Spring Ain't Comin' Anytime Soon!

Just when you get a hint of Spring. POW! Right in the kisser! We had rain one night last week and woke up to this the next morning.

Helloooooo! Is anyone out there? This is only the second time we've had fog at the ranch.

It actually lasted for a couple of hours. It smelled a lot like Oregon out side, damp, woodsy. I loved it.

A good day to stay inside and read. Speaking of reading, I just read a book (yes, I can read and quite well, thank you) . It is titled THE GOLD OF EXODUS by Howard Blum. It's a true story of two guys who use the Bible to find the true Mount Sinai. I couldn't bare to put it down. The place where all the tourists visit isn't the real site of Mt. Sinai. At one point they used satellite pictures and had them analyzed and they could see a wide path going into the Red Sea and coming out the other side in Saudi Arabia and going into the desert. They had to sneak into a secret Saudi military base where they found the boundry stones around a mountain, they found the twelve pillars talked about in the Old Testament and the real Mt. Sinai's peak is black like it was burned in a fire. Plus some other things mentioned in the Bible. It was a fascinating read. It was written in 1998 and said a movie was being made. I searched on line and couldn't find the movie so I e-mailed the author to see if it had been made with a different title. Within an hour, Mr. Blum e-mailed me back saying authors work faster than producers but the movie is still supposed to be made. I was really surprised to hear from the author. I thought my e-mail would go straight to the round file. Thank you Mr. Blum!

We're still loving the visit from the local birds. Lots of Robins, Bluebirds and a Red Shafted Flicker. The little house Finches are back, can Spring be far behind?

 Isn't he pretty? He has perfect little circles on his breast.

 When he flies away you can see the red shafts of his feathers. They are quite large, bigger than a Robin.

 Robins and Bluebirds

 Bluebirds and Robins

"You lookin' at me?"

This morning we woke up to a mini blizzard. The snow was coming in sideways thanks to the wind. It was windy all day yesterday and all day today. We actually got a quarter inch of snow but it blew into the next county and didn't stay on the ground long. We went from a high of 60 yesterday to a high of 38 today. I played in my craft room and made cards. What would I do without my craft room! I practically live in here.

Here one minute and gone the next.

This is how Jaz spent the day. Pa doesn't have any hobbies so he doesn't like days when you have to stay inside. On nice days he is piddling in his workshop/storage container. The well is all done so he doesn't have to worry about that anymore. We actually went to the community well and filled up our 250 gallon tote the other day. Anyway, Pa decided to go to Saint Johns to buy some milk and while he was there, he picked up some green beans,pink grapefruit and two roasts. That took him a couple of hours so it gave him something to do. I just don't understand people who have no hobbies. I have so many, I can't do them all! And there are so many more I want to try! So many hobbies and so little time!!! And so little cash! That's always a bummer.

A lady from Reserve, New Mexico called and said she wanted to buy the old fridge and was sending her brother in law to buy it. Pa met the guy at the highway to show him how to get to the house. Just a mile from our place, Pa looked in the rear view mirror and the guy was doing a U-turn!!!! The lady called and said he just didn't feel comfortable out here. He must be a sissy boy city boy. Darn it, I had that money spent already on a new water pump for the house so we would have a back up. So the old fridge is still sitting in the kitchen taking up room. I just wish someone would buy it.
I've done run out of things to say so see ya next time!