July Doings

We have been in Pahrump for almost a month....learning to adapt to high daylight temperatures.  The house has great A/C - and is well insulated so the A/C doesn't run all the time.

The patio now has furniture....and a misting system.  Next step will be the overhead fans to help distribute the mist.

Ray & Charlotte's apple trees are nearing harvest...with great benefits.  Here is an lovely (and tasty) apple pie made by Charlotte:

With a gift of several pounds of Golden Delicious apples I made this tart today.  A little different for me because it doesn't have that lovely sweet cream filling.  This one has applesauce made from the fresh apples:

We were gifted with a visit from Steve & Jo over the July 4th weekend..a very pleasant surprise.  Can't wait for them to return when we have more time to explore.

 Steve - icing his hand (that turned out only to be sprained) that looked like it was very painful and Shadow at his feet.

 Ray and Jo.  Ray was the head BBQ chef for those lovely steaks.

 Charlotte enjoying the standing mister.

How is this for decadence? Lovely rib-eyes!

The house and garages are coming together.  A few more pieces of furniture for my craft room and I will be ready to start sewing again.