As promised, pics of the baby.

As promised 2 weeks ago, (I do procrastinate), here are a few pics of our latest baby.

The 3 first pics were taken the day of his birth or the following day.  Yes, he’s a he.

The following pics were taken a week later.  Cute or what.

Just a few burros grazing behind our trailer.

 

January was a busy month for birthdays.  First, Donna on the 10th, bit of a party and campfire here.  Kathy M. on the 13th.  Party at their friends in Yuma.  Leona on the 21st and Cathy H. on the 22nd.  We had a couple of parties here and campfire for Cathy and me.

Donna and her hubby Mike we met here last year.  They are from Vernon, B.C.

Kathy M. and her partner CJ are old friends from Vancouver originally and now live in Duncan and are avid boaters.  They were in Yuma for a couple of weeks on their way home to Duncan and searching for a new sailboat as they made their way back to B.C. 

Cathy and hubby Ken are from New Mexico and we met them in B.C. at Goose Lake several years ago.  They came to visit us on Quadra last summer and promised to be in Arizona to celebrate our birthdays.

Lynden and Charlie like to play                 Rod and Candy

jokes on me so this is the hat they

made for me.  (long story)

That is Ken beside me and Cathy standing.

Karen, Donna & Mike                                      Buzz and Karen

 

Charlie & Lynden                                     Seems I was grumpy one day.  (Me grumpy?)

No decent pic of Cathy and of course of MJ, she was the photographer.

 

 

This was a bug that showed up on my birthday.  Yes, it was alive. 

Does anyone know what it is????????????????????????

 

TTFN

 

A new year has crept upon us.

One more year has come and gone.  Where does it go, so darn fast.  Maybe it’s because we do so many things down here with such nice weather.  We bowl, golf, Play guitar (MJ), play the ukulele (Leona), exercise 3 times a week (Leona), I need it.  lol   However, having said that we are busy with fun stuff, we miss our Canadian friends.  Looking forward to seeing all of you in the spring.

Picture that our buddy Trevor took on Christmas day.  That lone trailer on the bottom right of the pic is our trailer.  It looks far from everyone else, but isn’t really.  We love it where we are.

A couple of days ago one of the burros we have around here had her baby.  What a cutie, when we saw it, it was not steady on its legs, much of just been born.  Will post pics on my next blog.  They are still in my camera at home.

We went to Quartzsite yesterday for the day.  Bought a bunch of beads that we will need to do our wind chimes in the summer for the Farmers Market.  Just missed the big RV show that starts today (18th).  That place gets really busy at this time of year.  Google it and you will bet way more info than I can give you here.

One of our buddies.

TTFN

Christmas has come and gone and we are all turkeys…..

Oops, I meant we are all turkeyed out.  There, that’s better.

Here, at the BLM Yuma, there is a place called the Christian Service Centre.  There, we can get propane, fresh drinking Water, Solar panels installed, mail and of course, being a Christian Centre, there is a church.  And what do churches do at Christmas time?????  They have a concert.  Being part of the Desert pickers (our ukulele) group, we were invited to play 4 songs at the concert.  So, Here are a couple of pics of my musical debut as a Ukulele player.

The fellow in the white shirt is the teacher, Gord.

We all had a ball.

I have videos of the choir and solos by Gord and Patsy Mae, but somehow, I can’t publish the videos.  (anyone know how to do this?)

These concerts were on the 21st and 22nd of Dec.

On the 23rd, we had our annual picnic for the Hurricane Ridge campers.  Had a great time.  As I was leaving the park, I tripped and hurt my shoulder.  By Christmas day, the pain was unbearable, so we went to Yuma emergency.  Took x-rays and got poked by several nurses and a doctor and finally came to a diagnose of a tendon ripped from the shoulder bone.  Ouch.  Ouch, Ouch, that sounds bad.  lol  So, received a prescription for Percocet and was sent home.  OOOOOOOh happy days……. until the Percocet wore off.  By yesterday, the 27th no meds left and the pain was constant.  Back to emergency for more Percocet and I had made an apt with  an acupuncturist, he did the trick.  Am in a lot less pain and no meds today.  Going to see him again on Monday and I will kiss his boots.

Christmas dinner was with Charlie, Lynden, Donna, Mike, Heinz and Ursula and of course, MJ. 

Boxing day brunch with the same rowdy crowds less Heinz and Ursula.     Good food with good friends.

Tonight, Friday, they are all gone bowling and I am relaxing here at home and blogging, with still no meds.  woo hoo.

Parade of lights around our campground

These folks decorate their vehicles every year and drive around making us smile

 

 

 

Then, there are the people camping here with their decorations.

 

Kathy and Jim and Snoopy                      Doug and Irene

Lynn and Wayne                                         Bill and Lorraine

 

Jo and Bert                                                 Eric

 

And or course, let’s not forget our nevergreen tree.

 

 

 

TTFN

Our Nevergreen tree.

In the desert, there are no evergreen trees.  Of course, we can go buy one for an arm and a leg, but, let’s face it, it’s much more fun to use our imagination and get something free from mother nature.  So, Mike and Lynden took off one sunny morning and went on a search of a Nevergreen tree.  They kept it a secret as to where they found it. We decorated it with stuff found at a second hand store, in the bowels of our rigs, along the desert floor and anywhere that something appeared that looked like it could fit on our tree. And of course, some made out of beer cans.  This is what it looks like now.

Mike, Donna, Charlie, Me, Lynden,  Dogs:  Mollie and Jazz

Lynden getting orders from everyone.      Burro supervising.

Lynden still taking orders from everybody.

 

TTFN

The New Brunswick girls are gone.

Yup, Lyse, Wendy, Leslie and Peggy along with the four dogs left this morning.  It’s soooooooooo quiet here.  Just for you Wendy. lol  Had a great visit with my old pal Lyse.

Our gas heater is giving MJ a hard time.  Was making noise, so she cleaned it up and now the gas won’t come through.  Grrrrrr.  Will have to wait and see if she can fix it.

A few pics that Lyse took of the gang.

 

Donna & Mike                     Charlie & Lynden

That would be moi and MJ

Peggy, Leslie, Moi and MJ.  That is water in my glass.

Lyse                                                                  Wendy

The weather here has turned just a tad cold.  When the sun come out it’s ok, but with clouds, it can be quite cool.  Beats rain and snow.

Old friend is visiting

An old friend whom I haven’t seen in about 27 years Lyse Audet and her partner Wendy arrived last Tuesday.  What a nice visit.  We have not stopped talking about the good old days. Two of their friends arrived yesterday.  They are on a trip of a lifetime that started in July in Fredericton, N.B. and will end in May 2014.

We went bowling with them and 4 other friends on Saturday and had a ball. 

We had our US Thanksgiving dinner on the 28th with about 40 people, what a feast.  Everyone brought a dish and we all enjoyed all the goodies.

Last night, we went to a Chinese smorgasbord.  Another yummy dinner.

Last night the wind picked up like crazy.  MJ brought in the slide just to save the awning covering it.  Still windy now, but not as bad.

Friends of ours, Linda and Ian had to put down their 6 year old golden retriever Ben on Monday.  He was full of cancer.  We are all very sad on the ridge as everyone knew Ben.  He would sit on your feet and push into you to get pets.