Scenery

Greetings Earthlings!  How are you all doing in this time of fear and loathing.  It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

The weather continues to be stellar if not a wee bit toasty.  I'll take it over Spokane where it is 41F and raining.  

Here we have an ocotillo in the side yard.  He was late to leaf out last spring, and he never really bloomed.  But, he's not dead, so that's good.

This is a tree in the front yard.  It drips leaves and debris on four ugly plants that grow under it.  We're going to have the landscape dudes dig them up.  The leaves deposit in the ugly plants and make piles of debris that is difficult to remove.

The ugly plants in question.  Three large rocks will be placed artistically in the general area.

I saw this riding this morning.  This is one of the most magnificent bougainvilleas I have seen recently. I love the way it drapes itself over the wall. 

 Jim's back continues on the path of weirdness.  We put the bike rack on the car day before yesterday.  It's fairly stout, and we were slow in getting the shank into the receiver. Jim's back was not happy about this.  At first we feared it was more spine badness, but I think it was actually muscle strain.  Yesterday was a bad day, today was fine.  There was a bike ride and then a trip to JC Penny's for a curtain rod.  That store has really changed, there are way fewer places to pay.  Macy's has changed, as well.  They put all the shoes out on shelves, like the bargain shoe stores, and shoes are now self serve.  That actually works for me, I hate shoe guys hovering over me and my wretched feet, wishing I would just buy something and leave.  

I'm giving it a rest on the orange gibbon today.  You're welcome.