I'm glad he is happy with the picture.

The Corabelle in this little garden,
or any of the gardens never
disappoints. 💕
It always lasts a long time too.

Back home, I had time to work on the puzzle some more and that's when I could hear the pitter patter of light rain so let Gibbs in the house. I puzzled until 12:30 and came in for a quesadilla lunch. It was sure messy but very tasty!

Lunch was good!

Because the rain was unpredictable, off and on much of the afternoon, I stayed indoors with Gibbs. Time for quilling! I have 3 pair of earrings to make, and with a bug in my ear about selling some of my items...........I'm going to continue to make shadow boxes, of sorts. 😀 Only here, in Canada though.

Jess taught us how to make owls.
I think they are one of my favourite things
to quill.
So, I got adventurous with colours
and finished these two, putting them
in the wood frames I picked up yesterday.

Bill was home around 5 and he and Gibbs had their snooze while I quilled away. The little bum and I headed out around 3:30 to check the mail and of course, the rain started as we were approaching mid-point. No thanks, we turned back for cover.

Little old man pose.
Cutest thing, well, one of them. 
💖💖

Supper was oven-baked chicken thighs, salad, potatoes for Bill and mashed cauliflower for me. It was good and topped off with custard and strawberries. Clean up was quick and Bill made his lunch before going out to cut the berm. Darn grass!

Supper

I hope to cut my part on Friday morning since the rain starts tomorrow. We have company coming for the weekend, including Mike, hopefully, so don't want to have to do it then. 

This is how far the puzzle got today.

We reached a nice high of 25C/76F today, quite humid this morning but eased off by noon.

Could've been a pretty sunset but no,
the clouds took over before it happened. 
Good night!

Thank you for your visit. We had a great day! 

A Trip to Town, Testing Leroy Jethro Gibbs

La Paz Valley, Az

Today, Sunday, Apr. 3^rd started out quite nice. There is absolutely no fault to be found with waking up at 6:30 and getting up at 7. The sky was crisp blue with a few wispy clouds and the sun was warming things quickly. Gibbs and I had a short walk before he wanted to return home. 😊 I decided to have my tea and I had a blog to finish.

There I go again probably missing a gorgeous sunrise

Random pictures of my walk

Because my phone takes a Panoramic picture
I did a 180 - kinda cool

Around 10, Bill went up for his shower so I slipped out for my own walk, alone. I walked to the main entrance of the blm and then back down the highway, which is 52^nd St. N. I wanted to give Bill enough time for his shower plus have an enjoyable walk at the same time. Back at the Suite, it was my turn. I couldn’t have him smelling sweeter than me!

Now, standing beside the cacti I showed you yesterday

I think they're fascinating
I can't believe this one is likely 100 years old
and still reproducing

I see now why they were being cut off
Like our trees back home, the cacti also
need to make way for electric/hydro lines

Some views are breathtaking without even trying!

We just hung around home until lunch time, had a sandwich and then drove to town. Gibbs wasn’t riding very good, not behaving at all (I hope that changes!), but we wanted to take him along for the ride. I ran into Roadrunner to get a jug of Bill’s milk and then we filled a water jug before returning to the road home. 

I think this is the first time this season that I got the
Quartzsite sign

Look at the price of water
down here
We pay $3.00 or $3.50 for 5 gallons back home

We were both curious where the street, 52^nd N., goes so we followed it until we came to a dead end. There are a couple of rv parks out there, that’s all. It looked like a town from our site. 😊

Finally, a healthy looking flowering Ocotillo!

Returning home, we have a nice spot
Btw, it isn't where the Duchaine's parked 😇
This one is our own

Back home, we went outside with Gibbs and caught some more rays. Bill and I agreed to let the little guy run free and see how he’d listen when we called him back. There was no one around close enough and we left his leash on for the test. He did quite good, more interested in playing with his leash. Bill watched one of his recorded movies inside, he hasn’t started a new book yet, and I stayed outside with a cup of tea and my own book.

I'm here Mom and not doing 'nuttin' 💕

We've all seen some interesting clouds
Aren't these cool?

This time, we left the leash off Gibbs and kept an eye on him. He’s too smart sometimes as when we both came indoors, he’s wary when he isn’t ready to come in. Too smart for his own good! ♥ We came in after 4:30 because of the little house flies, our spray doesn’t deter them worth a crap. It was warm inside but we just stayed still like rocks and let the window breezes cool us bit by bit. 😊

Play time, we all wanted to stay out as long as we could
He did pretty good today, coming when we called - eventually
or following us when we walked in the opposite direction ♥

Bill grilled burgers and we shouldn’t need anything else. There is a muffin left for Bill and I still have 4 of my keto butter tarts left. We started with the grilling around 6, after feeding our little hungry monster. Yup, he’s back to his normal routine again. Eating his breakfast as soon as he comes in the door from our walk and his supper at 6. Just in time to get him all screwed up with the time changes over the next 15 days!

Inside, at 5:55, Gibbs sits on my recliners foot rest
waiting for Daddy to get his supper

The burgers, well, I don’t have to tell you how good they were. ♥ After loading the dishes, Bill went out with his big Canon camera and captured some nice shots all around our area. Unfortunately, a lady with her travel trailer pulled in just down on the curve from us. Why? Who knows but perhaps because she’s alone except for her Doberman, she wants to be near by others just in case? I can’t knock her for that, I do admire those who look after their rigs on their own.

Another good burger

The Suite was cooling down and there was a lovely breeze still coming in the windows. Lots of low-lying clouds tonight so another beautiful sunset is on the menu. 😊 Another wonderful day, one more here before we move on.

On this beautiful evening,
Good night!

Thank you for popping by!