WOW

Mainly posting to show off our beautiful sunset last night. A real WOW!

Weather has cooled down, but still above normal  but really cooling down at night. Next week Fall is really arriving. 7 o'clock in the morning. 

Went walking on Wednesday and did a little over three miles. Glad we don't walk again until tomorrow. Not seeing much wildlife over in the Wetlands, just birds. Every time we go there we see more ducks. No Canadian Geese yet though. 

The Sphere, I did not take this it was on line. Just thought I'd share it. Funny. 

Really cool  with clouds in the sky. Didn't have to look for shade and enjoyed the sun when it came out. 

By the time we got home the cold winds had really come up. What I found in the ditch the next day. No idea where they came from. I put a message in the communities facebook page that I had them, but no one claimed them. While down there I did replace some of the rocks, but a couple are pretty heavy. 

A different day. It is so nice to walk over there. Peaceful. 

Clouds and sunshine, made the mountains look almost like they were covered with snow. 

A branch of the main river. Lots of birds hang around it. 

I'm working on a Christmas throw pillow, but it is slow going as I'm still not sure how I want it to look. Still in planning stage. 

Also working on couple more diamond painting Christmas scenes. 

Bill has now developed a droopy eyelid and it is really interfering with his sight. Can't get an appointment until Nov 5th. But they told me to call every day to see if there is a cancellation. Of course the lid is on the eye he can see out of. The one he gets the shots in. He is almost completely blind in the other eye, just has peripheral (sp?) vision in it. Going to make some banana nut muffins and peanut butter cookies. I think the oven now cooks at correct temperature. I hope.

AC fixed and now a leaking pipe! Enough already.

The full moon the other night, except this was taken early in the morning. 

Sunset Friday night. Just happened to go outside at right time. 

All the work on the AC is finally done. Here it is in its new home. The tools laying around belong to the workers. 

Where it used to be. Guess I'll eventually have to add some rocks to cover the area. 

It is working fine. Cooled house right down. And this morning it was so cold out at 55 that we had to use the heater. Bill was freezing. We're getting winds gusts up to 50/55 mph so it intensifies the feeling of cold. This is going to last for a couple of days, then back up to temperatures above normal. 

On Wednesday when we walked it was nice and cool out at 7:30. 

While the workers were under the house they found a very slow drip coming from one of the water pipes. Got a couple of estimates to fix it. One was over three thousand dollars, were they going to use gold plated pipes??? The other was six hundred. Same leak, same pipe. And of course the home warranty company will not cover it. Why not? Well because it is at a joint that some time in the past was repaired with PVC. I'm beginning to think about cancelling them and keeping fingers crossed. Or just putting what I pay them into a savings account. Calling a friend who is a plumber, he thinks it can be fixed much cheaper. We'll see. That's it with home repairs. 

For the last couple of days it has been cold and windy, highs of mid 60's with winds up to 30 and gusts to 55mph. Trying to get thermostat set so Bill is warm enough and I'm not cooking. 

Have walked a couple of times since last writing. Did 3.5 miles on Saturday. Should have stopped sooner I think. This day there was no wind at all. And a pretty blue sky with puffy white clouds. . 

He was standing patiently waiting for a fish to swim by. Just after I took this he caught something and flew away with it. 

No idea what this is, one person said it was an osprey. Sounded like they knew what they were talking about. 

UFO floating down the river. I think it looks like a piece of hard foam rubber. 

This is the tree that has the cross carved in it. Sign is covering it . 

I'm working on a new diamond painting, have finished a couple more of the Christmas set. Also just started working on a Christmas throw pillow cover. Now that wind has stopped and no more workers in back I'm going to put my colorful pots and rooster back out on the patio. Then watch the Las Vegas NASCAR race.

The wall is done.

 So...the weather is great, only getting to 90 yesterday and 89 today. By the weekend it will be in the mid 60's as a high during the day. Lots of wind and maybe rain. Will need to turn furnace on. But by Tuesday back up in the 80's. 

The back wall is done. But debris is still in the drainage ditch and my rocks are still not where they belong. A fight for another day. 

The last work on the wall, filling the blocks with cement. No cap on top of wall, just cement up to top. 

We have been enjoying our walks, getting out at 7 a.m. while it is still cool enough for me. When I took this picture of the river I didn't notice the mallard out there. His head is sure a pretty green. 

There are four of us walking now most of the time. This particular day we found a small trail along the river so decided to take it. Probably won't do it again, Narrow and lots of bushes with big thorns. and some unstable rocks and dirt. Notice how they are dressed, I go in shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt and get hot. 

So we try to walk three times a week. Have made it to three miles a couple of times. In fact today we did three miles. That's why I'm sitting at the computer and resting!

Back to our air conditioning problem . Heard from home warranty company on Monday. They will not cover anything. Not repair pipe, not move AC and NOT pay for freon. Well @#@!%$#. So I found another company who works on manufactured homes and AC's. They came out Tuesday. Yes they would replace the pipe under house with new COPPER pipe and put in the gas. I almost fell over when he gave us the estimate. Much more than first company. Of course, not covered by warranty company. So we mentioned other company suggested moving AC from here in the back of the house.  

To here - red X - behind the garage. Yes that can be done, for a lot less money. That didn't make sense to me so asked how could that be cheaper. Was told the copper pipe is VERY EXPENSIVE and because the pipe goes both ways - so two lengths of expensive pipe and it would take more gas to fill it it is way more money. So we will relocate the unit. Price much cheaper than first company. And their reviews are much better. Then I had to fill out the paperwork for the management company and meet with the manager. That turned out to be a lot easier than I thought it would.  

When I picked up the paperwork I was told it might take up to two  weeks to get approval. Got it all filled out and called for an appointment with the manager. He was in a meeting, but I could see him in a couple of hours. About 10 minutes later the manager was knocking on our door as he was leaving the property and knew I wanted to see him. (I'd played the "we are old people and can't be without air conditioning for days" card). Any way. I handed him the paperwork. He looked at it and said it's fine. Go ahead and do it. WHAT!!  Yep that was it. So tomorrow morning they will be here to move the AC and fill it with gas. All of this should have been done two years ago when it first started leaking. 

Weird thing happened the other day. Bill and I were sitting at our computers just talking. My phone was on my desk behind me. We were talking about guns and people using them. All of a sudden my phone said something, I turned to look at it and it had the phone keypad on the screen and a message telling me I could make an emergency phone call now. Now that is spooky. It must have been listening to us talk.