They put some new signs up on the boat launch. Yikes. They have run out of paved boat launch and have these slippery metal grates now. PHX/LAX/LAS all pull their water from here and they have let these populations grow 10x. They are still building houses, sigh. Duckies were waiting for their weekly crackers.
So the new front patio is awesome but we still get too much sun in the afternoon. I was looking at cloth sails or retractable shades but I did not want something flapping around in the wind making lots of noise.
I went to Highland Steel downtown LV and bought 80ft of angle iron. I wanted extra laying around for other projects. All the bamboo was sold out of Lowes/HD so I had to order a roll on line. I figure bamboo will let the wind through and block most of the sun.
Another good day for a bike ride. Mid 70s and slight overcast to keep the sun at bay. Some of the flowers are back this year. Some of the cactus are still alive. Last spring hardly had any flowers as there was not a lot of rain the previous year. This last year was much better but it will take a few years for new plants to get going again.
Now that all the concrete is out of the garage, we can ride bikes again. Fed the ducks at the lake. They like saltine crackers. I like crackers over popcorn as you can fling them far out into the water. Popcorn blows back onto the dock and then the seagulls attack.
Most of the rock is in place and mortared. I still need to make the west side flower bed, a property divider, fill with gravel, and touch up the paint. I am also going to weld up a sun shade for the far side of the patio. But the heavy lifting is mostly done.
You can see the small flower bed up front with red lanterns, rosemary, hibiscus, and gardenia. I hope they can survive this heat.
See all the pictures on the PROJECTS page HERE.
We rented a car and drove out to Carlsbad California for our ‘half-anniversary’. Stayed at the Hilton right across the street with a balcony and view of the ocean. They had a decent restaurant in side and was quite nice. We did a LOT of walking along the shore. There were not a lot of people on the beach and we had miles of beach mostly to ourselves. We found a really good seafood restaurant in town, Bluewater.
More pictures on the gallery page and also at Shutterfly
Taylor and Jose hosted their 11 years old boy, Neto’s birthday at their home.
This was a first time visited their place for me. We always have good conversations and laughter with TayTay, Jose, Ray, and TithTith.
Rob was working on the front yard and did not want to miss the good weather day to be used for this project.
We understand – because it will be over 100F very quickly here!
I would like to express my gratitude to my husband, the Lord of 6th Street Manor, Sir Rob.
February is always festive due to First Anniversary, Valentine’s Day, and Marriage Anniversary 🙂
Happy Valentines’ Day!
The driveway here is narrow and you cant open both car doors. The neighbor’s retaining wall is starting to erode away and that side was an eyesore so we are attempting to fix all that. The driveway was dug back a foot and some bricks were put down and now we just have to build up the wall using stones from the corrals nearby. We gave the poor palm tree a new home.
Ventured to the Bellagio for somebody’s 79th birthday. They had the Chinese New Year theme out. It’s the year of the Tiger. There were crowds inside but not crazy amounts of people. Lots of marijuana smokers outside.
