JUST WEDNESDAY

    

LITTLE GIZMO SAYS, OH PHEEBE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, COME GIVE ME A SMOOCH 

Standing in our front yard Cactus Garden last night watching the full Moon rising over the Weaver Mountains I couldn’t help but think, ‘it’s going to be a long time before I see another big dusty desert Full Moon again’.   Felt sad about that.

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Not one of my better days.  Allowed myself to slide into a Blog funk first thing this morning & it hung around all day.  I enjoy doing a daily blog but every once in awhile it’s like trying to push a loaded 642 ton manure spreader up hill.

It seems the Nopal Cactus pads I have been planting lately are very edible & commonly used in a lot of Mexican food dishes.  Had been doing a little research on them when an email came in from reader Phil saying Food City, owned by Bashas had the Nopal Cactus leaves on sale in their flyer at 3 pounds for .99 cents.  I also saw on the internet where foot long Nopal Cactus pads ready to plant were selling for $8.49 apiece.  If all the pads I planted happen to grow we just might be in the Nopal Cactus pad business in about another 40 years. 

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A commenter had a very real concern about our new rain barrel.  Easy for small critters such as cats to fall in & drown.  At the moment I have a lid on the water filled barrel held down by a heavy rock.  Matthew our neighbor is going to make a screen top to prevent critter accidents.

WATER FILLED RAIN BARREL WITH LID & HEAVY ROCK

Have decided not to put that ‘reply’ gadget on my posts.  Thought about it for a couple days.  There are pros & cons of course but in the end it’s just not for me.   I could see myself getting all caught up in the whole comments & replies thing & that is just not where I want to be.  For sure I would cause myself stress over the whole thing.  I happen to be very good at causing myself stress you know.  The ‘reply’ feature is nice for folks who like that back & forth interaction & for sure it has to be a great way to boost blog ratings but I have decided it’s just not my cup of tea.  Might have been a few years ago…..but that was a few years ago.   

RELAXING IN THE BACK YARD TODAY

Schools still out on the ‘Ad’ thing but want to make it clear I know better than to junk my site with a bunch of tacky ads.  In fact I’ve written posts about that.  If we decide to do an ad it will probably sit very quietly & discreetly somewhere on my sidebar. 

    

With a week & a half left before heading back to Canada I’ve noticed a rather subtle difference in feelings.  In the Fall with only a week & half left before departing for the southwest I’m anxious, impatient, & excited about getting on the road & heading south.  Not so much so with our upcoming journey back to Canada.  Things are low key & we both feel kinda sad about having to leave our house.  This year’s departure & arrival time home will be our latest in the past 6 Snow Birding years.  Two years ago today we rolled into Bayfield on this date & other years it was earlier than that.  I’m afraid our packing the rig & getting ready to head home has been a bit half hearted this week.

THIS MORNINGS CLOUDY FULL MOON SETTING IN THE WEST

GROANER’S CORNER:((   I liked this one Ivan sent in an email today….

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- Tourists see the world, travelers experience it.
- Home is where your pet is:))
- "If having a soul means being able to feel
love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals
are better off than a lot of humans."
(James Herriot)
- The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -William Arthur Ward
- The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...AL.
- It is not so much having nothing to do as it is not having the interest to do something....AL.