Saturday, December 05, 2015

BYE BYE TO ‘OUR AWESOME TRAVELS’ PEOPLE & KELLY HITS A GARAGE SALE

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A couple pieces of cold left over Pizza got my day started off on the right foot.  Had I not picked off all the black olives my day might have started off on my left foot.

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SUZIE SAYS GOOD-BYE TO PHEEBS

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George & Suzie from Our Awesome Travels had things packed up by 9 under clear sunny skies.  Luckily our cloud cover had moved out overnight.  Kelly had skipped off to a garage sale in the Weaver Estates & upon her return said I had to go back with her to pick up a large oak cask barrel so while we did that George & Suzie hooked up their rig.  We were soon back & it was time to say good-bye.  The ‘Awesome Travel’ folks rolled out our south gate around 9:45 a.m.

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THEY’VE GOT THE BIG WHEELS ROLLING

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BIG WAVE

It was nice having George & Suzie here for a few days & we enjoyed showing them around the area.  Always nice when common interests come together for the enjoyment of all involved & I do like it when people express an interest in seeing & doing things.  Always gives me a good feeling when I’m able to show people around whether it be here in Congress or back home in Bayfield.  Sure beats just sitting around talking all the time.  Well at least for me it does.  And how nice it was to get to know Suzie better these past few days.  Quite often with Bloggers it is the blog writer who people come to know but not the spouse of the writer & it was nice getting to know Suzie better.  Besides, she’s the one who gave me the cookies.  Oh & a slight correction about those best ever short bread cookies.  They didn’t have icing on them like I said.  I thought they did but Kelly brought one of the cookies out of hiding & showed me……nope, no icing.  She then returned the cookie to it’s hiding place.

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ADIOS AMIGOS & SAFE TRAVELS:))

Kelly had scored some bargoons at the garage sale this morning so after George & Suzie left it was time to unload the Jeep.  We had gone back to the Weaver Estates earlier to load up the big free wooden barrel which the folks had had for the past 40 years living in Montana.  When leaving the garage sale we spied a trailer at another house with a load of brush for the dump.  In the corner of that trailer sat a large pot with an Agave in it so we stopped & asked if we could have it.  Yep we could.  Well Wow was that potted Agave ever super heavy.  I’m guessing easily 80 pounds plus.  Quite a job carrying that to the Jeep.

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Back home I managed to roll the Agave out into our wheelbarrow.  The rickety wooden barrel came out next.  Using a 2 wheel cart I managed to place the barrel in one of our cactus beds in front of the house.  The Agave took a lot more work as I had to dig a hole then cut it out of it’s big plastic pot.  Quite a job but I somehow managed to get it planted without skewering myself with one of the needle pointed tips.  I think it was the heaviest small plant I have ever wrestled with.  Sure had me sweating before I was done.

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MANEUVERING THE BIG WOODEN BARREL INTO PLACE

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AWWW NUTS LOOKS LIKE I GOTTA DIG THE HOLE A BIT DEEPER

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Below are photos of Kelly’s haul at the garage sale this morning.  Keep in mind she got all this stuff for $10:))

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THE OLD WOODEN BARREL & THE METAL CHICKEN ORNAMENT IN FRONT OF THE BARREL

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THIS ROADRUNNER/ SAGUARO ORNAMENT WHICH KELLY MIGHT PAINT ‘BAYFIELD BUNCH’ ON THE WOOD PART

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TWO METAL BUCKETS WHICH WE’LL FILL WITH DIRT & PUT SOME SMALL CACTUS PLANTS IN

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PILLOW CASES, SHAMS, & QUILT ALL FROM MONTANA (YEP, GUESS WE’RE KEEPING THE HOUSE ALRIGHT)

Not often I fall asleep in the afternoon but I’ll be darned if I didn’t do that today.  Sat down & switched on the TV to briefly check the latest level of madness in this deteriorating world & fell asleep.  I sometimes doze a bit in the P.M. but falling totally asleep usually doesn’t happen.  Had the worst dream & figure that’s because CNN was on feeding my subconscious with all the daily doom & gloom.

