Along alongside getting dorsum on our diets, I've recommitted to the 10K measuring goal on FitBit. Every trivial thing, right? When I rootage got a FitBit, I was all inwards on the 10K goal, together with it was a practiced goal. And then, I forget what happened...I got sick, or something...and the goal got lost inwards the shuffle, together with it was never resumed. But, similar I said, it's a practiced goal, together with so I'm going to acquire dorsum to it. Boring, I know. I hope to rarely advert it. But it's a practiced lead-in to this post, so comport alongside me, okay?
With that inwards mind, I had some jeans to wash, together with so I walked from the RV to the laundry room together with dorsum iii times yesterday: i time to start the laundry, i time to pose it inwards the dryer, together with i time to collect it. Disappointingly, this exclusively earned me 1,500 steps per trip. And that meant I needed to move out together with create some to a greater extent than walking if I was to achieve my goal. Along the way, I figured I'd receive got some pictures together with present you lot the area.
So, we're a trivial crammed inwards here, but it isn't besides bad. Between each infinite is a hedge for some privacy...and, you lot know...good fences, together with all that. We're pressed upward against the San Jacinto Mountains. You tin forcefulness out run into some snowfall upward transcend there. It's an agricultural area, together with so, surprisingly light-green yesteryear Southern California standards.
Just a few "streets" downward is what nosotros affectionately refer to every bit the "driving range," if you're into that.
We started coming hither nigh x years ago. The trees were already tall, but they've grown fifty-fifty taller since then. I beloved the many appointment palms planted on the grounds.
And I don't know what variety of a tree this is, but they're rattling pretty, together with quite tall now.
And this is a huge park. It's truly a trivial community unto itself, every bit I'll present you lot inwards a minute. I was walking some the perimeter on this walk. When I got to the far end, I could run into all the agency to the contrary end. As you lot tin forcefulness out see, it extends on to infinity together with beyond! (I ever similar that problem from Buzz Light Year. I country it every bit oftentimes every bit possible.)
As you lot mightiness guess, I took pictures of every blooming thing. I'll tell you...this is i of the things I most missy nigh living inwards a warmer climate...the bougainvillia. So beautiful. They come upward inwards many colors.
This was someone's potted barrel cactus, but starting to bloom.
This is i of those cuddly trivial hedgehog cacti, also but starting to bloom.
What are these? Chrysanthemums? African Daisies? It doesn't truly affair what they're called. They're pretty.
This is pyracantha.
Snapdragons. These are planted close the gate entrance to the RV park.
Pansies together with ornamental cabbages.
Near the pool, in that place were blooming Bird of Paradise. I took quite a few pictures here. They mightiness live practiced candidates for the Ruth McDowell trend of quilts. Did I tell you lot I signed upward for some other cast alongside Ann Shaw inwards May? I did. I'll country to a greater extent than nigh that later.
This is growing close the office/clubhouse/mail room area.
Okay, forthwith allow me to acquire all maudlin for a second. So...I'm no stranger to loss both inwards my personal life, together with because I worked alongside grieving families when I was a practicing social worker. One thing I learned nigh loss, together with peculiarly when it hits abode personally, is that it tin forcefulness out leave of absence you lot feeling every bit if you've had the carpet pulled out from nether you. With the loss of a loved one, one's run together with futurity plans tin forcefulness out also live lost, together with and so what? And the thing everyone volition tell you lot is that you lot shouldn't brand of import decisions spell you're grieving, right? And so how are you lot supposed to know what to create next, peculiarly when modify is inevitable.
So alongside that inwards take away heed together with without ever truly making it whatever sort of goal, I've created a Plan B for myself. I hope Mike together with I alive a long time, but things happen, together with modify tin forcefulness out come upward literally inwards a carve upward second. My Plan B is to come upward here...to this RV park...and buy a common model similar to this one. There are quite a few inwards the park. They're a sort of half-length unmarried broad manufactured home, together with they're truly rattling overnice for but i person...or fifty-fifty 2 people who truly similar i another. This is exclusively i style.
Here's some other at the far terminate of the common that's for sale. There's some other i adjacent door to it. Some people utilisation the dorsum one-half of that carport to add together on a pocket-size room or a screened inwards patio.
And who knows if I'll level postulate to enact Plan B, but it gives me comfort to know what I'll create adjacent if the worst should happen. This is a overnice trivial community, together with I could live happy here.
So moving on...hummingbirds.
And other yard art.
Here's the horseshoe pit. Have I ever introduced you lot to my shadow self? She ever comes alongside me when I walk on sunny days. When it rains...nah...she stays behind.
This is a putting green, although these folks were using it to play bocce ball yesterday...or peradventure it was lawn bowling. I wasn't truly sure.
These are the sand volleyball courts. Mike likes to play volleyball. There are also pickle ball courts together with shuffleboard, of course.
The puddle expanse is rattling overnice together with the puddle is ever pristine. There are truly iii pools here. Two are used for H2O volleyball games together with H2O exercise. There are also iii hot tubs here. They are iii dissimilar temperatures. Think Goldilocks.
And there's more. I'll present you lot some to a greater extent than of the common on futurity walks. After walking some the perimeter of the park, I yet needed 1,500 steps, together with so Mike got out alongside me for that lastly force to my goal...and yes, I did brand it. Time to start i time again today.
Now here's something...
As for my hand, it's looking pretty good. I yet receive got a twosome of days left on the antibiotic, but the redness together with bruising receive got faded. It's yet slightly swollen, but the injure is healing.
And this trivial someone here...she's gazing downward at Smitty, considering whether to boot the beehive or not. She likes to start something upward together with and so whine together with outcry together with acquire Smitty inwards trouble.
And after biting me, it isn't hard to acquire him inwards trouble. No biting, Mister.
Also, yesterday, I finished the transcend one-half of the 5th Snow Globe block.
Now I've moved the hoop so that I tin forcefulness out sew upward the bottom one-half together with complete it. And then...a novel project!
Also today, inwards improver to endeavoring to acquire inwards my 10k steps, in that place is a Farmer's Market. It happens every Tuesday. We're truly hoping to grade some locally grown avocados. We bought some from a twosome of boys selling them on the street our lastly watch downward here. They were similar butter...delicious. Mike's dad used to grow avocados prior to his decease inwards 1995. And here's a storey nigh him.
Our name, "Stanbro," isn't difficult. It's pronounced precisely how it's spelled, together with thus, spelled precisely how it's pronounced. That doesn't halt us from getting all sorts of weird pronunciations, spellings, together with weirdly-addressed mail. Some of our favorites from his mom together with dad were addressed to his dad, who's call was "Harold Albert" To-wit:
Harold A. St. Anbro
but our favorite yesteryear far was this one. Think nigh his initials:
Hastan Bros.
So forever after, he'd ship us shipments of avocados alongside the provide address of "Hastan Bros. Orchards." Geez, I missy the avocados. But I missy the human being fifty-fifty more.
Okay...so I know you'll live waiting on tenterhooks to detect out whether nosotros scored whatever avocados. I'll live certain to permit you lot know inwards my adjacent post.