Catching You Up

 Hello Family & Friends,

Guess I had better get to it -- I hope I can catch you up -- the Internet is my biggest enemy right now -- it runs so slow but here goes with all happenings for the last couple of weeks!

Been out walking at sunset before daylight saving time ended (which really doesn't impact AZ as we don't "fall back or spring forward" --

Nice desert view between the palms of Vulture Peak -- look toward the center, lower left corner -- the little blob with the 2 peaks

   

This is the moon on the night before Halloween ---

  

This was after dark, and the bright spot in the center is the moon, a planet in the left picture and I am not sure what the grayish white object is in the upper right of right picture --- just saw it when I uploaded!

Darrel put an AZ flag on the back of the UTV, I pointed out to him that he had it upside down!

  

He wonders why is back hurts, I think he was working on the boards for the swing!

Here's our rides -- he has the UTV and I have the bike!

Here's the swing -- I helped move it from place to place and held a few boards.

  

Chased a road runner (no, I am not Wiley Coyote) but we have one that runs across our lot a few times a week --- I had to be stealth because he was skittish.

  

He found some cactus fruit, I guess and was having a snack.

After he realized I was watching he gulped and ran the other direction.  They can be pretty mean and I guess they will go into trees after baby birds!

This is a firestick cactus and we are watering since we have been so dry -- they are pretty when it turns cold the tips get orangey red and look like a match head.

I watched Ruger one day when Bob had a doctor appointment, he was watching for Bob to come back -- he never gives me any problems but you can tell he is anxious -- we took a walk, a ride in the UTV and then he just watched out the door.

Talk about joy when Bob returns~

These are our watch animals -- a funny story, the dog was left by a friend (anonymously) at the shed's garage door while we were in Colorado -- then Bob got involved and put the cat on the "pet door" that goes into the walk thru door to the shed --- LOL, so now they are under the RV and guard the entry.

So my days seem pretty exciting huh?  We will be headed back to the midwest soon to see family and friends -- we have cooled off from highs in 80s to today 55, yikes, we don't really know what to wear each day.

Sending love and blessings from the road,

Susan & Darrel