Creeping up to Xmas

 We have managed to pack a whole bunch of fun stuff into these finally days before the holiday.  Ain't it fun!  First of all we did donate the trailer to the American Legion Vehicle Donation project.

So there it is going on down the road with the guys who picked it up for the charity.  Now it will most likely be auctioned off with the proceeds helping the Legion with their good deeds.  At some point we will get a valuation that we might be able to use as a tax deduction.  We'll see.  All we need to do now is turn in the license plate and cancel the insurance.

You may not know but I am a fairly liberal person.  We live, however, in a VERY conservative area.  I mean you still see people flying flags urging the election of Donald Trump in 2024 even though the news is full of Republicans backing away from him.  So it was no surprise to us when a local Justice of the Peace replacement was certainly going to be a Republican.  In the end, however, the county council chose someone who is just over the top.  This person just moved to town from Las Vegas where she has managed to make herself just a bit too unpopular.  The woman's name is Michele Fiore.  She is a big supporter of Mr. Trump and even had a letter from him that she could read in the council meeting.  I mean, doesn't he have anything else to do except recommend candidates for Justice of the Peace in a minor corner of Nevada?  Her plan is to work on her Batchlor's Degree and study the law.  Well, happily the JP's in this corner of the world don't have a lot on their plates.  But I'm sure it will be interesting.

I had to go into Las Vegas the other day and saw this by the side of the road on the way home.  I thought it was pretty cool.

Someone is out there celebrating the world.  Good on them!

Thanks for stopping by and please have a Very Merry and Safe Christmas.  Take care.

Well, another month gap! Lazy fool!

 I have to admit that I don't have a lot to share in this blog but not making it every couple weeks or so is just criminal.  Sorry.  Mostly we have been transitioning to cooler weather.  We even got some precipitation in the last couple days so we have snow on Mount Charleston.  That's the re-fill for our aquafier so we are always happy to see that.  Seeing 10 feet would be great but I imagine it is only a couple feet.  I actually looked the snow level up and apparently it varies between 8 inches and 160 inches!  Well, we can but hope.

Our dog, Gus, has had a problem with his right front paw since we got him in February.  He's had 8 or 10 different medications, both oral and applied to the paw.  We finally asked our vet to operate on his paw and see what is going on.  She didn't find anything specific but there were some poorly healed scars and some crud in his foot all of which she cleaned out.  Of course we had more salve and bandages which did not make him a happy camper.

I'm  happy to say that this seems to have done the trick.  He is still receiving medication but he's lost the cone and generally is just ignoring his foot just like a dog should do.  

Our town had it's annual Balloon Festival.  It was a bit too windy for much ballooning though.  I did get a couple of shots but usually you will get a shot with 4 or 5 balloons fairly close together.

We have also decided that we may as well get rid of our 31' travel trailer.  It is 12 years old and moving it around isn't as easy for us as it was back in the day.  (There is quite a difference between 62 and 74!)  Anyway, rather than fool around trying to sell it we've decided to donate it to the American Legion Vehicle Donation operation.  So far it is still in the back yard but we are hoping that it will be gone before Xmas.  It is still in good shape so we are hoping that they will get a nice amount for it.  We'll see.  This afternoon we will be going out and taking photos of it for them and unloading all the 'stuff':  plates, glasses, cooking utensiles and who knows what else.  There is even a certain amount of canned food that we'll probably just pitch since it is at least 2 years old!  Fun and games.

I'll end with a photo of something someone put on the back window of their car.  You can tell me what it means!

Take care.  Keep that social distancing and washing those hands.  Hopefully I'll get back here fairly soon but if I don't; have a Merry Christmas and may 2023 be a great year for us all!