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| Nora and Dylan at Lake Mille Lacs |
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| Ruby and Eli |
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| Garden, sunrise hits Tiburon Island. |
I have to work this summer, the LAST summer, then I'll be forever truly retired and indolent. At only 58 years old, I feel beaten down by my life's work and struggles, and am entirely prepared to never again have to bow in humility to the corporate monsters. Maybe I'll even learn to sleep past 3 AM.
Our last couple of weeks here haven't been very eventful or even memorable, but in review, they've been more productive than I would have predicted. Ron has been busily improving our landscaping. He's transplanted scores of desert cacti and trees, and humped rocks for outlining gardens and walkways.
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| Path to garage, baby cacti both sides, rock border. It'll be "paved" with flat cobblestones. |
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| More rocks and cacti. |
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| More rocks and cacti. |
He also spent a few days sitting in his Man Cave, sanding and crafting an ironwood walking stick. It's gorgeous.
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| Master Carver |
I've been churning out an expanded line of eclectic shell/leather/beaded jewelry for my Etsy shop, reading some very good books, and enjoying lunches out.
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| Etsy-bound jewelry |
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| Lunch at Jorge's, Delfie's birthday. Those red beers are Micheladas, dark beer with clamato juice, chili-lime, and salted rims. Mmmmm! |
We did do a couple of local explorative trips, poking through the remains of a couple of old haciendas, and a bit of beachcombing/clamming. Hectic pace, eh?
On the way home one afternoon, I saw an odd flash of white to my left and hollered "STOP!" And Ron stood the truck on it's nose. (A friend said her husband would have just said "For WHAT?") There were two Desert Bighorn Rams, full-curls, not 100 yards away. Only a couple of miles from our casita. And can you believe we had BOTH the camera and the camcorder at the ready? That never happens.
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| Desert Bighorn Sheep |
Most of this winter I've been experiencing digestive urgencies. I still don't know what's occurred this year to cause this, but it's not been debilitating. Just a nuisance, and I have needed to stay near my friend-the-toilet a lot. If it remains an issue (Get it? Issue?) when I get back to Minnesota, the VA will sort it out.
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| Mi Amigo |
Tomorrow is payday and my monthly trip to The City for resupply. This trip will include buying a mattress at WalMart. Two friends and I are going to make a day of it, have a good lunch somewhere, and manage to fill our truck to overflow capacity.
Then on Thursday, some more of "The Girls" and I plan to shop the segundas in Calle Doce, where I intend to assemble every metal bedframe there until I find one that fits my new mattress. Danny's Segunda has at least 75 of them.
This Saturday there's a craft sale at another RV park in the village, and I'm taking a table to try to raise a bit of cash selling the felted wool stuff and the new jewelry. Wish me luck.
Ron has done an AMAZING job with the landscape! I can't wait to see you guys and especially Rocky!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks great, the jewelery is lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you clean the shells with to get rid of the crud on them?
Thanks! Toothbrush, bleach water.
ReplyDeleteOk I tried that once and there was like a calcified crust on parts of them that I couldn't get off with bleach and never got around to trying anything stronger. Thought maybe you had some other ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe landscaping is beautiful Ron did good!
ReplyDeleteAnd the jewellery is gorgeous. I especially like the blue set, top centre.
THANKS! As for the shells: I feel there are so many that I don't collect ones that I can't clean easily. A friend of mine collects LIVE shells, then boils them and picks the critters out. I did that ONE time, and cried. I will actually make a trip back down to the beach to return a shell that's tenanted.
ReplyDeleteHowdy, been reading your blog for a while and have a couple-a questions for you, if you don't mind?? :) One, where does your water come from, or do you have any? Second, what do lots go for in your area? It's absolutely stunning in the Kino area. Thanks in advance for the info and help..
ReplyDeleteHmmm, not sure my questions went through so I am trying again. Sorry if it is a duplicate.. Where does your water come from if you have any? and What do lots sell for in your area? It's beautiful in the Kino area
ReplyDeleteA truck brings the water, there's a big holding tank at the entrance to the neighborhood. We read our own meters and pay Leroy 6 cents/gallon.
ReplyDeleteHere's Leroy's website. And yes, Hughes and DirecTV work just fine here. Dish, not so much.
http://www.dospalmas.net/about.asp
Thank you...
ReplyDeleteI laughed when I read your, "STOP" sentence. That would be me, whenever my hubby is driving and I see something I NEED to photograph. Fortunately, he's usually obliging. Often, though, I'll ride shotgun with my camera in my lap, set at a fast shutter speed, ready to shoot. Nice image of the bighorn sheep.
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