Time seems to be flying by. Wickenburg's population inflates in February and most of of our traffic has a tail.....
We haven't done much of anything interesting since Jesse and Erin left. Raphael is working hard outside, putting in a much needed irrigation system, placing river rocks along the road in front, hauling away junk wood that the previous owners left for us and just generally putting the outside of the house right.
Lewis does his best to help keep the backyard tidy. He feels it's an important and sometimes overlooked job. While we do our very best to "pick up" what he leaves for us in a timely manner, sometimes he takes matters in his own "hands" (or nose) and works carefully to cover up anything he finds left over...... It's much easier in the snow he says. Gravel is hard on the nose.
We've done a little (very little) socializing also. We enjoyed visiting with Dave and Faye at Steve and MonaLiza's the other day. Steve showed us his new, early birthday present. What a beauty it is, and it matches his color scheme perfectly!
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| a 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am |
And.....our chairs finally arrived! They only took 9 months to get here from the Carolinas. We began to wonder if the delivery man was on foot! We really like them, they're just what we ordered and fit us well. They swivel, they rock, they recline!
We had a wonderful surprise last week! Jodee and Bill were on their way home from a Superbowl visit with friends in the Kingman area and, since Wickenburg is in the middle of it's February inflation, they found that all the rv spots were completely full. That is....except ours!
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| They fit with room to spare |
Tessa pronounced the new chairs "comfortable", and we were happy that they passed the test. We attempted to solve the world's problems at happy hour, enjoyed dinner together and a sunny happy hour the next morning before they continued on their way home. Jodee reports that nothing fell out of her cupboards on their way down our rocky road, phew!
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| Raphael's irrigation trenches and dirt piles didn't stop us from a pleasant second cup |
Yesterday Winter arrived in Wickenburg. Dave pressed the little red wagon back into service as a geranium transportation vehicle and we prepared for cold weather. Late in the afternoon we had a fair amount of graupel coming down and settling on our patio chairs, but it didn't stay. Yay!
This morning we woke to a completely frozen Hummingbird feeder, frost everywhere in the yard and the beautiful mountains in our view covered with snow! The desert was pretty as the bright sun sparkled through the frosty landscape.
These chilly mornings, the fireplace is a wonderful spot to sit and enjoy second cup together....
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| sorry Dave....I managed to catch him mid chew! |
I think our brief cold snap is over for now. This coming week the temperatures are forecast to be in the high 70's, low 80's! Nice.
Now that's a nice trans Am! An awesome birthday gift. Fun to have friends able to visit and so nice to have electrical facilities for them.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the hummers didn't freeze, just their feeder. That's too cold for me!
I hope the little guys didn't freeze either! The day rebounded with the sunshine but it's due to be cold again tonight.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun visit, and the RV space is great! Good of Lewis to take clean up seriously :-) Your view is so pretty, wish we had some snow on our mountains!!
ReplyDeleteSnow is pretty way over there.... Thanks for coming and trying out the rv spot! We're so glad it works and now you have a place when you're passing through!
DeleteThat is a beautiful table in the background of the fireplace picture.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it was my mothers.
DeleteYou are so right Sue…I can hardly believe it is almost March. Sometimes it feels like the days drag by and then it’s a whole new month already! So happy your recliners arrived unharmed from the long trek across country and were exactly what you wanted. The snow on the mountains is so pretty…what great fun to visit with friends…what an awesome pup Lewis is to help with picking up…and that warm fire sure looks inviting! Life is great!
ReplyDeleteYou're right Gay, for us Life is Great. After such a long time we were getting worried that maybe the chairs wouldn't be what we thought we bought so we were very relieved!
DeleteLew takes his jobs very seriously.....He's a good guy all around.
I almost spit out my coffee when I read your first line about all our traffic having tails! That's one of the reasons we liked Wickenburg--my Cowboy fit in just perfectly! How fun to have a little socialization with friends--it's been such a long, hard haul!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing all the tails go by even though they are, now, more often enclosed in fancy Featherlit and Bloomer trailers. It is fun to have a little socialization now and again. Good friends are hard to find!
ReplyDeleteA good recliner is just the best. Mine is getting old, and I dread having to replace it.
ReplyDeleteLewis looks very content.
I love my chair in Beluga, these will be wonderful too, once they get broken in!
DeleteMost of your traffic has a tail, LOL. Your new chairs look great! The nailhead trim adds a nice Southwestern touch. You have such a gorgeous view from your backyard. How fun that Jodee and Bill came to visit!
ReplyDeleteI prefer traffic to have tails, wouldn't you? And, as a bonus, they smell good too!
ReplyDeleteHa, taily traffic! It sure has been nippy overnight these past few, and I learned a new word -- graupel. I love new words, though not what that one means brrrrr. So good to have had RV visitors test out the space with success. Time with friends is even better. Is Steve giving rides in his new hoopdee? Lewis, as ever, is holding up his end of things 😂
ReplyDeleteI haven't had the occasion to use that word for a long time, thank goodness. Back east it was a regular part of our vocabulary from November through May! Steve's new baby is anything BUT a hoopdee!
DeleteJust the right amount of socializing! Love you winter traffic visitors!!! So cute. Thank goodness it is only a short visit for our very cold night temps. Your poor hummers. The fireplaces have been getting quite the workout this winter. So glad you finally have your chairs. They look comfy:) My sweet boy likes a clean yard. Always the helper.
ReplyDeleteWe're so glad that Dave built the fireplace....I knew it would get use in the winter here, but I didn't realize how nice and cozy it feels. It's nice to finally have those chairs, because "your sweet boy" hogs the couch!
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