Some Differences

Now that I've been here awhile, I'd like to pass on some of the differences I've noticed.
First of all, it's a "wreck" not a car accident. Which will be investigated by the "POE-LEECE".
Americans say "perMIT" instead of "PERmit", "INsurance" instead of "inSURance" -- and you don't barbecue anything, you GRILL it. In fact, the very thing you use to create barbecue pork chops is called a "grill ". A huge truck pulling a trailer or two behind it is called a "sem-I" whereas we Canadians say "sem-eee".
And there's "roof" and "hoof" but NOT rhyming with "proof". Rather, it's like the "u" in "put". Say it again: roof, hoof.

They're Starting to Bloom!

Cactus at Desert Harbor

These are some of the different kinds of cactus that are in the yards around here. I find cactus to be such an interesting plant, both the wild ones and the domesticated.
I am still trying to figure out how to post with pics. I can't get this to appear as a cutline.

From AB to AZ

After living in a very compact older park model for a couple of weeks, we decided we wanted something bigger. We contacted some realtors and after looking at numerous places, we decided to purchase a mobile home in a park of 205 double-wides. Then we proceeded to furnish it (including a 42-inch HD Toshiba with dish) and have enjoyed sharing our roomy and spacious home away from home with friends and relatives.

This is the clubhouse of Desert Harbor Resort, where the meticulous rule-following manager has a little office. There's also a library housed in the facility, a TV area, a well-used kitchen, mail room, billiard room, a small raised platform (stage?) where guest performers entertain the wild and unruly crowds, an exercise room with treadmills, a recumbent bike, and weight-lifting equipment, and washrooms that have three showers and two doors, one leading to the pool area outside where there are two pools and a Jacuzzi. Since it's been so hot lately, we've been using the pool daily along with the unruly guests who tread water whilst engaging in heated arguments over Obama's proposed health care plan. (He's Black, you know. . .) The other day there was a corned beef and cabbage meal set out for St. Patrick's Day revellers which we did not attend. The beef down here tastes odd.

This grapefruit tree sits outside our window, along with an orange tree and a lemon tree. They belong to the neighbour but she has offered us unlimited access to all citrus products that might hang over into our yard.

This is a duplicate picture which I entered by mistake and cannot for the life of me find a DELETE button.... We bought a car down here, a 2006 Grand Marquis with 35 000 miles, in excellent condition, having never spent a day in the frozen north. It cost us $13K including insurance. As for the mobile home, it cost us $35K which is the price of a Buick Lucerne with a few options thrown in.