Lots of stuff happening

Weds I took Lary to carving, he is at the painting stage on his wee Pygmy Owl, and then I went into PS and picked up Georgette. We drove out through PS, then on over along Hwy 111 to El Paseo, the swanky shopping area here. But first we visited the most terrific bead shop off El Paseo, called Hacienda Anura Bead Co.

We shopped happily for a couple of hours, and watched the classes going on, then went to the Gardens shopping area, where we sauntered through the pretty gardens and bronze sculptures of children frolicking. Jet was photographing. Then we had a coffee at Starbucks, and headed up the hill, Hwy 74 the Pines to Palms Hwy to the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Natl. Monument, there is a wonderful interpretive center there, which has many of the local cactus growing there, identified and named, and is a very good overlook of the Coachella Valley. It was wonderfully warm, and we really enjoyed ourselves.

Then back to Westfield Shopping Center for a bit of retail therapy, and we shopped finally at Walmart for food for dinner. Harold came over, and we had a yummy dinner feast together at home.

Our new blinds needed a bit of an adjustment, so the tech guy came over on Thursday, then we headed off to Annie's for another flute lesson, and after that we flew into PS and picked up H & G for the Village Fest Street Market in downtown PS. We wandered along browsing the stalls, and munching on the goodies offered. Again it was quite warm til later on that evening, and the town was very pretty, and full of fun with the street entertainment. Had a bit of wine back at their hotel in north PS, the Palm Court Inn.

Friday I got a pedicure, then we had lunch at Bristol Farms grocery store, their cafe, and rolled home to spend time at our pool in the warm sunshine. Bliss.

Saturday we went to College of the Desert, we wanted some stuff for the house, then we came home and sat in the sunshine and swam in our pool here. More bliss.

That brings us to today, Sunday, our pals Nadia and Walter came to visit us, and we sat outside drinking tea, visiting and munching on home made lemon loaf. Yum, it was great to see them both looking so well, they are in El Centro in a rented park model for 2 months, we showed them around our house, that doesn't take long, then strolled around our park to look at our clubhouse, pool and hot tub complex, and wandered back home and said our good byes for now.

They told a very scary tale, their daughter in law was shopping alone in Walmart in Campbell River last weekend, and after she returned to her vehicle and got in, and turned it on, a young man knocked on her window, indicating that she had trouble with her rear tire.

Getting out of the vehicle she went to the rear of the car, and he hopped in and took off with her car, with her wallet, purse, phone, credit cards and all inside. Needless to say she was very shocked at what had taken place. He was wearing a hoodie, isn't everybody, and she thought he was a skateboard type, but she wasn't sure, she was so focussed on the rear tire problem.

The police came to help her, but she was very relieved that she hadn't had her 3 year old daughter with her in the vehicle. Her vehicle was recovered later, minus the wallet, credit cards, vehicle registration and car and house keys.

They of course are having the house locks replaced, but I think that is a very good warning for all of us, don't trust people in shopping center lots necessarily when they approach you. Scary for sure, and I know it happened for sure, almost right in our back yard on Vancouver Island, last weekend.

Be aware everyone.