Wow! No post for 3 weeks!

 Well, talk about lazy!  Actually I do have a small excuse:  my wife's brother visited with us for a few days.  Yeah, that's not much of an excuse is it.  He's really a pretty nice guy.  Retired Navy, like most of her family, and widowed 3 years ago.  His trip was to attend a Celebration of Life for a friend who died recently and Las Vegas was a nice convenient airport.  He's been here before so we mostly took him out to eat in our various favorite places.  Having him visit really wasn't a big deal.  But having him follow behind the son & family makes it the most visitors we've had in years.

Other than having him visit it's been pretty quiet.  We managed a couple visits to Las Vegas for shopping.  We have been taking Gus, the dog, because he is still being a pain in the *ss when we aren't at home.  

We put him in his crate and he just barks the entire time we are gone.  We have a camera on his crate and whenever we look at it he is standing there barking.  In the truck he whines quite a bit but does settle down once we get out on the road.  Happily we have a favorite restaurant in Las Vegas that has outdoor seating so we can be there with the dog.  We will have to find him a kennel for long term trips but we have a bit of time before we are headed out.  

This is a nice time of year here in Southern Nevada.  Highs have been in the 80's and 90's (high 20's C) though we have had over 100F (37C) at least one time so far this year.  Nights are cool enough that we can open the house and get some fresh air in the house.  Even the cactus is happy.  Of course now that I said that I can't get the photos to upload!  WTH?  

I'm trying to avoid talking about the upcoming elections.  Here in our county you are either a Republican or you don't have a chance.  They are all bragging about being conservative; one wants to impeach Mr. Biden and build Mr. Trump's wall.  Another one is bragging about being supported by Rick Harrison from the tv show "Pawn Stars".  It's just ridiculous.  What a bunch of idiots!

I guess that's all the news that's fit to print from around here.  Thanks for stopping by & keep washing those hands.