Four Do Nothing Days

Monday, February 1, 2021

Not a picture was taken today. It was one of those dull grey days. Not complaining just stating a fact. We did stuff inside nothing exciting just stuff. 

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Today the mobile tech guy came out and the jacks are now retracted and we can move. So that made it a pretty darn good day. Other then that we spent the day just doing stuff. Today's sunset was worth watching and that is what we did. Pictures below of the sky filling with color and the mountains around us.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

I did not actually catch the sun sinking behind the mountains tonight but I did catch a lovely glow after it went down. We were also treated to a beautiful afterglow of color again tonight. Plus, it was a really nice evening just warm enough to sit and enjoy the darkness envelope us. There was a quietness we have only ever found out here in the desert which was only broken with the conversation we had with our neighbors for a while and each other. 

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Our view this morning as we enjoyed our coffee.

By the time I thought of taking a sunset picture it had, like

last night already dropped behind the mountain. So I  

decided to take it with the Photo Illustration effect.

No clouds today so no colorful afterglow.

As we were sitting out this morning enjoying our coffee in the sunshine and the warmth it brings looking out towards the mountains the first thought is just how lucky we are to be enjoying this lifestyle in our retirement. Yet even in the enjoyment of siting and enjoying the quite I started to let my mind go to the needs to get done list and I could feel myself getting anxious.  I reminded myself first there is nothing on that list that cannot wait and secondly there is nothing wrong with just sitting and enjoying the moment. Then our neighbor called out, as he was unfolding a chair to sit and relax in, do you ever feel guilty about just sitting and doing nothing and Tom said, no and I whispered to Tom well sometime. Which of course got me thinking about how we sometimes forget that this is a lifestyle and not a vacation. When I say vacation I am referring to those two or three frantic weeks we enjoyed each year filling every moment with doing and seeing. I am not knocking those vacations they were filled with what are now wonderful memories to be treasured. Yet at the same time I am one of the ones who will admit they were exhausting. I am pretty sure Tom was glad to go back to work to relax... 😊 after all that fun. Sometimes we/I forget this is our daily life we just live on wheels now so where we park our home changes. That does not mean we have to fill every moment with doing and seeing it is okay to kick back and relax. Something I had to remind myself of as I put together the above four days for the blog because I could feel myself feeling guilty that we had not done anything I could think of to write about.  Then I started thinking about this morning as Tom and I sat drinking our coffee mostly in silence how my mind had wandered landing on the above thoughts and I decided to share those thoughts. Plus, it was a good reminder to me that it is okay to say, Today was a do nothing day several days in a row.

Friday, February 5, 2021

So today we drove to Parker to restock our groceries. Not very exciting but we had some garbage to get rid of so we drove down Plomosa Road towards Bouse to stop at their Transfer Station. There is one in Quartzsite, also. and they are open on opposite days. The ride down Plomosa Road through the mountains is a really pretty drive so not a sacrifice at all. 

Coming out on the East side of the Plomosa Mountains.

Leaving the Transfer Station

Coming into Parker, Arizona

Our last sunset in this spot had to include the

Saguaro that has graced our view.

The view to the East as the sun went down this evening.

Looking to the North the pink was settled on the mountains.

The contrails over where the sun set behind 

the mountains turned a rosy pink. 

We sat out as the darkness was descending on our last

night here in this spot; we have enjoyed this time.

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Quick Road Trip to Parker, AZ

Saturday, March 18, 2017

This morning instead of facing East and watching the sun rise over the mountains I decided to face West and watch the shadows move across the desert floor as the sun rose behind me.  It was wonderful feeling the warmth of the sun on my back as I sat there.

A short time later I got up and took a walk around our area and snapped these pictures of the views surrounding us. Just after this my coffee mug arrived and it was time to just sit and enjoy the early morning.

Later in the afternoon we drove over to Parker so we could attend mass at Sacred Heart Parish. It is a lovely little church and the same priest who is the pastor at this parish is also the pastor for several mission churches including Our Lady Queen of Peace in Quartzsite.

There is a stained glass window
above the altar.

I took this picture of a plaque on the outside wall of the church.
 I tried to do some research on the history of the parish and church
building but could not find anything online. They show a website but
every time I clicked on it, it brought me to a church with the same
 name in Missouri. 

After Mass we picked Lily's Mexican Food restaurant for dinner. I did a Yelp search and it had good reviews, four and a half stars. It was an order at the counter then seat yourself type of place but the food was good. Tom and I agreed we would go back again but probably not for a Saturday night out. It was a good choice for tonight, since, our next stop was Walmart to pick up a few groceries.

We turned back into La Posa South about 8:30PM. It is always an adventure finding our home in the pitch black. This is our third year parked on this pad so we do eventually come to the pile of rocks identifying our "driveway". As we turned in we could see the Stinger B lit up by the Jeep's headlights and we were home.

"Life is not a matter of milestones,

but of moments.

Moments to enjoy and quietly celebrate."

~unknown