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Things Are Good in AZ!!!!
There have been so many uplifting blogs and people saying nice things about each other I couldn't help being motivated to share my contented thoughts!!
It's getting to be almost summer here and my first one in Arizona. I have lived in Southern California and Colorado for so many years I finally decided to get away from the big town noise and the small city freezing winters.
I really intended to live in Laughlin, Nevada but I picked up a small town newspaper at the hotel we were at when we visited Laughlin and it said that "Bullhead City, AZ was on of the most cheapest places to live". So I crossed the river and I looked around. It wasn't the nice looking look that Laughlin had, but sure enough, the prices were right.
The basic needs for one was also easily available so I just settled here. In short time I found a nice cheap apartment just made for a single irresponsible man like me. Things were rolling.
The winter was mild, kind of windy at times with "El Nino" kicking up some rain but it wasn't cold. I didn't have to put the heater on one time.
Spring sprang and it started getting warmer with lots of small rain showers. The beauty of just warmth and the clear skies made me start looking around at the fauna. The fauna coupled with the natural beauty of the Colorado River and the remnants of the formation of this valley also includes the widest array of rocks.
Now I know that rocks, by themselves, may not mean too much. But these rocks are different. They are round and smooth & rough and craggy as the water that rushed down to the Sea of Cortez tossed and turned them into what they look like now.
These rocks are very beautiful. They are full of color and details so wonderful I find myself just relaxing looking at them. THEN!!! Add the fauna I spoke about earlier and you have NATURE at it's best in the desert.
These plants are not the manicured non-native plants that can make a yard in Southern California look like a garden and a garden resembling what the plant architect intended. Nor are they farmland plants in Colorado. The sad point about Southern California faunas is you need tons and tons of water to keep them looking nice. Unfortunately after awhile that gets tiresome and they turn weedy and dead!
The plants here are actually the weeds sprouting as they have for centuries. These flowers, which I will refer to them as, have a flat plant base with spindly arms reaching upward. They're probably about 5 inches wide at the base and the arms are also maybe 5 inches high. And at the end of each arm are the blossoms.
These blossoms are rich red blossoms about 1/4" in size. They look like small roses. They are also bright yellow resembling daisy's or perhaps sunflowers! Then there are the pink ones and the white ones.
Yes, they are sparse but still just as beautiful. And in the dusk hours I sit in my patio chair and look at the bats as they swoop and turn abruptly picking mosquitos and flies out of space. You can call it "Meals on Wings"!!
There is so much more and then the finale. The enjoyment and contentment I have just being here makes me so happy. Yes, I miss my kids and G-kids but they are just a 4 hour drive away.
I wished you all were here and we could journey over to the Colorado River and enjoy a BBQ and some cold ones.
I am going to do a tribute "Robt787" closing. This blog is just for fun!! No offence intended!! To all of you --->
It's getting to be almost summer here and my first one in Arizona. I have lived in Southern California and Colorado for so many years I finally decided to get away from the big town noise and the small city freezing winters.
I really intended to live in Laughlin, Nevada but I picked up a small town newspaper at the hotel we were at when we visited Laughlin and it said that "Bullhead City, AZ was on of the most cheapest places to live". So I crossed the river and I looked around. It wasn't the nice looking look that Laughlin had, but sure enough, the prices were right.
The basic needs for one was also easily available so I just settled here. In short time I found a nice cheap apartment just made for a single irresponsible man like me. Things were rolling.
The winter was mild, kind of windy at times with "El Nino" kicking up some rain but it wasn't cold. I didn't have to put the heater on one time.
Spring sprang and it started getting warmer with lots of small rain showers. The beauty of just warmth and the clear skies made me start looking around at the fauna. The fauna coupled with the natural beauty of the Colorado River and the remnants of the formation of this valley also includes the widest array of rocks.
Now I know that rocks, by themselves, may not mean too much. But these rocks are different. They are round and smooth & rough and craggy as the water that rushed down to the Sea of Cortez tossed and turned them into what they look like now.
These rocks are very beautiful. They are full of color and details so wonderful I find myself just relaxing looking at them. THEN!!! Add the fauna I spoke about earlier and you have NATURE at it's best in the desert.
These plants are not the manicured non-native plants that can make a yard in Southern California look like a garden and a garden resembling what the plant architect intended. Nor are they farmland plants in Colorado. The sad point about Southern California faunas is you need tons and tons of water to keep them looking nice. Unfortunately after awhile that gets tiresome and they turn weedy and dead!
