The current of air blew all solar daytime yesterday, although non every bit ferociously every bit it had the nighttime before. Things seem to receive got calmed downwards forthwith that the mutual coldness air has moved inwards to supervene upon the warm. It's nevertheless sunny as well as vivid hither inwards Pahrump though, as well as hence inwards the sunshine it isn't one-half bad. I'm looking forrad to seeing what the solar daytime volition bring. The current of air was forecast to halt yesterday to a greater extent than or less 7:00 p.m. We nevertheless felt it a few times into the night, but all is calm this morning.
We had some errands to run yesterday morning. Mike had an sentiment most how nosotros could slumber ameliorate inwards the wind, which I volition discover to you lot inwards exactly a moment. First, I stitched upward yesterday's inchy. This 1 was easy...all backstitch.
This year's inchies are structured to a greater extent than or less the letters of the alphabet. Not each inchy has a letter, but each corresponds to a letter. They're going to teach harder every bit nosotros become along. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 milliner's needle was listed every bit 1 of the necessary supplies, as well as that tin hateful alone 1 thing: the dreaded bullion stitch...or else the cast-on stitch. Who knows what evil lurks?
The kitties appreciate that our windows as well as their window perches in 1 lawsuit once to a greater extent than receive got a southern exposure, as well as hence they tin receive got their forenoon sunbaths.
You tin run across their wheat grass on the tabular array below Sadie. We're trying to grow it dorsum piece they hap the other batch nosotros purchased for them. It powerfulness request the handle of some fertilizer.
Smitty got besides hot during his sunbath, as well as moved to the comfort of a shaded quilt for his forenoon nap.
Eventually nosotros headed out to run our errands. First halt was Home Depot. Mainly, I took this motion painting hence you lot could run across the flag...the current of air is blowing it direct out. We had to hang onto our doors each fourth dimension nosotros got out of the truck. We genuinely had a door outpouring ruined inwards a high current of air once.
This truck was parked inwards the parking lot. There's zip to run across here, but nosotros accept pictures of anything related to cats or containing the word, "cat." We receive got our rules hither at .
Inside, nosotros saw these niggling "grafted" cacti. I knew you'd desire to run across them too.
After that, nosotros made a quick grocery trip, as well as and hence dorsum to the RV where Mike worked some magic. It requires an explanation. In the prototype below is our sleeping accommodation slide. All of the slides receive got what nosotros telephone telephone "slide toppers." Not all RVs receive got them, but nosotros had them installed every bit an after-market exceptional on this novel RV.
They're a kind of awning, as well as they maintain pelting from collecting on the travel yesteryear of the slide when we're parked. Our laid about RV did non receive got them, as well as when nosotros brought inwards the slide as well as went downwards the road, H2O ended upward all over the within of the RV...on the floor...on the furniture. Not a proficient feature, every bit you lot powerfulness imagine. The former RV had them, but most of the newer ones don't, as well as hence ours were installed later.
Now...here's the problem: In high winds, they luff against the travel yesteryear of the slide as well as brand quite a racket. It kept us awake our laid about nighttime here. But we'd seen this homemade contraption inwards a long-ago trip to Port Aransas, on the Texas gulf coast, where it seems the current of air blows constantly. So Mike picked upward some supplies as well as built this...I-don't-know-what-to-call-it...thing, alongside some PVC pipe, 2 PVC elbows as well as some rope. He attached elbows to either side of the pipe, as well as and hence ran some rope through it. Now, it holds downwards the sheet slide topper hence that it won't musical rhythm out against the travel yesteryear of the slide inwards the wind. Nifty, huh? And forthwith that he's gone to all this trouble, I figure it pretty much guarantees in that place volition live no to a greater extent than current of air for the balance of our trip.
Okay, as well as hence that wasn't the halt of yesterday's excitement. We struck out alongside the hummingbird feeder dorsum inwards Hemet, but nosotros lay it upward in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than earlier leaving the RV yesterday morning. Our laid about clue the hummers had constitute it was when Sadie nearly jumped through the window to teach at this guy.
Smitty had the proficient feel to sentry the goings on from the comfort of the couch as well as through his kitty window.
Oh my...they lay on quite a show. I'm going to approximate in that place were most one-half a dozen buzzing to a greater extent than or less at diverse times. Of course, I took a zillion pictures of them.
We saw 4 at a fourth dimension waiting at the feeder...and enough of fighting...there are alone 2 holes, as well as anyone who's always watched hummingbirds knows that they are non proficient most sharing. There was enough of fighting too, although these 2 seemed willing to part at to the lowest degree a niggling bit.
These are Annas Hummingbirds, similar the ones nosotros receive got dorsum home.
So that was fun. Temperatures went below freezing final night, as well as hence nosotros brought inwards the feeder. It's a modest feeder, as well as hence it needed to live refilled anyway. Mainly, nosotros didn't desire it to freeze. As I'm sitting here, in that place are hummers buzzing to a greater extent than or less exterior looking for it. I tin take away heed them chipping as well as chirping, "WTF, Man?" We'll lay it upward in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than in 1 lawsuit the temperatures teach a niggling warmer.
Finally toward the halt of the day, Himself lay on a coating of Awesome Sauce as well as got out for a walk. Usually his laid about walk inwards a novel venue lasts every bit long every bit it takes him to become from the bottom stride to the travel yesteryear 1 as well as dorsum inwards the RV. The fourth dimension at Hemet seemed to give him fourth dimension to sympathize that most Mans as well as woofies are non at all interested inwards him. He had a proficient walk, although an icy current of air was blowing. At 1 point, a Man walked by. Smitty hunched downwards a little, but didn't panic. The Man walked by, as well as nosotros continued on our way.
Even our shadow selves were amazed at his courage.
Afterward, nosotros went dorsum within to dispense Treats of Valor. As for me, I had a Bloody Mary. We bought a six-pack of V-8 to exercise inwards a recipe a piece back. I brand a pork chop marinade that uses 1 of the modest cans of V-8. I don't similar purchasing a whole big tin because (a) it doesn't jibe good inwards the refrigerator, as well as (b) nosotros don't drinkable that much V-8. Nevertheless, nosotros had 5 cans left from the six-pack, as well as hence what are you lot going to do? Bloody Marys, of course. We were exactly doing our role to trim back waste.
We ended upward cutting the travel yesteryear off that stem of celery. You could poke your oculus out! We used the Classic V8 Bloody Mary recipe. The recipe I've linked to in that place is from the United Kingdom, as well as hence they exercise weird measurements...sorry my Metric arrangement friends. For my friends who exercise the arrangement nosotros exercise hither inwards the USA (in defiance of the ease of the world, I powerfulness add), I'll tell you lot that it takes 1 loving cup of V-8 as well as 1-1/2 oz. of vodka. The ease of the measurements should brand consummate sense. Oh yes, as well as "hot chili sauce" equals "Tabasco"...a dyad of dashes, depending on how much spice you lot like. And forthwith that we've had these, nosotros powerfulness receive got to purchase some to a greater extent than V8!
So that was our solar daytime yesterday. As far every bit I know, there's zip on today's agenda aside from refilling as well as replacing the hummingbird feeder. Hummingbirds await, as well as they are growing impatient. I wouldn't lay it yesteryear them to overturn the RV looking for the feeder. As I've been proof-reading this post, Mike lay the feeder dorsum outside. They didn't fifty-fifty hold off for him to complete hanging it. He says they practically knocked him off the ladder. Does anyone dubiousness the truth of that?
It powerfulness live a sewing day. Just sayin'.