This is the view looking east from the point where our access road meets the pavement. The hieroglyph mountains are in the distance and the wash runs downward toward a storm drain about a quarter mile away. Click on the image to enlarge.
Retirement
Lemon Harvest
Now that the lemons are ripe, we went to the “orchard” next to the RV drive and pruned off all the lemons. These are the “Lisbon” variety of lemons. There were about forty on the tree before we picked them today.
The bucket in the image to the left measures about a foot in diameter and is fifteen inches deep. Click on the image to enlarge.
Most of the lemons are quite large. We’re planning on giving some to the neighbors and keeping a few in our fruit bowl for our Friday fish meal.
OREO
This nice Boston Terrier showed up unexpectedly at our back screen door this morning just after I finished taking our dogs for a walk. She was wearing a harness but there were no tags or other identifying information. She was friendly and just wanted to meet and greet our dogs.
Image – “Oreo” courtesy Damsel. Click image to enlarge.
Eventually, we could hear someone up on the hill behind us calling out, “OREO!” It was her owner – I called back and told him that we had the dog. I walked her up the wash where the owner met us and took custody of her.
Blogging Day Off
Taking the day off from posting. Enjoy this picture of The Damsel enjoying the view near our new home.
The Other Road
We walked up the hill to our neighbor’s house to check on it (he’s out of town) a couple of days ago. While we were up there, I took a picture looking down at the next road over. A couple of saguaros, a mesquite tree with a wagon wheel and a cholla make nice landscape at the entrance of another neighbor’s house. Casandro Wash is in the background. Click on the image to enlarge.
Roadrunner
We saw this roadrunner on our way back from taking the dogs to the park. It was about 500 feet down the road from our house. I got out of the truck to try and get a closer picture but the little guy ran down the road (what else would a roadrunner do?) into a thicket. Click on the image to enlarge.
One Year Ago Today
One year ago the house looked like this. Mouse over the image to see our home today.