Clyda
went back up to Lynden, WA 2 days after we came home from our winter
trip. Her sister is not doing well and Clyda wanted to be there for
her.
I
in the mean time have a long list of to-do items. The most pressing
was to get control of the weeds in the garden area and the flower
beds. The rains that we did have while we were gone greened up the
local hills but also made the weeds grow. The garden area was tackled
with the lawn mower which made short work of them. The tree areas and
the flower beds took much longer. Basically I did it on my knees
using my gloved hands to do the pulling. This works fine except we
have lots of cactus which require fineness and the use of forceps to
get around the sharp thorns. Over the last week I have filled 3 of
the large green waste barrels. They were emptied yesterday so that
was good.
We
are expecting rain over the next few days and hopefully it will
amount to something. The hills are still nice and green and rain
would help keep them that way. Anticipating rain, I bought a 6 foot
length of tubing to direct rain water from a shed roof into garbage
cans to be used to water plants later. We are still under a severe
drought restriction by the water district so every gallon counts. I
also direct our wash machine water into 2 plastic barrels and from
there it flows through a hose onto the side yard. It isn't much, but
it does keep the grass green.
The
other things on my list involve the RV. I have several major things
that need doing none of which would prevent me from using it if I
needed to but they do need to be done. I need to replace the kitchen
faucet and I need to work on the pump switch.
I
did get the rig vacuumed today and the floor scrubbed so that is
done. I need to run the two Honda generators as it has been more than
a month since I last used them. They need to be run periodically so
they will start when needed. When I don't plan to use them for some
time I drain the gas from the carburetors. This is recommended by the
local Honda dealer.
I
had a long list of people to call after I got home. Some of that is
done with more to call next week.
While
we were in Willcox I took a photo of an old building on a back road.
It just caught my eye.
