Looking Good!

Hello Family and Friends,
Well, we took a break to host my mom visiting us and then Darrel's brother & wife visiting us!  It was quite the busy time so I will have several posts to catch you up!  Just too much going on to try and blog while we were entertaining!

But.... before we get to the "fun" stuff, here's why we are LOOKING GOOD!!!!

We decided to cut the Agaves that line the wall to the west of our lot.  They were overgrown and looking pretty ratty.  In fact a couple of them were pretty rotten and we just pulled them out of the ground for disposal.

I forgot to take "before pictures" because Bob came to help out and was cutting before I could get to my camera.  Now we have nicely trimmed "pineapple looking" Agaves and you can see from the length of the wall that we removed several that were dead.

There were 3 more and a couple "pups", that we discarded.  We will try to find something else to plant along the wall??? Maybe or Maybe not???

Here is the loaded utility trailer with the cut off limbs and the one that was rotten.

A closer view of the debris and let me tell you this stuff is nasty to work with -- heavy and prickly.  I wore a pair of latex gloves under my work gloves so the juice wouldn't burn me.

You actually use a reciprocating saw to saw off the limbs and the juice is a mess to have on you.

So now we have a very nice looking dirt ridge above the retaining wall that someday may have something planted there.

This is our unique way to protect the axles from catching moisture and sun.  We removed the tires to prevent anyone from stealing the cargo trailer, because yes, it happens here in our tiny community.  I am working to make a cover that will go over the buckets like tire covers but we haven't got that accomplished yet.

My handy, dandy husband found a screened gazebo at a garage sale for $40.00 and he and Bob put it up to add shade to our outdoor space.  It has been a little chilly at night to sit out yet, but the time is coming.  Notice my pink heart for Valentine's Day on the 5th wheel hitch?  I have 2 decorations, one for Christmas and one for Valentine's Day -- guess I had better start looking!

Here's a view from the back end of the trailer.  We have outdoor mats to help with the desert sand as we seem to always have something tracked in on the floor.  The Mesquite trees are a pain with the little leaves but we like them and learn to deal with it.

So we continue to setup the lot to our liking and probably will make more changes long the way.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing out space!

Sending blessing from the road,

Susan & Darrel