Hangin out in Deming

Not a whole lot going on here in Deming, NM. We now work Thusday and Friday. I pass my time carving and working on shaping rocks. Louise has been working on a couple of quilts and working on bead projects she started in AZ back in March. The weather here has been REAL hot, 100+ just about every day. Last night the first storm of the monsoon season hit., High winds and a lot of rain. One of the residents said they had 2" in their rain gauge. To say they need the rain is an understatement. That was the first measurable rain since Jan. When I went to get into bed, my side was all wet. After changing sheets and blankets, putting towels down, I went to bed. This morning I went up on the roof to try and find the leak. It was easy to spot, the rubber seal that seals the tv cable had come loose and allowed the rain to run down the cable right over the bed. Fixed that sucker right away...lol


This Roadrunner jumped up on the electric post right outside our window. By the time we got the camera in hand and it had moved to far off to get a really good ppicture.

This is a stone that I just finished shaping. I didn't realize till I got it about shaped how cool it looked. It finished looking like a desert scene. I think it is about the neatest stone I have done to date.

This is my latest carving. It is a walking stick with 9 animals carved down the shaft. The eagle head on the top screws off so I can put a camera mount in it's place to make it into a monopod.

It has been way to hot to go out into desert rock hunting. Hopefully it will cool off so we can get out. We have a lot of time left here to hunt so we aren't going to go out there and get heat stroke. I need to start going through everything we have on board and try to cut some weight down. Guess we don't need to go out rock hunting after all...lol. Really, I would like to lighten up at least 500 pounds maybe more. Before we leave here in the fall, I hope to move out a lot of "stuff" that we just don't use or need.

We are not on the road now, so not as much to blog about.

Till next time

Duane and Louise