The balloons keep going and going.................
Off they go!
But, you have to fill em up first!It was my sincere intention to abandon blogging for a while; at least until we hit the road for home in the spring. However, I was shocked at the number of people who commented positively on the blog upon our return home for Christmas. Somebody actually reads this stuff!!!!! And ……… no one is forcing anyone to tune in so, what the hell ……… we may as well keep this thing going.
The drive home for Christmas was a fun trip except for the last 200 feet, where we careened down our snowy driveway on California summer tires and, ended up smack in the middle of our neighbours’ front lawn. They were quite good about it!!! The car immediately got parked until spring.
Christmas in Brockville is always a fun time with friends and family ever-present. Jonathan and Meghann were able to visit for a week and re-charge. Our best Christmas gift!
Flying back to Palm Springs started out by being snowed into our infamous driveway the day before our scheduled flight back. Even 4-wheel drive would not save the day because the snow was so deep the car bottomed out!!! Enter our extremely reliable snow plough contractor to the rescue. He plowed a path out and, we spent the night in a Brockville motel (not a highlight of the holidays!) so as not to get snowed back in. The trip to Palm Springs included the usual delayed flights, missed connections and, lost luggage. Customer service at United Airlines is as bad as ever but ………. here we are.
While we were at home, Palm Springs received its first real rain in 2 years and, there is more forecast for this weekend. Rain is a huge event around here and, much celebrated. Also……. it surely beats snow!!!
As “the season” reaches its peak in the desert, there are an increasing number of “attractions” in the area. Helen Hunt opened the Palm Springs Film Festival (founded by the late Palm Springs Mayor – Sonny Bono) yesterday with the inaugural screening of her new movie / directorial debut. There is a hot-air balloon festival this weekend; a pro-am (celebrities) golf tournament is about to begin and, we scored tickets to see B.B. King in concert on Saturday night. The only problem is that it is difficult to be in all places at once.
The drive home for Christmas was a fun trip except for the last 200 feet, where we careened down our snowy driveway on California summer tires and, ended up smack in the middle of our neighbours’ front lawn. They were quite good about it!!! The car immediately got parked until spring.
Christmas in Brockville is always a fun time with friends and family ever-present. Jonathan and Meghann were able to visit for a week and re-charge. Our best Christmas gift!
Flying back to Palm Springs started out by being snowed into our infamous driveway the day before our scheduled flight back. Even 4-wheel drive would not save the day because the snow was so deep the car bottomed out!!! Enter our extremely reliable snow plough contractor to the rescue. He plowed a path out and, we spent the night in a Brockville motel (not a highlight of the holidays!) so as not to get snowed back in. The trip to Palm Springs included the usual delayed flights, missed connections and, lost luggage. Customer service at United Airlines is as bad as ever but ………. here we are.
While we were at home, Palm Springs received its first real rain in 2 years and, there is more forecast for this weekend. Rain is a huge event around here and, much celebrated. Also……. it surely beats snow!!!
As “the season” reaches its peak in the desert, there are an increasing number of “attractions” in the area. Helen Hunt opened the Palm Springs Film Festival (founded by the late Palm Springs Mayor – Sonny Bono) yesterday with the inaugural screening of her new movie / directorial debut. There is a hot-air balloon festival this weekend; a pro-am (celebrities) golf tournament is about to begin and, we scored tickets to see B.B. King in concert on Saturday night. The only problem is that it is difficult to be in all places at once.
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hey there...first time visitor to your blog, just thought I'd say hi!
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