Apricity West 2

January 22, 2022, Saturday

Pajama day today - dark, stormy with occasional rain, chilly. We did art projects and musical self-entertainment inside all day. Jodi Shannon was walking by so we invited her in to give her a palette name plate Rich made for her craft - infused glass. She was quite surprised and we asked if we could stop over to see her studio and how she processes her work. Tomorrow...

January 23, 2022, Sunday

Jodi and Jackson (her little dog) greeted us at the door. She had Rich’s palette on display as you entered the house. She has quite a variety of colored glass to work with - a small kiln for jewelry and a large one for plates and larger items. She is 82 years old and has been in this home in North Ranch for 20 years and that is when she started glass infusion…

Rich bought a pair of her earrings to add to his latest creation, Native American Woman, in multi-media. This was his first wood burning which he colored with  acrylic pens, watercolor and the earring. 

January 24&25, 2022, Monday &Tuesday

Absolutely gorgeous sunny day with temps in high 50’s! Met another lone rider woman today. She stopped by as we sat outside soaking up the sun. When I asked where she was from, the answer was, "Anywhere I want to be!” Her name is Lydia - she and her husband sold everything in CA when they retired and went “full-time” to travel and scout out the best place to settle. He ended up with cancer, and died soon after leaving her with a truck and a 36 foot 5th wheel which she traded in for a 36’ Coachman diesel pusher. This put her in an all-in-one rig like ours where her son felt she was safer. She has been widowed for 6 years now and would like to find her 2nd chapter with no success so far. She is retired from law enforcement and that might be a hiccup in her attempts.

 

January 26, 2022, Wednesday - Happy birthday sister, Leslie!

Went to Surprise today to have a farewell lunch with John and Eileen as we leave Congress on February 1. The good news is that we will be in Tucson sharing time and experiences with Terri and Jim for 2 months!

Had a wonderful lunch at Saigon Kitchen...

We stopped at Musical Surprise and walked out with a small Mighty Air bluetooth amplifier, a strap and a quick-release, for my ukulele! 

Still need a mic set up!

January 27, 2022, Thursday

Can’t believe it has been 5 years since my Dad passed! Love and miss you, Dad...

 

The day started off with me sneezing from my toes at 5am - with my CPAP on (which gets quite messy)! And it went on all morning. I started using Flonase yesterday and today had to add on the Claritin to clear up the stuffiness. Today is our (Joanne and I) debut in the Jam Session! It is as much about singing as it is playing, so this isn’t good. After washing the bedding, I swore that I was going to find a way to baracade Lily from our bed which Rich insists is impossible. 

When we came home from the Jam, she was NOT on the bed and the barrier was not disturbed! Training! Training! Training!

 

Well, the debut went well and I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE DID IT! It was my inspiration and goal to do this before we left North Ranch. We played and sang Summertime, My Heart Will Go On, Hallelujah  and Lion Sleeps Tonight. I think the most empowering moment was the last song when Danny played Wagon Wheel and we were able to play along and sing with the words and chords in SongBook on Joanne’s Tablet. It was so fun to play along like we knew what we were doing! Can’t thank Joanne enough for her support and guidance!❤️

Video of us at the Jam is in the body of this email…