The plants here are actually the weeds sprouting as they have for centuries. These flowers, which I will refer to them as, have a flat plant base with spindly arms reaching upward. They're probably about 5 inches wide at the base and the arms are also maybe 5 inches high. And at the end of each arm are the blossoms.
These blossoms are rich red blossoms about 1/4" in size. They look like small roses. They are also bright yellow resembling daisy's or perhaps sunflowers! Then there are the pink ones and the white ones.
Yes, they are sparse but still just as beautiful. And in the dusk hours I sit in my patio chair and look at the bats as they swoop and turn abruptly picking mosquitos and flies out of space. You can call it "Meals on Wings"!!
There is so much more and then the finale. The enjoyment and contentment I have just being here makes me so happy. Yes, I miss my kids and G-kids but they are just a 4 hour drive away.
I wished you all were here and we could journey over to the Colorado River and enjoy a BBQ and some cold ones.
I am going to do a tribute "Robt787" closing. This blog is just for fun!! No offence intended!! To all of you --->
How Do They Manage It?
I’m very fond of sardines and the other day I bough a few cans of very cheap sardines for R7.00 (about US$ 0.47) per can.
Back home I noticed that it was imported from Canada. I normally buy the Norwegian sardines at double the price. Granted, it is not as good as the Norwegian sardines, but certainly no worse that our locally produced sardines that also sell at double the price. I wonder how much it retails for in Canada. How on earth can Canada produce a product that is not inferior to our own, transport it… what… probably 15,000 miles to South Africa and still sell it at half the price?
But this is not the only fish that is imported. Baracouta (we know it as snoek), imported from New Zealand, is readily available at most our supermarkets at R30.00 (about US$ 2.00) each. Okay, they are rather small but a fresh locally caught snoek of that size will easily set you back R40.00 to R50.00 each. Once again produced at the other side of the world and transported all the way here, to be sold cheaper than our local product. How’s that?
Is our labor too expensive or our taxes too high?
And then there still is the ethic side of the matter. We have a large fishing industry but most our fishermen live under the breadline. What has happened to protecting your local industries against cheap imports?
No, I’m not pointing finger at anybody. I’m guilty too, but should government not block imports like this. We can produce enough fish for the nation without importing it.
Have a great day, and eat some fish. It is good for you.
Back home I noticed that it was imported from Canada. I normally buy the Norwegian sardines at double the price. Granted, it is not as good as the Norwegian sardines, but certainly no worse that our locally produced sardines that also sell at double the price. I wonder how much it retails for in Canada. How on earth can Canada produce a product that is not inferior to our own, transport it… what… probably 15,000 miles to South Africa and still sell it at half the price?
But this is not the only fish that is imported. Baracouta (we know it as snoek), imported from New Zealand, is readily available at most our supermarkets at R30.00 (about US$ 2.00) each. Okay, they are rather small but a fresh locally caught snoek of that size will easily set you back R40.00 to R50.00 each. Once again produced at the other side of the world and transported all the way here, to be sold cheaper than our local product. How’s that?
Is our labor too expensive or our taxes too high?
And then there still is the ethic side of the matter. We have a large fishing industry but most our fishermen live under the breadline. What has happened to protecting your local industries against cheap imports?
No, I’m not pointing finger at anybody. I’m guilty too, but should government not block imports like this. We can produce enough fish for the nation without importing it.
Have a great day, and eat some fish. It is good for you.
Sunday Lunch
My sister is playing old man’s marbles today. I don’t like the game, so she did not even bother to ask me along. My father will be having lunch at his retirement village and will be joining her after lunch, so I have the place for myself today.
And I’ll be making my own food for a change.
I asked Bea to come around for lunch with me; she undertook to bring a salad or two and will provide the dessert. She’ll be here early to give me a hand.
I’m not very fond of chicken but today I’m in the mood for it. I’ll be off to the supermarket to get some after posting this blog. I don’t like the white meat of a chicken; too dry. I only eat the thighs, drumsticks and the wings and only if the skin is nice and crispy. I’ll be cheating today. I’m going to do the chicken in the microwave before putting it in the oven.
I don’t know yet what we’ll have with it, I’ll have to see what is available, but spinach, butternut, and green beans will probably win. Those are my favorites. I have potatoes in the house and with a helping of rice it should make the meal. And not to forget the wine. I have a crisp dry white in the fridge since last night.
