My daughter lives in the southeast part of Albuquerque.
3 dogs in the
sun. Looks like 2 dogs and
a cat but really, Kevin would rather hang
with Rose and Iris, so 3 dogs.
with Rose and Iris, so 3 dogs.
It’s a nice area and every morning and evening I try to get
out and walk a couple miles. During
those walks I find all kinds of interesting plants that I know I can’t grow at
home but want to!
it needs more cold weather than we have and
it does NOT get to be 6+ ft tall like these!
it does NOT get to be 6+ ft tall like these!
I don’t know – it’s a
shrub. The blooms start as
a little white flower then pops into these pink
fuzzy things
fuzzy things
Lavender – omg – this
entire front yard is a
lavender field and the bushes are 3½ ft tall
and about to burst into bloom!
lavender field and the bushes are 3½ ft tall
and about to burst into bloom!
Cherry trees and the
owner
is letting them FALL ON THE GROUND.
Today I walked a different direction and saw this piece of
yard art. Very cool.
I keep reading from others about the strange weather
everyone is having. Here too. Now, I’ve been to Albuquerque in the
spring. Temps tend to be cooler than
home but still shorts and tee’s weather.
Last week, the temperatures dropped alarmingly. I had to borrow a coat for my morning walk! The temp never got higher than 51°! The heat in the house came on! One day we got up to see the mountains
covered with snow – snow, in May! I’m
pretty sure that’s wrong. Then, yesterday
while Charlotte and I were out, the wind started up, blowing about 30 mph. It was like walking in a wind tunnel.
My daughter gave me a Fitbit to help track my exercise. It thought I had walked up 9 flights of
stairs by the time we got back home after windy walking. The Fitbit is a fun thing. It counts steps and turns them into miles
(2.37 so far today), monitors my heart beat (66 bpm), number of calories burned
(736), how I slept (restless), and a few other things. I like that it tells me how much exercise I’m
getting – makes me feel less of a couch potato. Plus it buzzes me when I've been sitting too long. (Time to take a stroll - try for 275 steps!)
Kirtland AFB is also in the SE part of Albuquerque and each
morning at 7am, reveille sounds with a bugle call followed by the playing of
“To the Colors.” which signifies the start of the duty day. Then, at 5 p.m., retreat is sounded, followed
by the National Anthem, signaling the end of the official duty day. I know this because I can hear it from her
back yard. Pretty cool actually.
Last weekend, Kirtland AFB had an air show starring the
Thunderbirds. We didn’t have to go
because we could just sit on the patio and watch the planes as they flew over. Those guys are really loud and it's just a little scary to watch.
I think tomorrow we’re going to either the Petroglyph
Monument or the Coronado Historic Site.
I’ll bet the Fitbit thinks I’ve climbed to the top of the Empire State
Building by days end tomorrow!
24 May 2019
I once lived near a Salvation Army camp. It ran on military time. The first time my brother heard Call to Post through the kitchen window, he was up and off to the door. "Where is the race track?"
ReplyDeleteIt's good having a Fitbit. They keep you on your toes. Hearing the morning and evening calls on base reminds me of Ft Bliss in El Paso. I lived there half my life. It made me homesick reading your blog post today. When you said there was snow on the mountains in May, I thought nothing of it. You have to remember you are living next to the Rocky Mountains which travels all the way into Mexico. I remember it snowed in May. The mountains in El Paso has a nice enough dusting to make them so pretty. 30 mph for a windy day is nothing try walking in 70 mph winds. That's how high the winds blow through Trans Mountain in northeast El Paso on a good day where I used to live. Kite flying was my favorite pass time.
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