Another
year is almost gone and we’ve little to show for it. Thankfully neither of us
was gravely ill, though I did have a nasty respiratory infection in June which
took me a month to recover. Then there was the 12 hour bout of food poisoning
while I was in Florida visiting my aunt which was not fun while it lasted.
The
AC died in summer and had to have a new part. In September the heater suffered
from a similar malady. About the time the AC was ill we discovered that the
refrigerator freezer was full of ice. Instead of falling into the ice tray,
water was spraying down the back of the freezer. It had to go so now I have the
old reliable ice tray doing the job.
We
traveled to see relatives for visits and for memorials. We’re all getting old.
It was fun to see all the aunts, uncles and cousins and remember those who have
passed on.
Gary and I watch the antics of the
squirrels and chipmunks that use our back fence as a super highway. We know
there are at least two lesser chipmunks around because we’ve seen them together
on occasion. There are literally hordes of squirrels that chase each other up
and down the tall pines and run down the fence with peanuts and then leave
little holes all over the yard where they have been digging.
Green
leaves sprouted last spring where I had not planted them. It finally dawned on
me that the sprouting plants were sunflowers. The squirrels had little garden
plots all over the yard where they had deposited the sunflower seeds they took
from the neighbor’s bird feeders. The javelina paid us a visit last week and
rooted up the front flower bed. The elk have wandered through the neighborhood
and tasted this and that, but found nothing much to their liking so they move
on leaving a tracks and poop.
The
weather here has been gorgeous all year. We enjoy walking in the afternoon.
Gary has been out riding his motorcycle a few times and I play a little tennis
and bowl. Both of us listen to a lot of podcasts and I watch too much TV.
Mostly I watch the Hallmark Channel and baseball. Those Dbacks are getting
harder and harder to watch. You think they’re going to get it together and then
they drop the ball—literally.
