Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Warning ... Warning!!

 Sometimes nights can be more interesting than I can appreciate.  Apparently the super monsoons have arrived in Arizona.  At some point in every day Mother Nature puts on a lightning show and waters her garden.  It's past due, so I can't complain.  I do love a good thunder storm.


I'm not sure what time it began.  Cooper was acting weird.  It's really too bad my #1 son can't talk.  He refused to go to sleep, getting wet nose to nose every few minutes.  We were up four times when I finally gave up and parked on the couch.  

At some point we both went to sleep, but Mother Nature had other ideas as strobe lights hit my windows.  I finally took a pill and tried to sleep to the pounding of rain on the roof.  Suddenly it was time to get up.

I wandered through the North forty (actually only two) to see what might be blooming.  After all, it's rained almost every single day.  There are several downed trees and cactus turned on it's head ..... and then there was this!  Six beautiful little balls of green with bright pink flowers.  


The ocotillo are taking full advantage and leafing out like never before.  Things are growing by leaps and bounds.


On the other hand, my little rut has turned into a chasm.  No worries, it's fixable, but in Mother Nature's time.  There are dangerous thunder storm warnings for the next seven days.  I've gotten more notices than I ever did about tornados!!  Someone is making up for lost time!!


Here's a warning many probably already know about.  Walgreens basically threatened me with extortion.  Well not exactly, but that's what came to mind as I made my purchase yesterday.  I picked up two bottles of vitamins.  The sign said $15.00 each.  

Funny, when I got to the checkout counter, they magically turned in to $25 each, with a total bill of $61.00.  Wait ..... I saw $31 flash on the screen.  If you "sign up" and give them your email address, your full name, your phone number and your zip code, they will give you a $30 credit.  Otherwise, pay up!!

Luckily I passed on the razors at $15 a bag or I would have had to borrow money from a loan shark.  Really Walgreens??  So like any good person being fleeced, I signed up to get the discount.

DO NOT do what I did.  Instead, go across the street to Safeway (or wherever) and pay only $12 for those vitamins.  By the way, I purchased the razors at Safeway for $10.  Fair warning ... there are crooks out there.  I would also note that some time ago, my prescription at Walgreens was $175.  It was $30 at Costco.


Amazingly .... sometimes the world clocks come together .... I passed by El Toro Taco Shop at exactly 12:00.  These are chicken corn street tacos, probably the best tacos I've ever eaten in my entire life.  I spent the next hour giving the sauce the complete taste test so I could duplicate it at home.  

I think I've come close ....... mayo, lime juice, smoked paprika, chipotle powder (of which I happen to have half a pound ordered by mistake on the internet) and a little water to thin it out.  I made my own last night and I got an A+!!!  


The other secret to these is the paper thin old fashioned hand made FLOUR tortillas.  Another rip in the earth's continuum had me standing in front of a bag of them at Fry's grocery store.  I don't even have to make my own.  Now I can sit on the patio and eat Class A homemade tacos.

It's time to check out the game camera to see if it survived the storm and mow the 4" tall grass.  Won't that be ducky!!!!  Then it's off to Empire Ranch for a look see, assuming of course the next storm holds off for a few hours.

12 comments:

  1. There are a lot of copycat Mexican sauces
    A lot of the Mexican restaurants will copy other restaurants menus if it’s a chain restaurant most of their recipes are on the Internet that you can copy yourself here’s one of them
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqNC_YVOqDs

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    1. Thank you Ed ... I've been looking for one that I liked without too much heat. This one sounds good!

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  2. Ya, I DRIVE up to Walgreens and pick up our meds and rarely, rarely go inside. Order refills online now so I don't even have to talk to them except when I pick them up. Mom and Dad (RIP for him) use CVC and they are no better.

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    1. I found CVC to at least be cheaper. I'm shocked at how expensive they are.

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  3. Glad you're getting the rain. Yuma is very afraid of lightening and thunder. Fergie is deaf and blind so she doesn't care. Hope the grass is growing at Empire Ranch. Be sure to take a picture.

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    1. I'm sure the grass is knee high!! I'll get some pictures for you.

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  4. Nothing like a good thunderstorm! Dakota does not like them however, Zoey does not seem to mind.

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    1. Neither my dog or my parrot care about the storms, but if thunder is too loud, Cooper tells them to be quiet!!

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  5. That's a lot of thunderstorms!! I was afraid the warnings were for more of those critters that I detest. Thank you for that not being the case. :)
    The cactus is beautiful and the ocotillo flowers will be amazing too! I always look forward to them when we go south.
    The tacos look good!

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    1. Welllllll ... the critters are out too. I have to be careful where I step.

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