After spending my winter in Yuma, Arizona and spring in Pahrump, Nevada it was time to come to Northern California to do a few things to the little mobile home Bob and I bought last year. Right after I got here the heat dome formed over the pacific northwest. Heating up the areas I was thinking of spending my summer in. I don't do hot. So I decided to stay here at my home for the summer. It's a mile from the coast and in the fog belt, nice and cool. So just like that, I went from fulltime rving to part time rving.
I found a painter/handyman who had some time to paint the outside of the home. In 5 days we went from dirty light blue with white trim to vibrant green with dark blue trim. Wow, you might say, actually this cul-de-sac has several homes with vibrant colors. We fit right in.
Next on the list is to replace the skirting and paint the gates and get some plants out front.
Have I told you, we have a greenhouse? When we bought the home the greenhouse was filled with junk that was overgrown with berry bushes. think thorns. Bob and a neighbor cleaned it all out and now we have food growing. Peppers, squash, mellons, cucumbers, strawberries and tomatoes.
Bob talking to his strawberries.
Bubba talking to the cucumbers.
Butterfly talking to the flowers.
(photo credit to Bob on this one)
We have some wild things growing in our yard.
This is Giant Rhubarb from Brazil, about 5.5 feet tall,
no relation to rhubarb.
Back side of Giant Rhubarb.
Yes, those are thorns and flowers.
And we have Salmonberries.
Like blackberries but salmon colored.
Yummy.
I've spent the last week moving out of the RV and into my bedroom. No there won't be any pictures of that chaos. By the middle of next week the RV will be in storage. A very sad day. But I'm comfortable here and it's cool.
The kitties are really having fun being able to run around free and are fitting into cat community. On our cul-de-sac, between 8 houses there are 8 cats. So far, things are going well for all the kitties.
In the fall I'll be going down the Baja for my Mexico fix. Didn't go last year because of covid so really looking forward to getting back.
That's it for now. So far, this summer, no fires near us, no smoke and cool temps.
Counting our blessings.
Evelyn, Bubba and Missie
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