Good Smells

 I should have taken a picture of the lemon tree full of blossoms but I didn't so I am showing the one with lemons.  The other tree is a desert acacia.  The fruit trees, like the lemon tree, are all in blossom and the smells from them are incredible.  If you're allergic it is horrible but if not the smell --mmmm.  It gets better at night.  I'm not sure why but you step outside and its dark and still warm out and the smell wafts to you.  The desert acacia smells kind of like licorice but sweeter.  I love the smell of spring here in Yuma.

We have been attending going away parties.  We have gotten to know quite a few people here in Yuma so we end up having a lot of people to say goodbye to and that we hope we will see them again next season.  You never know because none of us are getting any younger.  Most of us snowbirds are planning our escapes.  The price of fuel is scaring a lot of folks and they are heading out early.  What can you do it is what it is.

Neighborhood Dogs

These dogs are so clever.  They roll their ball out into the street and wait for a sucker to pick it up and throw it back into their yard.  Of course they catch it and roll it back out of the gate so you can throw it again.  One of the dogs is better at catching it than the other but they both love it and will play til you stop.  Jim is always careful to not over work them so they don't get over heated.  

We are getting ready to move up to Quartzsite in two weeks.  We are moving a little earlier than usual because we got to Yuma a little earlier than usual.  We love gold prospecting in Quartzsite because we can just leave right from the park with the 4wheeler instead of loading it up on the trailer and driving ten miles or so and unloading it to get to the gold area near Yuma.