We’ll probably spend the rest of the afternoon listening music. We share the same taste in music and never bother with the TV. In all, I’m looking forward to a blissful day. I always enjoy it when she’s around; it’s a pity she is just a sister to me.
Have a great Sunday!
And I’ll be making my own food for a change.
I asked Bea to come around for lunch with me; she undertook to bring a salad or two and will provide the dessert. She’ll be here early to give me a hand.
I’m not very fond of chicken but today I’m in the mood for it. I’ll be off to the supermarket to get some after posting this blog. I don’t like the white meat of a chicken; too dry. I only eat the thighs, drumsticks and the wings and only if the skin is nice and crispy. I’ll be cheating today. I’m going to do the chicken in the microwave before putting it in the oven.
I don’t know yet what we’ll have with it, I’ll have to see what is available, but spinach, butternut, and green beans will probably win. Those are my favorites. I have potatoes in the house and with a helping of rice it should make the meal. And not to forget the wine. I have a crisp dry white in the fridge since last night.
We’ll probably spend the rest of the afternoon listening music. We share the same taste in music and never bother with the TV. In all, I’m looking forward to a blissful day. I always enjoy it when she’s around; it’s a pity she is just a sister to me.
Have a great Sunday!
Exotic foods.
“Have one”, my host said. “It tastes like biltong.” I have wanted to taste them for some time and the mention of biltong was the perfect encouragement. I happen to love biltong. I had a few opportunities to sample it before but every time I put it off until ‘next time'.
The year was 1989 and the venue was a game farm in the north of our country. It was getting dark and there was a bosvark (wild hog) sizzling on a spit braai (giant rotisserie). I was into my second brandy and feeling brave. My two friends who came with me from Cape Town looked at me in anticipation. The bowl in the middle of the table was supposed to be a hors d'oeuvre of some sort .
I took the spoon and scratched in the bowl that my host put on the table. It was the dried variety (I saw when they went in the pot) and it looked delicious; done in a sauce laced with onion, tomato, garlic and chilies. I scooped the smallest one and dumped it on my plate. From there it went into my mouth and I chewed on it.
It was tough enough to be biltong, but that was where the resemblance ended. I chewed and I chewed. At first it tasted good; it was a great sauce… and then the real taste came. It was a musty taste, almost like the odor you get when you dig a hole in the ground.
I chewed and I chewed and I chewed. I did not like it. I wanted to swallow it, but it was still too large. I could not spit it out because I was the one boasting that I eat anything. I went on chewing.
At last I could swallow it. I looked at my host across the table. He was busy with his second and his wife was also chewing one. “How was it? You want another?” he asked.
“Delicious!” I lied. “But no thank you.” At least that was the truth. I’d never want to eat another in my life. In my silence I decided to change my boast to ‘eating almost anything’.
I took the bowl again and fished the two largest worms out there and placed them on the platters of my two friends. A deal is a deal. I have completed my side of the bargain. It was their turn.
The year was 1989 and the venue was a game farm in the north of our country. It was getting dark and there was a bosvark (wild hog) sizzling on a spit braai (giant rotisserie). I was into my second brandy and feeling brave. My two friends who came with me from Cape Town looked at me in anticipation. The bowl in the middle of the table was supposed to be a hors d'oeuvre of some sort .
I took the spoon and scratched in the bowl that my host put on the table. It was the dried variety (I saw when they went in the pot) and it looked delicious; done in a sauce laced with onion, tomato, garlic and chilies. I scooped the smallest one and dumped it on my plate. From there it went into my mouth and I chewed on it.
It was tough enough to be biltong, but that was where the resemblance ended. I chewed and I chewed. At first it tasted good; it was a great sauce… and then the real taste came. It was a musty taste, almost like the odor you get when you dig a hole in the ground.
I chewed and I chewed and I chewed. I did not like it. I wanted to swallow it, but it was still too large. I could not spit it out because I was the one boasting that I eat anything. I went on chewing.
At last I could swallow it. I looked at my host across the table. He was busy with his second and his wife was also chewing one. “How was it? You want another?” he asked.
“Delicious!” I lied. “But no thank you.” At least that was the truth. I’d never want to eat another in my life. In my silence I decided to change my boast to ‘eating almost anything’.
