The monsoon season has definitely kicked in here in the White Mountains of Arizona. We have been getting some rain almost every day, sometimes just a quick shower and other times a borderline deluge. It’s enough that we haven’t had to water Terry’s outdoor plants or the clover I planted, and everything is looking nice […]
Arizona’s monsoon season officially began on June 15, but Mother Nature didn’t seem to get that memo. Except for a few scattered showers that didn’t last long, we haven’t had any precipitation, and Lord knows we desperately need it because we are in such a bad drought situation. But yesterday, the rain finally came. I […]
Arizona’s monsoon season might end September 30th, but Mother Nature is sure giving us what she can while she can. It was dreary all day yesterday with showers off and on, and in the evening it started raining in earnest. We are supposed to have even more rain today. Since we’ve been in a perpetual […]
I had an appointment with my primary care provider yesterday about my toe, which has an infection I can’t get rid of. She referred me to a local podiatrist with a good reputation and said I should be hearing something within a few days about an appointment with him. I’ve lost so much weight that […]
Anybody who has known me for long, especially anybody who ever went to our Gypsy Journal RV rallies, knows that bad weather seems to follow me around like a hungry dog if I had a pocket full of pork chops. No matter where I am or what I’m doing, Mother Nature often has other ideas. […]
As I said in yesterday’s blog, Terry’s mother has been having some health issues and we didn’t want to leave Arizona until we knew what the status was on them. We got a call after her doctor’s appointment yesterday morning letting us know things look good for now, so we prepared to get on the […]
Thank you to everybody who left blog comments, Facebook comments, or sent e-mails congratulating us on the purchase of our Airstream B van. We are sure we are going to enjoy it. I would have loved to have spent time yesterday getting used to the van and all the different controls and how they work, […]
In a blog post a few days ago, I mentioned ordering a Husqvarna 525RX weed eater to tackle some of the high weeds growing up around our property that I couldn’t get to with the bushhog mower and my tractor. I was looking forward to getting the weed eater, and eager to get started. But I […]
While I was posting a link to yesterday’s blog on Facebook, Terry made breakfast burritos with eggs and some leftover pork roast from the night before. They were delicious. After breakfast I spent an hour or so going through and answering the morning’s e-mail. I was honored and humbled when I read one from noted […]
If you are among the millions of Americans in the path of the vicious storm systems that are tearing through the country, please be careful and take care of yourselves. Mother Nature seems to be on a real rampage. Except for a lot of heat and humidity, and an occasional thunderstorm, our area of west-central […]
After a couple of days of almost nonstop rain, we had blue sky and pleasant temperatures yesterday. I was pleased to see that our backyard, which at first looked like it was just as saturated as it had been before we had the French drains and the regrading done, was looking much better because so […]
We knew we had a big storm coming in last night, with a lot of rain, and wind gusts up to 50 mph predicted. We wanted to get at least the large open end of the area under our office enclosed before that hit to keep the plastic vapor barrier on the ground from getting […]
Though our grass really needed it, I was disappointed that it rained all day Friday because I wanted to take advantage of the slightly cooler weather to get a lot of work done outside. But as it turns out, Mother Nature never consults with me ahead of time. However, yesterday turned out to be a […]
I’m back with more questions from blog readers about RVing, my writing activities, what’s happening in our lives since we hung up the keys, and all kinds of other things. While I try to answer all questions individually, I also share some here occasionally. Q. I know your new place is keeping you busy, but […]
Yesterday turned out to be a very productive day for us, even in ways we did not expect. The day started out just as hot and humid as it has been. When I let Alli out to go potty about 7:30 I could already feel the heat starting to build. We sure are glad we […]
Thanks to everyone who expressed concern for us and for Travis and Geli after all of the storm damage. We are all hanging in there, and it looks like we’re not out of the woods yet. As I write this a little before midnight on Sunday, another round of storms is headed our way and […]
After reading yesterday’s blog, where I talked about tornado warnings in our area, someone told me they would never live in a place that has tornadoes. What can I say? There aren’t that many places in the country that don’t have tornadoes, and every place has the possibility of some kind of natural disaster. I […]
We have been getting a lot of rain the last couple of days, and I’m not complaining about that at all because our lawn and citrus trees definitely needed it. Much of Florida has been in a drought for the last couple of years, so anytime Mother Nature decides to send some rain our way, […]
I had such a good time knocking out 7,000 words in my new book, Big Lake Ranger, on Sunday that I did the same thing again yesterday! That puts me at over 34,000 words, and with a couple more days like that, I will be well past the halfway mark. I never know exactly what […]
A series of severe thunderstorms came through Central Florida Saturday night, with tornado warnings in several counties, including ours. As usual, the brunt of it went north or south of us, leaving us with periods of heavy rain off and on, but that was about it. But it was still a tense night around here. […]