Wow!! It's been a while since I have posted to the blog.

Phil and I went out to Bagdad this morning. Even tho it is at a much lower elevation we saw that the trees had freeze dried leaves down there as well. Never got a chance to change color. Still lots of yellow flowers still blooming and lots of bees around them. They are some kind of tiny blooms that smell like mosquito repellent Phillip says but I think they smell kinda nice. I had my chair setting right by a couple of the plants and the smell was pleasant and not overpowering like some flowers can get. There were some plants with tiny pink buds that were still closed. I don't know if they will bloom out til it warms up again or not. Didn't see any snakes this time out but there was a few chipmunks and a horned toad running around. Oh yes and the ever present ants.

This is a strange area out here. Some of the hills and mountains are basaltic and some are granitic. Lots of sedimentary areas and it makes one wonder what came first. All I know is AZ has had some mighty changable geo history. I would like to go back in time and be able to look down and see just what it looked like down thru the millions of years as it happened. You know, kinda like time lapse photography. Damn interesting I think. I did find a bag full of interesting rocks and specimens.

Had a brain echo a week or so ago. Dreamed that we were up at Dave's. I told Phillip and Dave I wanted a car that would go on a lot less gas and how we could make it. We got it made ( dream never showed me how) and it looked strange. Had a large scoop on the roof and 2 smaller scoops on each side of the hood above the lights. Darn thing started to run on gas then as it started moving the air going in the scoops powered turbines that ran the car as long as it moved over 35 miles an hour. under that speed, the motor used gas to run. I never even got a chance to drive it. Dream must have went on another route and I don't remember it. Kookie but interesting while it happened.

Well it's getting near my bedtime. I want to take a shower and hit the sack. I'm pooped out from pounding the hard ground with my dull rock pick. Santa better bring me a new one .

Granny