Jan 31st

Hard to believe the month of January has come & gone; time flies down here in the Valley of the Sun. Slow day here, got some light rain during the night and a few sprinkles in the early morning. Not enough to wet the pavement, more like a fine Scottish mist. It was a cool day, we had to wear a sweatshirt or light jacket to go for our walk today, probably only reached the high 60's today. I went for a long walk in the morning when Marg was doing laundry and then we both walked around the park in the afternoon. Played pool & we were 2 canucks and 2 yanks; the war of 1812 all over again. Some of these guys think they won that war, must have different history books here than the ones at home. I think their books forgot to mention the burning of the white house when the Canucks got there, LOL. Old Harold from Nebraska stopped in to watch & shared with us that he finally heard the origin of the name Canada. It goes - when they were searching for a name, they had all the alphabet in a hat & drew them out to make a name. The first letter out was a 'C' eh, next was an 'N' eh & finally a 'D' eh. After which they came up with the name Canada. He is a real character, never stuck for a funny line. Supposed to be cool here until Wednesday and start getting nice again after that, so long pants for the next 2 days.