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An email from our absentee Canadian neighbor who owns the house & property behind us asking if I would have a look at his place to see if it needs some cleaning up.  It does so I will start that little project probably Monday.  It was a good thing I did a big clean-up for him last year & the year before or his property would be overgrown by now.  It’s a nice quiet peaceful property so I don’t mind working away by myself helping him out.  The key to that quiet & peaceful is working by myself & that is why I don’t mind working away at my own relaxed pace…………..Oh, & we did touch on the subject of an upcoming side trip in the Big EEE soon.  No details yet but we’ll see what shakes out this coming week:))

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GROANER’S CORNER:(( I was coming back from visiting my son in my Miami and I stopped at a rest stop to use the bathroom. I just sat down on the throne when I heard a voice coming from the stall next to mine, “Hey! How’s it going?” Although I was quite surprised, and I wasn’t in the habit of conversing to the people next to me in the stall, I nevertheless answered him, “I’m fine” I said “thanks for asking.”  “What are you doing?” Asked the same voice. To be honest I was a bit taken aback by the brazenness of this person, but I would never ignore anyone so I calmly answered, “I’m relieving myself.”  Then I heard the same voice again, “I’m going to have to call you back, some smart-aleck in the next stall is answering all of my questions.”

18 comments:

  1. We've been hoping to bump into George and Suzie over the years...it just hasn't happened yet! Maybe in 2016...

    www.travelwithkevinandruth.com

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  2. Sure hope we will be able to see Suzie, George, you and Kelly this winter. Love the plantings and that barrel is to die for......

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  3. I told my wife how guys will be using the John and talking on their cells...now she believes me!

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  4. What a great haul Kelly had today, she sure put you to work. After all the socializing we did and the Honey doo list I can believe you had a snooze.
    Thanks once again for a wonderful time hope to to see you guys again in January.

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  5. Great Groaner tonight. I see you worked hard today and it looks great. You Casa is becoming quite the tourist destination and for a good reason.

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  6. I laughed out loud when I read the groaner this evening. Kelly sure made a nice haul today.

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  7. Good thing you had Libby to haul the agave AND the barrel! :)

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  8. That Agave sure looks nice and healthy. And a wooden barrel is good to have as well. I love the greenery in your place. The faint green always looks like spring.

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  9. Nice blog Al. Glad to read that Congress is looking more "homey". And also glad to see Kelly feeling better and getting some things at the garage sales. What a nice neighbor you would be. Wishing you safe travels in the Big EEE.

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  10. What a great yard sale day! Sure would love to have that barrel (for FREE yet!) and the metal chicken. Plus the agave...that was truly a score. That would easily be at least $45 or more at the nursery. If you ever get the EEE rolling towards Tucson, you are welcome to visit on our property or at least come by for a visit. We have room for the rig and for Pheebs of course. One of the reasons we bought this winter property is for the amazing Organ Pipe Cactus on it--we've been told it is a "specimen" cactus because it is so unbelievably huge and healthy. It is at least 40 years old--and bigger than anything we saw when we went to Organ Pipe National Monument. We also have about six or seven very stately saguaros, and we've added a variety of smaller cactus as well as agaves. At any rate, great finds today! I think one of the things that tugs at "keep the little house" versus not is the fun of fixing it up. We love doing that. We bought this place in March, and went kind of crazy turning it into something special. It's just a vintage mobile home and a separate casita...but we ripped into it and completely transformed it. I thought you might get a kick out of seeing some of what we've done, so here is a link to our photobucket about the property.

    http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/DogsGo2/library/Tucson%20Property

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    1. Tina, the photobucket link did not work. can you email it.

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    2. Something weird happens when I copy and paste from another document. I think I have to go into photobucket and get a new link each time. I'll try that and email it to you.

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  11. P.S.Sorry for the deleted post--messed up my post and had to re-do--I hate when it leaves the "deleted post" title behind though, because it clutters up your blog.

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  12. Wow--Kelly did make a haul--guess I am going to have to get off my rear and go to some garage sales!

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  13. Your native plant gardening is wonderful. If we get lot in Jojoba I might have to ask you for some cactus advice. Everything there is drought tolerant, but there is also drip irrigation.

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    1. Hey Craig, I think drip irrigation is the key to success when it comes to desert landscaping for sure. If we were here year round I'd put that in because it allows one to grow lots of greenery that otherwise wouldn't grow in this hot arid climate. Of course if one were to forget to pay a couple water bills everything could dry up & blow away with the first big wind coming through.

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  14. So fun to find those great freebies when you have a place to give them a new home. That agave is a real steal!! The quilts are cute, and definitely a different look for you guys. Love the quail :-)))

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  15. Awesome yard sale finds. I kind of miss having a yard to bring things home to.

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