MOVED SOME DESERT DIRT TODAY

First thing I looked for when peering out of my bedroom window this morning was the tall dead grass near the road.  Was it moving?  It was not & that told me one important thing…….no wind.   Yay, we had ourselves a fighting chance for a better weather day.  Gave the sun a good head start on it’s ascending climb into the sky before we ventured out.  All was good & I was shedding my outer lined flannel shirt before we got back.  Think we may have even eeked our way up over the 50F mark this afternoon.  Maybe 60 by the end of the week.  Whoa there Buttercup, let’s not get carried away…….

  

ON OUR MORNING WALKS IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR US TO SEE A RED TAIL HAWK PERCHED HIGH ATOP A STAND OF ROCKS SCANNING THE DESERT FLOOR BELOW

IN A FLURRY OF FEATHERS THE HAWK LEAPS INTO THE AIR SPREADING HIS POWERFUL WINGS & FLIES OFF TO THE RIGHT

Hauled ourselves home two more loads of dirt today.  That completes another small Cactus garden in front of our house.  No idea where all these little landscape projects will end up but no matter, I enjoy what I’m doing. 

 

EVERY LITTLE BOY HAS TO HAVE A SAND BOX……RIGHT:))

 

AN INTENTIONAL TIGHT FIT & PHEEBS SOAKS US SOME WARM SUN

BACK OFF BOOGALOO >>>

An electrician fella was here today putting a new receptacle in my bedroom plus rewiring & remounting my bathroom ceiling light which had been hanging loosely by a couple wires.  He also repaired some frayed wires in our fuse box as well & will be back next week to replace a couple old receptacles.  Always something to do with older houses.

Little bit of talk on our morning walk about Winnie’s next mini-trip.  We’re still leaning towards Arizona’s Lake Pleasant area but it will depend on a couple things with weather being number one.  Not sure what day Les is coming over to put our porch posts up so we’re just playing things by ear at the moment.

Wasn’t sure on the ID of the Hawk in Monday’s post.  Looking at photos in my ‘Audubon Field Guide To The Southwestern States’ book I thought the head & color markings could have been a Red Tail Hawk as well.  It was the bands on the tail that made me guess at a Cooper’s Hawk.  JUDY, our in house all knowing ‘Bird Lady of Blog Land’ confirmed in a comment it was indeed a Cooper’s Hawk. 

GROANER’S CORNER:((   A policeman pulls a man over for speeding and asks him to get out of the car. After looking the man over he says, "Sir, I couldn't help but notice your eyes are bloodshot. Have you been drinking?"
The man gets really indignant and says, "Officer, I couldn't help but notice your eyes are glazed. Have you been eating doughnuts?"

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- "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)
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