Friday, Feb 16th

  A bit nicer day as the rains have ended.  I am certain the locals would like them to continue, but I think most snowbirds would be fine if it's over. The daytime high still got to about 70F, so it was a pleasant day.
  We went out early in the morning for sticky buns at the park managers place.  Aggie is legendary for making them and I guess they were actually sponsored by Gary & Patti to thank all the people who helped them over the past year as well as the new tenants assoc. executive.  It was quite a large group and everyone enjoyed it, especially those attending for the first time. There were lots of buns an coffee and it was great to be included.
  After that I went with Gary to take a picture of the skunk.  He caught his second one today and told me he would help me get a photo.  Well when we got there he told me to get close for a good picture, yeh right.  I might have born in the night but it wasn't last night, so I told him that's what telephoto lenses are for.  He also told me it was a little skunk, but to me it was pretty darn good size, I would say an adult.  I had given him a tarp to cover the cage as they are more placid in the dark and don't like the light.  Between the two he has caught, they have pretty much torn it to pieces, so he is now using a green garbage bag to cover the trap.  The animal control folks came and took it away, probably release it to spray again.
  Then we went out to check out some sales, one estate sale and a couple of park sales all of which turned out to be a bust.  We never bought a thing.  Our next stop was the Ranch market at Superstition where Marg loaded up on vegetables.  Everything is so fresh there and the prices are unbeatable, how good well 10 pounds of potatoes for 99cents, or bell peppers 8 for a dollar.
  A  sandwich for lunch and then I went to play pool.  There was a bluegrass jam session on in the hall, so only a few pool players.  I ended up playing on the A table, but they are good guys whom I have played in prior years.  I played reasonably well and not certain of my statistics, but I was on the winning side enough times to keep from being embarrassed.  I don't think I was the weakest player at the table, probably second weakest, LOL.
  Marg went for groceries and got home about the same I did, so I helped her unload her purchases.  We don't really stock up here like we do at home, so more like the European style shopping more often for fresh stuff.  She put the stuff away while I messed with the wiring for the lights in the breezeway and think I have it working better now.  Just about then one or two people came around asking whether we knew where happy was, so Marg invited everyone to come here.  Just about then a couple from the park were involved in a collision at the intersection nearest our entrance.  It was Lorraine and Jerry, they were rear ended while turning onto our road.  The other vehicle must have been travelling at a pretty good rate of speed, even thought the road is posted at 35mph.  They are OK just shaken up.  It was a small group at happy as quite a few people went to check on them to see if they could help in any way.
  During this process we agreed to go out for supper to the German Gasthaus down Main in Mesa, so when the group left we went in to change.  Well I heard a small knock on the door and it turned out to be Olivia, the four year old across the road.  She had her cousin Mason [about a year older] with her.  She said they were here to give Marg a hug.  Apparently Marg had given them a bag of Cheetos and they wanted to see her. While they were waiting she spied a dish of Ghirardelli chocolates and asked if she could have one, then Mason asked for one, then one for her grandmother [our neighbour], then one for her mother.  It all made for a pretty funny event, so after giving Marg a hug, they ran skipping across the street to grandma's place. 
  There were 3 couples for supper, so Jerry [not the one having the accident] drove as we all fit in his van, to the German restaurant.  It is one we have gone to before, for a few years now as they have a salad bar and the food is usually good.  We were not disappointed, Marg had the Roulad & I had the Veal Weinerschnitzel.  They only serve German beer and it was very good as well.