Sunrise, today, sunset

Hi, hope all is good with everyone.

Not much going on here.

Woke up to this:

The little white dot in the sky is a bright star.

A closer view of the morning clouds. Really cool looking huh?

 

Got up before light, took care of my dogs, shot this picture as I was heading back to the RV to get ready to leave for therapy.

 

Went to therapy today, had Schlotskys' for lunch - YUM!

 

Left therapy this afternoon, headed back to Ellie. But had to make a pit stop first.

Went to Walmart to get some items to fix my bike with. Like me, my RV & my life, it's getting old too!

I swear.

So bought new brake pads, a new tire tube & some spray paint for some touch ups on it.

That project will probably be taken care of on Thursday.

Therapy again tomorrow & Friday.

 

Then when I got back, I spotted something odd looking on the van.

So I grabbed my camera & stalked it.

 

Well, it was dinner time!

 

I'll spare ya'll, you can click on the photo to enlarge if you like. But I'll keep it small on this page.

;-)

Poor grasshopper. Wonder what it ate before it got eaten??

Yuck.

 

Then I trodded out to the field after running my dogs & tending to my kitties for the sunset.

 

Ha, trodded! Ha, I jest. I limped like a drunk.

 

 

Then I spotted the moon over Ellie.

 

 

Now it's dark. I'd take a pic, but it would be black.

 

Time to go feed the hungry pupper dawgs. I skipped dinner tonight. Sometimes I get nauseated when I'm hurting. This is one of those sometimes. But I did have a good lunch, so I'm good.

 

Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

 

~As always, be kind to your pets, clean up after them on your travels & respect your neighbor~

No Good Deed Goes......Unpunished...

Hi all, hope everyone is well.

Today was an interesting one.


A friend needed me to take her to the airport, Houston Intercontinental. An hour + away. She picks me up in her car, we go over there. Drop her off & bring her car back. It has to be started once a day, so bascially, I'm car sitting. BUT WAIT! The story doesn't stop here! Now why would it? I keep Murphy in my pocket y'know. His darn law caught me again! Go away Murphy!


I'm about halfway back. Service Engine Soon Light comes on. Oh goodie. An extra light that I'd prefer NOT to see! Then the temp gauge rises. Oh goodie, even better! My life has gotten stale & boring, so why not add a little spice to it??? Gee thanks Murphy. I pass my docs office on the way & need to pick up all medical data from them, plus other things for a "surprise" doc appointment that was made for me for next Monday with another doctor. So anyhow, I'm grateful to pull over & go in to let the el-sicko car cool down. Hmmm, I never thought to ask the doc to come out & take a look at the car! My bad. Then after I get paperwork, I need to head over to another clinic for more things. OK, put that addy in phone's gps. OK, it shows me the way. Then it shows me how well el-sicko car can do little tiny turns. It's so impressed with little tiny turns that it keeps asking me to do them! Grrrr, stop it gps! Tell me where I really need to go! Well it can't. So I pull over again, turn off car that says, hey, stop making me dizzy or I'll blow my hood! (thanks Murphy)  So I call docs office, as it turns out, they didn't have what I needed anyhow.


OK el-sicko car, lets try to limp home without firing up...literally. I look around just in case. Nope, no fire extinguisher on board. Isn't it funny how us RVers come to depend on those? Although I hope to NEVER have to actually use one, I still want them on board!


Roll down windows, turn heat on full blast. Once I find the heater. This car is new fangled. The a/c is the same as the heat. You just turn the little arrow button to make it hot or cold. The hottest it goes is 85. So down go all the windows & off we go. Zooom...well, not really. But we go. We go back roads so I can pull over easily if I have to. Did I say easily!?? I get within 4 miles of the RV. I get a light. There's a long line of cars sitting at this light. Oh goodie!! Construction! Just what I need! NOT!
Car says, hey, I think I'm gonna puke. I have a fever! Oh joy. Ok, get out of line & drive to the closest pull over point! I find one about 3 miles down the road. Pull over in the shade, wait a half hour, then get back on the road. Whew, I'm the first car at that light. I don't want el-sicko to idle too long! Light turns green, all other lights amazingly are green, so I'm soooo relieved to pull into that lovely driveway!


All was not lost. We had a very interesting sunset, so I grab camera & head to the back pasture to shoot it.

Then I shot Wrinkles (not with that, with a camera!)

Then when I was by the RV, I noticed little white posies, so I had to shoot them too!

I think they are jasmine.

They are hanging off the big tree & caught my eye. I grabbed my eye back, got the camera & shot them.

Yes, the cat is that blurry in real life. Really. And the tree was planted here years ago. Many years ago. With me in mind. It likes to trip me with it's big fat roots. And it makes me go circles & circles & circles around it with the riding mower. It has a natural gps built into it that makes the riding mower do that. Really.

So all in all, the evening was a beautiful one. I even took time to stop & smell the jasmine. And well for the cat, he's planning on attending an AA meeting tonight.

PS, El Sicko car also has a bunch of windshield wipers. A rear one to wipe it's hiney too. I bumped the secret button that turned it on. Do you know how hard it is to find that secret button? Almost as hard as it was to find the heat button! So here I am driving El Sicko down the highway, it's wiping it's hiney on a bright sunny day. And I have the heat on. Going full blast. It's 85 outside & I have the heat on..Fun.  El Sicko car is staying in the driveway & I will be picking Amy up with the big gas guzzling van instead! I'd surprise her with the RV (which would not thrill her one bit) but I'd have to take a loan out for gas. I feel the need to pay her back...maybe I'll take the riding lawn mower instead.

~As always, be kind to your pets, clean up after them on your travels & respect your neighbor~

What is it? Mexican Eagles & a sunset

Hi, I hope everyone is doing well today.

Thought I'd start out with last nights sunset. It was beautiful! I especially liked the suns rays peering out between the broken clouds in the sky. That was what caught my attention. I ran to the RV, grabbed my camera, then had to hike it to the back pasture to get the shots. Carefully, as it's been raining & it's swampy back there. Our sunsets don't last very long here. You blink & gone! I missed the sun within a matter of a short minute of walking to a spot to try to shoot it, but still caught the rays.

We saw 3 of these birds the other day. Of course, they were spotted on the way home & no camera in hand! No place to pull over for a photo op either. I keep looking for them, but never see them where I can actually pull over for shoots. They are really impressive looking birds. Often referred to as The Mexican Eagle, but are actually Caracara cheriway. They are actually well dressed vultures.
I want to go camping on Gonzales county in Texas to go get my eyes full of them! Or hope to at least. http://www.texasescapes.com/FEATURES/Gonzales_-_Caracara/feature_caracara.htm

This is a stock photo taken from google.

Now for another direction - I have this thing in my kitchen. I call it the Lhama.

Why?

Because it spits on me!

All of the time.

It waits.

It lurks.

I enter.

It spits.

At least it spits a nice odor at me ;-)

And now for the "What is it?" item

What is this?

Care

To

Guess?

Do

You

Know?

Does this help?

How 'bout this?

A porcupine???

Nah, it's a fold up hair brush & mirror!!

Saw it at WalMart the other day & thought it would be a cool gizmo to pack into a back pack someday when I can hike again! Cool or junk? Or maybe just cool junk? My downfall is, I like gadgets! And it's only $1.00 in the travel item section where you buy the small containers to put shampoos & such in.

Oh & tomorrow, someone is supposed to come give me a quote on the overhead repairs. Wish me luck & that it'll be afffffordable!!

~As always, be kind to your pets, clean up after them on your travels & respect your neighbor~