A SMATTERING OF PHOTOS TONIGHT LEFT OVER FROM SUNDAY MORNINGS DRIVE TO VULTURE PEAK….RAVEN’S ROOST AT THE CONGRESS GAS STATION
Sunday afternoon’s strong gusting Southwest winds blew a whole herd of dark ominous storm clouds flecked with rumbles of thunder by us Sunday night. Overnight skies mostly cleared leaving us with a high wispy cloud cover this morning which by afternoon became heavier & temps dropped into the upper 50’s. However, warmer temps are due in on the midnight express.
VULTURE PEAK BOON-DOCKERS
Kelly headed off to Wickenburg’s Pioneer Title Company first thing to pick up a new set of ‘house sale’ papers. Of course the title company already has all our information but we do have to fill out the paper work again & start anew. At present we have 2 offers on the table & will decide shortly if we will go with one of those offers or return next October & begin the selling process all over again.
THOSE 2 WHITE DOTS AT THE BASE OF THE DATE CREEK MOUNTAINS ARE THE WATER TANKS ABOUT A BLOCK FROM OUR HOUSE IN CONGRESS….300mm PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE VULTURE PEAK AREA
Waiting has never been one of my strong points whether it’s waiting in a line-up, waiting for weather to change, waiting at a traffic light or waiting for a decision to be made. And of course once a decision is made I always like to pounce on it right away instead of sitting around waiting to make that decision happen. That waiting stuff makes me a very restless person at times & needless to say I am very restless at the moment.
SUNDAY’S RED TAIL HAWK NEAR VULTURE PEAK
Saw this on Twitter today & could readily identify with what it said, "A writer is a writer not because they write well & easily, because they have amazing talent, or because everything they do is golden. A writer is a writer because, even when there is no hope, even when nothing they do shows any sign of promise, they keep on writing anyway". Thought that kinda summed things for a few of we blogger folks out here:))
LIKE THE NAME ON THE BUMPER 
SURE HAD A SLEEPY LITTLE DOGGY BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME SUNDAY
After reading the ‘a writer is a writer’ piece on Twitter today it got me to thinking. Am I a writer or a blogger. Are they the same thing or greatly different & if so who & what determines that. Well it was off to the internet with me & I found this interesting piece entitled, ‘Who Am I? A writer or a blogger?’ Just as I am not comfortable calling myself a photographer I have never been comfortable calling myself a writer either. The word blogger fits me fine & I’m as comfortable with that as being called just a guy with a camera.
CLOSE UP OF VULTURE PEAK
Have you ever stepped up to the mirror & wrecked your face?? I did that this morning when I was having at myself with an electric shaver. It was by no means the first time I’d cut one sideburn an inch shorter than the other or lobsided my moustache enough to give a noticeable slant to my head. This mornings escapade was to unevenly gouge out my recently slimmed down chin beard to a point where it was totally unsalvageable. Walked around all day with uneven sideburns, a lobsided head & a tattered looking chin beard. This afternoon it was back to the mirror in hopes of righting the wrongs. Sideburns are now sorta kinda even, moustache is debatably leveled up & the chin beard is noticeably missing in action but now I got an even bigger problem. One glance in the mirror told me instantly why I had covered up the lower part of my face in the first place many years ago. Eeeee Gads my mouth is noticeably crooked, my chin nearly meets my bottom lip & the whole area has aged immeasurably since I last saw it as a much younger man. First thing Tuesday morning I’m going to drive back out to Vulture Peak where I saw those cows Sunday & grab me a handful of cow manure. I figure if I smear some of that fertilizer on my chin it will speed up & stimulate some fast hair growth & I can quickly get that lower part of my face covered up with white hair again before I have to go out in public. Well that’s what I figure anyway………..
GROANER’S CORNER:(( A yuppie opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the yuppie was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW. "Officer, look what they've done to my Beeeemer!!!" he whined. "You yuppies are so materialistic, you make me sick!!!" retorted the officer, "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!!!" Oh my gaaad...", replied the yuppie, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was, "Where's my Rolex!!!!!"
If you did wait until next October to put the house back on the market you risk the Canadian dollar skyrocketing and you would barely get your money back out of the house. On the other hand you can proceed at a more relaxed pace making certain all the "T"s are crossed and the "I"s dotted. You would also have a chance to bring another load of things back to Bayfield.
ReplyDeleteNow I've trimmed my beards (Had many over the years) and mustaches crooked before but never tried the cow paddy fertilizer treatment. I'm certain if you did that people wouldn't even notice the uneven facial hair.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
I have to use polished stainless steel mirrors since my face breaks regular glass mirrors.
ReplyDeletePersonally I consider you a very good photographer who presents pictures of neat things as they are instead of ridiculously modified displays like many so called photographer artists. Your way is much better.
ReplyDeleteI want to see a picture!
ReplyDeleteI like that quote! Just keep on writing regardless.
ReplyDeleteWi think you are both, a writer and a blogger that also produces wonderful photos. Keep up all of it.
ReplyDeleteWriter - Blogger what does it matter? Main thing is you have the satisfaction and people have fun reading it. That's how I look at it.
ReplyDeleteOuch wrecking you face is no fun, takes some getting used to. I did that once and nobody recognized me. not even myself felt weird.
ReplyDeleteMaybe trying the cow patties will at least keep people away until it grows again.
Love your writing and excellent photos.
Not I think of myself as a blogger who just wanted to document of RV lifestyle and a picture taker. I don't have a fancy camera to be a photographer.
Al, I do enjoy your writing/blogging and your pictures. I don't write at this time very much as am still working and don't want to bore people with my day to day routine. I hope to write/blog more after retirement in July.
ReplyDeleteAs someone above said, I want to see a picture. Beard or no beard, I think you're a person whose face shows great character either way.
I have the same mentality on decision making as you do, also. well enough said, you might think I'm writing a blog.
I intend to do a LOT more writing once I retire! And, that is only 6 weeks away! I cannot wait!
ReplyDelete~Cheryl Ann~
Congratulations Cheryl Ann! I have 14 working days and it takes my breath away thinking about it! :) in a good way!
DeleteAbout writing or blogging........doesn't matter, I love to read and I love to write, doesn't matter where. So my blog is first for my own satisfaction and if it pleases others, it is a bonus! patsyischillin.blogspot.ca
Great photo of the ravens - you know, for a guy with a camera :-) I think your cold front is moving over us today, might even "see" some snow this evening. Sounds like you should stick with blogging and cameras and no more creative face sculpting!
ReplyDeleteI'm by no means a writer but I have to write. If you ask me what time it is, I'll build you a clock. And then I'll say, "Well, here now, I'll just write down a few instructions in case you forget and need to refer to them." My excuse is my rising sign of Gemini! (And if I don't hit "Publish" right away I will think of more to add to this comment!
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here right now with a lawnmower track in my beard just to the left of the end of my mustache, caused by the setting being WAY too close on my Wahl Trimmer. Unless I want to shave the whole beard off, which I don't, all I can do is wait for it to grow back in. Yep, I wrecked my face. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you have to pay taxes for 2016 and you have to pay any maintenance / Insurance / Utilities cost to your house in 2016 ( and your total piece of mine ) i'm sure you factored all of that in???
ReplyDeleteYep we did:))
DeleteI've never wrecked my face by looking in a mirror, but I've wrecked many a mirror by looking in it with my face... ;c)
ReplyDeleteI write because I'm compelled to write. What's the difference if it's a blog or a book if someone reads it.
ReplyDeleteHave you considered wearing a ski mask? Glad I don't have that problem but have thought a beard could hide my sagging neck.