Spring Begins Today!  Yeah!  In February, we had 3 blizzards here, one on February 9th, one on the 11th and the 3rd on the 20th, just a month ago today.  Our weather since the beginning of March has really been spring like with temps in the 80s and warm bright sunshiny days.  The wind has been a bit tedious at times with gusts up to 40 mph.  Our humidity has just blown away in the wind.  Some days the humidity is a mere 4 %.  I have started thinking about planting veggies and flowers in my raised bed, but have not done so.  I do not trust the March weather here.  March came in like a lamb, as the old saying goes, so I figure it will go out like a lion.  I have not forgotten the March's in the past when some of my baby goats were born in blizzards in March.  Nope, can't trust March weather.  I will wait til April to plant.

It was my great pleasure to have a visit earlier this month from a gal friend I knew  when Steve was stationed in Idaho with the Air Force about 30 plus years ago!  She brought her two daughters and spent a few nights here.  Then I drove her down to Sierra Vista to meet with another friend that was also in Idaho with us.  The 3 of us, all pretty much "old Ladies" now, visited Tombstone for a day.  I had never been to the Boot Hill Grave yard in Tombstone.  It was very interesting.  The men who fought the famous gunfight at the OK Corral against Wyatt Earp and Dr. Holiday were buried there in one big grave.  Most of the graves were marked with wooden crosses or grave markers.  I took pictures of the most interesting ones.  

It was great to see my old friend and try to catch up on the passed 30 years.  She does not live so far away now, only one state over.  My Sierra Vista friend and I hope to visit at her home sometime in the near future.  Her daughters are smart and beautiful and I enjoyed meeting them.

We celebrated Valentine's Day in February with chocolate cake and candy.  Then in March, our oldest grandson turned 11 years old.  We celebrated his birthday a week late because everyone was too sick to get together on the day.  Steve had pneumonia, and everyone else had colds or something .  Our oldest daughter is still sick.  She has been sick for several months now with what seems like a cold.  The doctors found no evidence of bronchitis or pneumonia.  She finally diagnosed herself when she discovered she has all the symptoms of Valley Fever.  There is really no treatment for it unless she does develop pneumonia or something.  She has an asthma inhaler and is just trying to wait it out.  

I have been looking at ads on Craig's List in the farm and garden part.  I cannot decide if I want to get new goats or some other livestock.  I did answer an ad where someone was trying to re-home a donkey for $200.  I was uneasy about that so I did not protest overly much when Steve said, "NO!"  I am planning on getting some chicks soon.  Chickens provide meat, eggs and entertainment, aren't too expensive to feed and do not tear my heart out when it it time to, let me say, put them on the dinner table!   Maybe I will have pictures of chicks for the next post.