Author: rakeeter

On the road
by rakeeter

We arrived at our hotel in Cortez, Colorado eleven hours to the minute after driving off from good ol’ SA.  Between Cimarron and Taos we encountered falling snow but the skies cleared and we enjoyed driving into the setting sun from Durango to Cortez.  Though it was Joyce’s birthday and we’d thought we would have a nice dinner somewhere to celebrate, we were just glad to get off the road and settled for salads at Wendy’s.The next evening we had that birthday dinner at the Destination Grill next door to the hotel, if hamburgers qualify for a birthday dinner.  They weren’t average hamburgers so maybe it was OK.  Continue reading “On the road” →

Hummers
by rakeeter

We have had hummingbirds around all summer as usual.  There is usually a black chin that takes possession of the feeder and drives off all comers and that was the case this year.  We also saw the occasional migrant, especially in the spring.  Now the resident black chin has headed south and there are several migrants constantly vying for access to the feeder.  These are headed south as well but in the meantime they are keeping us entertained.  We even put out another feeder to relieve the congestion in front of the kitchen window. Continue reading “Hummers” →

7-6-1-1
by rakeeter

(Friday, September 22) It was a pleasant morning out at the golfcourse ; a nice breeze, lots of sunshine and only one mosquito, which is now an ex-mosquito.  The golf gods were smiling on me and I shot a 7-6-1-1, which in the Keeter scoring system is landing seven greens in regulation, making six pars, one birdie and one hole-in-one.  And there was no one around to witness it when that HIO rolled in.  Yes, it was a short par three hole.  I used a nine iron and didn’t hit it very well but the ball hopped up on the green and rolled right in.  It’s not how, but how many, I’m told, and I’ll take it. Continue reading “7-6-1-1” →

Wet August
by rakeeter

While we were in Las Vegas last week, SA got rain nearly every day.  It got rain before we left, too.  I had largely caught up on the mowing before we left but, alas, now I am woefully behind again.  We’ve tallied 4.69 inches for the month which, oddly enough, is still behind August last year, when we received more rain than any August of the last nine years and double the average.  There is still plenty of time to surpass last August and we are only a half inch behind but I know how it can stop raining and not rain again for weeks.  We shall see. Continue reading “Wet August” →