A Thank You

Hi Clarice,

The last line made me smile, thank you

HI Clarice -- where in Lizard Land do you live? I seem to recall one of our members in AZ -- maybe you -- saying she lived down south of Tucson. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that the proper, more descriptive term for our tendency to "drive a point into the ground" is to say we "beat a dead horse" -- much more eloquent, dontcha think (RD&H) -- LOLOL :-) CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

As for not getting along with horses -- the ones we beat up on ARE dead -- LOL! Now -- just *where* in MN do you live when you are there? What's left of DH's family in that neck of the woods lives in Ely, MN. His uncle & spouse are also AZ snowbirds -- they live in Ely from May through October and then in Sun City West from November through April. They are Johnny & Mary Alice Perushek -- just on the off chance you might have met up with them. SCW is a large community so you might have no idea who they are but it never hurts to ask :-)! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

Clarice - that was a lovely thing to say - and points out the good part of us being a virtual sewing circle. I'm sure you're not way behind any of us... Or me at least.

Happy stitchin' Ellice

Do you ever go to the Blueberry Festival in Ely? When we go visit, we always try to be there for the Festival. Helps that we can stay with DH's cousins and park within walking distance of the Festival. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

Sorry to hear your DH hasn't been well. Hope that you get to the cooler northern lake soon. When I lived in NM, I always would cringe as people said "but it's a dry heat" - as if it still wasn't really 105 in the shade.

ellice

Oh yes, our "dry heat"---lol We expect 106 today and 110 tomorrow and Friday and triple digits for the rest of the week, etc. It is way past time to leave. Ever have to drive the car with gloves on because the steering wheel is too hot to touch? Meet Phoenix area. LOL Clarice

LOL - I understand. I grew up - so to speak - in Miami. Near the water. So, I learned early to always, always, always use sunglasses (amazing amount of damage done to folks' eyes from glare off hoods). And in the old days to keep a towel around for the steering wheel. When someone cleverly thought of sunshades for the car - woo hoo - I can still recall the old cardboard ones. And then living in NM, and working way the heck out in the desert- it was so bad that by about May we'd switch our working hours to from 2 am til never later than noon out in the field. Brutal.

Ellice

No gloves for MOI. I used to have a towel I kept in the car and would drape that over the steering wheel & the gear shift lever. That and the sunshade I ALWAYS put in the windshield would keep stuff to a more tolerable temp. As for the dry heat -- IT IS! Now that I live in Magnoliaville and get to experience humidity first hand. I much prefer 105 and dry to 90 and humid. Problem is, that dry heat lasts just toooooo long for MOI! Thankfully, it almost never gets into the 90's in my part of GA and, when it is warm, the humidity is usually way down by the time the sun goes down. Even so, we will retire to the mountains of Lizard Land. NO heat compared to the Valley and absolutely NO humidity compared to Atlanta. AHHHHH the best of both worlds -- except for the price of everything being a bit higher but worth every penny, IMNSHO. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

That's true. But, it's the total calculation of what heat feels like to you

- the humidity makes the relative temperature higher in how you sense it. I'm with you about the dry heat. But....when it gets to the 105-110 range it's still just dang hot!

No moaning about price will be tolerated by us living in the exorbitant DC metro area....I do miss the ease of living in the high desert - the mountains and clear light. I keep dreaming that eventually we'll move further west and into the more mountainous area. But, DH (and me, to some extent) are requiring water - as in near a lake. We'll see. Hoping to take him to the SW sometime this coming year. In the meantime, I could be envious.

ellice