Prickly Poppy

Temperatures are on the rise and with the rains of lately the wildflowers are out of this world! 

Normally, the bluebonnets are long gone by now, before the cacti are starting to bloom, but the valleys around here are still full of them, cheerfully mingling with various yellow and white blossoms and yes, .... the cacti are starting!

    

The huge flowers above are from the Texas Rainbow Cacti and the bottom one is a large Prickly Pear:

Since I walk in the early morning the flowers have not unfolded yet in these pictures, so one of these days I'll go back in the afternoon, despite the heat (F92!), and get some better shots.

Birds are singing at the top of their voice, gathering and building ....

                            

....and newly weds seem to have  their first tiffs!                   

 

James is finishing some last projects at work and is teaching his successor the management-ropes.

Although he was promised not to, he'll have to do 2 more MOD (Manager on duty) shifts next week, so we're going to make the two reciprocated meals at the restaurant count! 

Mmmm, I'm thinking Filet Mignon ....!

Easter is coming up (wow, that's early) and the Mimosa is flowering. Somehow that always looks so 'easterly' to me? Thinking of that, I'll see if I can dig up some of my Easter decorations ... eh,  .. do I still have them ...?

Other than that there's not much going on, I'm doing some extra laundry (I guess it's spring-cleaning time) and am still working on our route up North to South Dakota.

Two more weeks and we're leaving! Yeah!

Our first 'final' destination will be the Days End campground in Sturgis, where we're going to stay for the first month only, since our campground of choice in Lead won't open until the end of May.

James will be working for a carpenter/builder in Lead to do finished carpentry and I'll be doing a few hours at the campground in return for reduced rate.

When we move to our final final destination I was thinking I might venture into some dog-walking/sitting services, but I'm looking at liability issues and insurence right now, and it might be more than I want to get myself into.

I think there would be a market though, with people wanting to sight-see and leaving their pets in the rig all day?

These Chocolate chip meringue cookies are supposed to make it until Easter . Made with walnuts and Splenda. (healthy, no ....?)

Just one, for the picture and to see if they're OK .... ;-)