Okayyyy, I’m Back - j
February 1st, 2010Sore throat, fever, stopped up nose ‘n all. Sorry I didn’t get a post done yesterday. It seems this is the season for Judy to get sick.
Do ya think Mari’s germs just sat and incubated for a whole month before they attacked me? Prolly… She’s a unique person with unique happenings in her life. Nothing is normal with her. LOL
While Marv ‘n Deb’s friends, Randy ‘n Char(lene I think), ‘n Deb’s brother Bob ‘n his wife, Susie were here we took a drive to the Desert Bar The desert bar is a must see (one time) but Thom and I don’t have any desire to to go back. Click on the words “Desert Bar” to visit their website. After the Desert Bar we went on to the west side of the Colorado River. Driving along Hwy 95 south we pass several campgrounds. The wild burros frequent this area and again I got shots of a couple of them. This time a Momma ‘n baby (Jenny?).
Four days ago Thom and I decided to go on the first leg of our exploring trip along California hwy 95 north. We had Bob & Susie with us. Just outside of Blythe we found a “farmer” who was selling grapefruit for 8/$1 and tangerines 15/$1. Sue and I both picked up the grapefruit and I grabbed some tangerines.
About 10 - 12 miles outside of Blythe there is a turnoff to the Blythe Intaglios. I took a couple of photos but the Intaglios are so big you can’t get a decent shot without being at least 30 feet in the air. By the way, the word Intaglio is the opposite of embossed.
I do have a shot of the gorgeous mountains to the south of the intaglios. That’s our car in the shot.
Further north I saw a great white Heron on the side of the road. Thom was kind enuff to stop and stalk the guy so I could take photos.
One more photo… A couple of days ago Deb came over and asked me what I’d do with a hummingbird just sitting on the ground in front of her trailer. I instantly thought the hummer had whammed a window or a pole of their canopy. I went over there and picked the hummer up and just cupped it in my hand until it started moving around a bit. I then put it on the hummer feeder and it flew to Marv’s car. It was still stunned so I got a few really good shots of it, and then it “woke up” and took off. I was especially pleased because this hummer was a Costa’s Hummingbird
n I’ve not gotten a good shot of one showing the purple gorget. This photo shows him still fluffed out with gorget spread out in a threatening manner. This is his way to appear bigger and a threat even though he was totally out of control.
Today we went with Marv ‘n Deb to Mexico to pick up prescription drugs ‘n a few things in Yuma. I felt pretty good this morning heading out… no fever… etc., but by the time we got home I had a fever and felt like crap! This evening my fever is at 101F ‘n I’m trying to figure out a way to breath with my sinuses all stopped up. Wish me luck ya’ll!
Sorry this is such a weird disjointed post, maybe next time I’ll be healthy again.
Sorry you are not feeling well. Debbie and I are in Tucson now for the next two months and she is not feeling well either. I think something’s in the air that has got her allergies all going. She does do better when taking Sudafed PE and also using the Afrin nasal spray.
Joe
While I am VERY special…I hope it wasn’t my germs that made you sick. That might qualify me for special testing, and I’m not really excited about that.