Western Backroads

Welcome to Virgil and Marcia's blog. We take many weekend trips to places in Arizona and the Southwest. This is a place where family and friends can read about where we've been and what we've seen. Enjoy!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Misc. Happenings

Here's a post of a bunch of random stuff from the last couple weeks.

I bought a new air compressor. It's a 21 gallon upright unit with a self-retracting real that I mounted on the wall above it. Everything is setup in the picture below, except I hadn't installed the hose connecting the compressor to the reel yet. With the 50 foot hose, I can reach clear out to the end of the driveway.



Marcia refurbished the living room couch. She bought a new slip cover and installed that. She also sewed some new pillows for the back. Looks like brand new now.



Archie gets hot and has been shedding a lot lately. Marcia brushed him out and he really likes it.



The wind picked up the other night and blew over the cactus in the back yard. It had been growing too much for it's own good anyway. The thing was too top heavy and fell right over.



I've been working on redoing the irrigation system in the back yard. Here's some trenches I dug to install the water lines.





When we were in Iowa, I welded a little cat for the yard. Marcia thinks it looks like a dog. It's in the ground by our pool now whatever it is.



We were awakened one morning by the rain. It poured for about an hour until the sun came up.