Happy Easter From a Distance

We want to wish everyone a Happy Easter. We hope you had a great day, however you were able to celebrate during this crisis.

We went golfing with our friends Brad and Martha at Coyote Wash Golf Course in Wellton, Arizona. Wellton is just east of us about 25 miles on the other side of the foothills. Kevin had played there before, but I hadn't. It's a nice 18 hole course. The bonus was that 18 holes with a cart is only $25 on weekends this time of year. We had such a good time, we made plans to go again next Sunday.

After golf, we stopped over at Brad and Martha's house for a little happy hour. Of course, we are keeping our distance from everyone. At the course, we don't touch the flag pin or the rake in the sand traps. We did hear people are coming from California to play the courses in Arizona. That's a bit scary! The course at our resort is only open for residents, so we will do most of our golfing right here at home.

We have been staying at home most of the time. Only going out for limited shopping when needed, and a golf game here and there. Yuma has 20 cases of the virus at this time. We feel pretty safe here, but are being careful.

Staying home has been rather productive for us. I finished painting the porch ceilings and railings. I must say, it turned out quite well. The first picture is in progress, the second is the finished result.

Next fall we will be replacing the porch flooring with Trex boards. It had outdoor carpeting which was so dirty, and it had to go. For now, we have our camping mat over the plywood underlay.

Speaking of camping, we picked up our new fifth wheel on Friday. When it was delivered in late December, the refrigerator was damaged. We went in January to do the walk through, and found a few other minor problems. They replaced the refrigerator and fixed the other items.  We brought it home so we could load our stuff back into it. It sure is nice having our Arizona Room back to normal without all the camper stuff piled in it.

Today we will be finished with loading and organizing, and it will be parked in the storage space we rent here at the resort. Hopefully, we will be able to use it at some point this summer to visit our family in Wisconsin and Nebraska.

I've finished two of the woodcarving projects I was working on this winter. I finished this Santa ornament by painting and staining parts of it, and then coating with a clear finish. It's about 4 inches tall, and will hang on our tree in December.

The cactus relief carving was the first project I ever started two years ago. They kept teaching us new techniques, so the cactus never was finished. I'm quite happy with the result, as it was my first attempt at woodcarving. I did more coats of stain in some areas to give it some interest. The skull and sky are lighter, the mountains medium, and the wheel and cactus darker. Then the entire piece was sprayed with satin finish coating.

When we bought this place, there were a few cactus plants along the back fence. One of them is blooming for the first time since we've been here. Many other cactus in the park are starting to bloom. It's nice to see when we go on our walks.

So, as is the case with all of you; we are staying put. We have some other projects we will work on and enjoy the beautiful weather we are blessed with in Yuma. I'm sure our northern friends are very much anticipating warmer weather in the weeks ahead. 

Our prayers for all of you is to stay safe and healthy!!