Two things have happened of note. Our real estate agent asked our landlord if he was interested in selling and he said he wanted 2 million . Doug has an appointment for back surgery next Friday.
  I have had some interesting rides on Karrot around here. My main issue with him is just getting him to relax. He is the worst in the round pen.
All my plants are doing well and the flower bed along the front is growing and some flowers are appearing.
 Today we are going to drive the route to the hospital where the back surgery will  take place. It will be minimal out patient surgery.
I spoke with our friends from here about going in together on some horse property together and they are keen.  They have 6 horses that they board and own  two properties.
So things are coming along, it will be such a relief the have the back surgery over and done with.

Today  it is very humid here and about 95 degrees. It is like living in the central valley, but I know that it is temporary and we will get back to dry and hot soon. The horses are down in  our new round pen with water and shade  for a change of scene. Pesk saw Karrot and Sierra go down and stood at his gate and called to me so I took him down also.
A few days ago I found out that we did not need to take the reverse mortgage class before we looked at property.  So I emailed our real estate agent and asked her to ask our landlord if he would be interested in selling .We are waiting to know as this would be our first choice.
I have had some great times at Hollywood park race track going there to  meet Kentucky Derby and Perakness winner I'll Have Another and the great gelding Lava Man who is his pony horse. I  got to be involved with the running of a race horse and was made honorary groom.  I also got to give a picture pedigree that I made of Lava Man to his trainer Doug O'Neill who also trained I'll Have Another.  D's back has been very bad and he is going to see a doctor next week.

I'll Have Another with me, my freind Cheryl and his handler at Hollywood Park stable area

The chickens have a great time every day pecking and scratching around we could do with more. Soon we should know if we are staying here or what ? I would really like to put down some roots.

We now have two hens and two roosters. The big rooster starts crowing at 3:30 in the morning and woke me up again this morning. But it is worth it, I love hearing him during the rest of the day. Then I let the two hens and the big rooster out of the  pen after egg laying time. Rocky the other rooster is let out first thing , because the big rooster attacks him when he gets down off his roosting pole. Some of the horses here have never seen chickens. It is lovely to see them down in the pens pecking and scratching around.
Our pipe corral panels came a few days ago. Yesterday we started to put them up as a round pen, with the help of Jessie and husband Onofre and Steve our landlord with a tractor. There are also two shaders which were put up at the one end. More work today, and then we can get Additur/ Pesk in it and exercised.
Doug and I went out to Long Beach to see the Queen Mary the ship that my Dad had sailed on as a prisoner of war. It is very big and art deco. We also saw the Princess Diana dress exhibition. If I could find my books with pictures of her in them I would be interested to see the dresses again.



Me with Doug's ex wife Nancy and her boy friend at Aiden's party

 



Doug with grand daughter Quinn and her dad Onofre behind her. At left D son Jon and  his son Aiden. Daughter Jessie mother of Quinn at right, with daughter Lilly.

  We also went to Nancy's ( D ex wife) house to be part of a second Birthday party for D grandson Aiden . It is always interesting to be around the fam.