the end......

 This is the last pic I'll have with my Mom.

She left us Friday to be reunited with our Dad.

I'll miss her very much.

Since this blog was mainly to keep her updated on my various activities, I'll probably stop posting. 

If there is anyone that may still occasionally read this blog, and want to stay in touch, please friend me on Facebook, where I don't post a lot more, but more than here. If you don't have my full name, please email me at wynedge@gmail.com and I'll be happy to share it with you.

late April update.

Good morning.

First off, an early morning pic from one of my walks...
 

Next, a couple pics from my back yard......

And then me on my morning walk this morning......

I love living in a golf course community, even if I don't golf. It feels like we live in a large park. It sure doesn't look like a desert!
Our property and grounds committee has been busy. Beside our continuing work on the turf removal project, we're also working on installing gates on the Pickleball courts, and a handrail at the front entrance to the community center. All important projects to enhance the quality of life here. With just over 2000 homes, we have a lot of residents that take advantage of all the activities our community offers. 

And I've finished our summer trip plans to Michigan and have all the hotels booked. 

I'm still working on the baseboard corners. I have 7 done, 2 in progress and 5 to go. They look soo much better! But it takes time to redo and alter the corners, so I'm taking my time. Also, it's hard on my back crouching down on the floor soo long, so I need to take breaks in between. I'm not as young and limber as I used to be.....  :-)

remodel project

Good morning.

Yes, don't faint, another post....

I've been working on a project in our house.

One thing that has bugged me from the beginning, was the baseboards.
 The corners don't match the baseboards. They put these ugly blocks there. So since i couldn't find a 'match' I got some that were similar and modified them....

Below you can see the before, after, and the ones I still need to do....

And we finally found something that fit, and something we liked for a small wall in our living room...

And the weather has been perfect! And I've also been working in the yard. more pics to follow......maybe....   :-)
 

annual street party.

Good morning. I've been bad and need to do a post, so I've been told.  :-)

 So, yesterday, we had our annual street party with friends and neighbors. But it was too windy to have it in the street, so we moved it to our garage. 

No one seemed to mind, and a good time was had by all. 
 

turf removal project.

Good morning.

Nevada and the west as you may have heard is in the midst of a decade's long drought. And besides the main conservation measures we already have taken; Nevada passed a law last year that will ban all nonfunctional turf in the state. So that means, if it's not in your backyard, or in a park, school or golf course, it has to go.
 Below is a view of our community, Sun City Aliante. 2000 + homes around a city owned golf course.

The black arrow is about where my home is. The red arrow is the Aliante Casino and hotel. The blue star is where they are building over 3000 new homes.  The purple star is where they are currently grading and putting in utilities for another large master community, Villages of Tule Springs, that when finished will have over 10,000 new homes. Anyway, the green circle is our community center including parking and the large fountain on the corner. Below is a closer view of the area in the green circle.

The colored areas are where we must remove all the grass and replace it with desert scape. 

I'm a member of the Property and Grounds committee. We are tasked with this project by our board.

So, for the last 6 months, we've been working on the plans with our community landscaper, and here's the latest so far.....

The top pic is the area around our main building as it will look with the design we've worked on. All the little colored circles are different plants

And the above pic is the large fountain area out by the intersection, with the plants that we've selected to be planted.

Once our committee finishes with our work, it'll go to the board for their approval, or sent back to us for tweaks. We actually have a lot of time as the grass doesn't have to be removed until 2027.

Anyway, that's been keeping me a bit busy, especially since the committee voted me Chairperson. So now I also have to sit in on the executive meetings with the landscape company. But it's an interesting position and I'm happy to be a part of what it will look like when we're all done. We have a beautiful community, and I hope our work will enhance it.