I took the bowl again and fished the two largest worms out there and placed them on the platters of my two friends. A deal is a deal. I have completed my side of the bargain. It was their turn.
No Kidneys For Breakfast
I overslept very badly this morning. I went to bed the normal time but I woke up three hours later than usually. I did not sleep well the previous few nights. I was going to have kidneys for breakfast but it is way too late for that. I’ll have them tomorrow morning. Not exactly an exotic food, but I love kidneys. I think it is such a waste in a pie because you don’t taste them.
My sister is going away on holiday in Gauteng on Friday and she’s emptying her freezer. She had two kidneys in there and with the one in my freezer, it was not enough for a decent breakfast, so I bought another six yesterday.
I’ll be all alone here from Friday. They are coming back on the same day as my father. I hope they’re booked on the same flight. I don’t fancy driving to the airport twice on the same day.
It also means that I’d be cooking my own food for the next two weeks. I’m not exactly a gourmet chef, but the people like my food when I cook. The problem is, I don’t like my own food. I can see KFC, McDonald's and the Pizza Hut being in business during the next two weeks.
Back to the topic, I’m fairly without imagination when it comes to preparing kidneys. I do it the way my mother used to do it. That is, cut them in halves and fry them in a pan with sliced onion.
But I’m tired of it that way. There are many recipes on the net but half of them are no good. I don’t like testing bad recipes. Does anybody want to share a proven recipe or two with me and everybody else who may be interested?
Enjoy the day!
PS
I'll be fairly busy today, in and out all the time. Bear with me please.
My sister is going away on holiday in Gauteng on Friday and she’s emptying her freezer. She had two kidneys in there and with the one in my freezer, it was not enough for a decent breakfast, so I bought another six yesterday.
I’ll be all alone here from Friday. They are coming back on the same day as my father. I hope they’re booked on the same flight. I don’t fancy driving to the airport twice on the same day.
It also means that I’d be cooking my own food for the next two weeks. I’m not exactly a gourmet chef, but the people like my food when I cook. The problem is, I don’t like my own food. I can see KFC, McDonald's and the Pizza Hut being in business during the next two weeks.
Back to the topic, I’m fairly without imagination when it comes to preparing kidneys. I do it the way my mother used to do it. That is, cut them in halves and fry them in a pan with sliced onion.
But I’m tired of it that way. There are many recipes on the net but half of them are no good. I don’t like testing bad recipes. Does anybody want to share a proven recipe or two with me and everybody else who may be interested?
Enjoy the day!
PS
I'll be fairly busy today, in and out all the time. Bear with me please.
I am so thirsty
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
We have many different options for our drinking water, but they are not all healthy!
Tap water.
Bottled water.
Deionized water.
What do you prefer?
We have many different options for our drinking water, but they are not all healthy!
Tap water.
Bottled water.
Deionized water.
What do you prefer?
Good news about chocolate !
There are potentially many health benefits to eating organic DARK chocolate
(conversely, milk chocolate is higher in fat & sugar).
Of course, it tastes good.
But, in moderation it may also be good for you in other ways.
For instance, it appears to have cardiovascular benefits,
improving blood flow and sometimes lowering blood pressure,
while increasing 'good cholesterol' (HDL) and lowering 'bad cholesterol' (LDL)
and protecting the LDL from being oxidized.
It also is a rich source of natural antioxidants, as well as a dietary source of fiber,
iron, magnesium, copper, manganese, potassium, zinc and selenium.
Also, when eaten, it can protect your skin from damage caused by sunlight.
If you eat dark chocolate before sunbathing it can decrease your chances of
sun burning.
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(conversely, milk chocolate is higher in fat & sugar).
Of course, it tastes good.
But, in moderation it may also be good for you in other ways.
For instance, it appears to have cardiovascular benefits,
improving blood flow and sometimes lowering blood pressure,
while increasing 'good cholesterol' (HDL) and lowering 'bad cholesterol' (LDL)
and protecting the LDL from being oxidized.
It also is a rich source of natural antioxidants, as well as a dietary source of fiber,
iron, magnesium, copper, manganese, potassium, zinc and selenium.
Also, when eaten, it can protect your skin from damage caused by sunlight.
If you eat dark chocolate before sunbathing it can decrease your chances of
sun burning.
For a more thorough explanation go to this link
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online today!
Farmer
Anybody concerned with farming there?
If so , I would like to have some conversion about farming
If so , I would like to have some conversion about farming
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