I took you'alls advice!

Yes, I did....and I had another one of those great margaritas!  We had such a nice time with our friends, Arlene and Kevin.  Great conversation and great food...just can't beat that!  I managed to "pace" myself a little better with this margarita and after dinner we did a little window shopping in downtown Palm Springs.  Window shopping is about all we could afford to do there....pretty pricey stuff, but fun to look at anyway.  It was a wonderfully warm and comfortable evening.

Thought you might like to see an update on the Pelican painting.....

 

Its coming along nicely I think.  I spent some time on the palm leaves and am now working on all those wing feathers.  Those have been a bit challenging, but I think I have a handle on them now so hopefully things will move a bit faster.

Eye Candy!

Short post today....thought you might enjoy some more photos from our zoo day.  Sorry, I don't know the names of any of these.....

Feels like Spring!

Tonight we are going to have dinner with some rv friends.  You can check out there blog Roaming When We Can.  We are going back to  Las Casuelas....do I dare have another margarita??

The Zoo

We went to the Living Desert Zoo over in Palm Desert.   It was wonderful.  Here are just a few of the marvelous animals we saw....

 This is Black Crowned Night Heron.....looks blue to me

 This is the Common Egret....nothing common about this beauty in my opinion

 Priceless!!

I want to paint them all!!  In fact we enjoyed the zoo so much that we purchased a membership.  The cost was $70 for both of us and allows unlimited visits for the year.  It also includes many other zoos around the United States...giving us entry at no cost or at a reduced cost.  We are going to be here in Desert Hot Springs for another 3 weeks and I plan on spending several more days at the zoo. 

Another Great Evening

Yesterday, Rick came by and invited us out to dinner.  We originally made plans to go to dinner tonight, but then Paulette came by and ask if we could make it that night.  Well, of course, that is the beauty of being retired and fulltime....all our plans are set in "jello" and can be changed at the drop of a hat!  So, off we went...over to Palm Springs for a great buffet at the Spa Resort and Casino.  We also were introduce to another great couple here at the Sands...Gary and Sandy.  The six of us had a lovely dinner and the conversation was even better!  We are just having too much fun here at the Sands.....now if we could just do something about this ding, dang wind!  Enough already!
Yep, the winds were a howling all night long and have continued this am.  It is truly amazing that...just over the way at Palm Springs...usually no wind..calm as can be.
Today I think we may mosey over to the Living Desert and Zoo.  I want to see what animals I can "capture" with my new camera!

Evening Out on the Town

We had a much nicer day....weather wise....yesterday.  The sun was a shining and the winds were fairly quiet.  I decided it was time to do a little cleaning while Billy ran a few errands.  Nothing too exciting I'm afraid.  Later in the day, we decided it was time to venture out to a Mexican restaurant that we had heard about on Rick's blog.  It is one of their favorites in Palm Springs.  So along about 3pm we headed over to Las Casuelas.  We had brought along a google map as we were not sure exactly where the place was located in downtown Palm Springs.  Got parked and thought we were only a couple blocks from the restaurant.  Starting walking and soon discovered we could not find the place.  We had left the map in the truck, of course.....so back we went....had a second look at the map and figured out we were a few more blocks away then we thought.  No problem...at least we were headed in the right direction and on the right street.  So, off we went again....this time success.  Man the food was outstanding!  We both really enjoyed ourselves.  I may have enjoyed myself a little too much as I also had a margarita.  It was tasty, but very strong.  Does the phrase, "I can't feel my legs", tell you anything.  LOL!  Not to fear, Billy lent me his arm and I managed to get back to the truck safe and sound.  Billy is not only my designated driver, but also my designated walker.  HA!  He is a good one!  Back at the fiver we did a little Skype-ing and talk to our grandson and his mom.  Then we both kicked back in our easy chairs for another relaxing evening here in the desert!

At My Easel

Yesterday was a little better....still cool temps, but the sun was out.  I spent the day painting.  I have two I'm working on these days.  Here is the pelican.....

I just did a close up of the area I'm working on....long way to go yet, but I think he or she is looking pretty good.

Here is the old truck.....decided on a spring time theme for the background!
I think I mentioned we had been having some issues with our furnace.  Well, it finally bit the dust.  It tries to light, but no go.  Thank goodness we have the electric heaters as it gets pretty chilly here at night.  Looks like we will be calling the rv repair guy here in the park to have a look!

Cold, dreary day....

First off....I do want to say how much I appreciated all the comments on the dog park post.  Nice to know our furballs are not the only dog park dropouts....LOL!  It really is no big deal to us....most parks we have the "dog park" all to ourselves  anyway.  Our pups might spend 15 or 20 minutes playing and smelling and then they are done and ready to get back to their respective easy chairs!
We had a cold and dreary day here at the Sands yesterday.  I spent most of it working on a new painting of a pelican....you can check it out on my art blog.  I did manage to slip out and take this photo of the snow on the mountains behind our rig.

 

That was pretty much the excitement for the day!!