11 a.m.: I knew
that it was predicted to be in the 80s today and still I dawdled around before
getting out to walk. Woke up to about 49o which is good walking
weather with the sun on the rise. On
days that dawn warm like this it’s best to be out walking before 10 a.m. Just got back and am sitting here with sweat dripping
down my face. Learn from your mistakes,
girl!! Stop dawdling in the morning and
just get to it.
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Evening
additions:
The sun is down and usually that
brings a chill to the air but not tonight...or at least not as of 8 o’clock. We have wood left from earlier in the week so I
made a fire and am sitting out next to it while typing up the day’s
events. I also have my phone propped up
on my computer watching Chandler Cummings (Marell Staffel’s
granddaughter) compete and eventually win on Wheel of Fortune. Multi-tasking under a starry sky in front of
a toasty fire...
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Kim
was out walking when I went to Coolidge; I knew he was going to Harmon Rd so I
headed that way first to bring him some water.
When I found him he was toting a stick with a forked end. I knew what that was for...trapping a
snake. And I know specifically what kind
of snake he’d like to catch and I don’t even want to think about that.
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Today
I saw trucks bearing the logo NextEra Energy leaving the facility. I googled ‘solar plant outside of Coolidge,
AZ’ and this popped up:
For decades, NextEra Energy Resources' subsidiaries
have been helping fuel America’s economic growth and quality of life and moving
our nation toward energy independence. To date, we operate solar projects
in 27 states, including Pinal Central Solar in Pinal County and the City of Coolidge
in Arizona. The energy storage component of this project uses batteries to
store renewable energy and make it available even when the sun isn’t shining,
improving the reliability and efficiency of the electric grid and making more
renewable energy available more hours of the day.
Features of the Storey
Solar Project:
- Photovoltaic
(PV) solar arrays capable of generating up to 88 megawatts (MW) of clean,
renewable energy and 88 megawatts (MW) of battery energy storage.
- The
project encompasses approximately 996 acres.
- Subject
to local and state approvals, the project is scheduled to begin operations
as early as June 2023.
I also
learned that NextEra Energy is a leader in wind and solar power generation
throughout the US and Canada...or so their advertising says. Now I know.
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Earlier
in March a field on the way to Coolidge suddenly sprouted hundreds of
sheep. They weren’t there and then they
were. Every time we passed by they were busy munching down what appeared to be a cultivatef field of grass.
Last
year we also saw a huge herd of sheep out on Battaglia Road by I-10 that also seemed
to vanish overnight. Had another
sighting on Battaglia Road near IR 15. I
wondered then if they were rented out for grazing purposes. That same thought crossed my mind when they
appeared in the field on SR 87 this year.
And transportation....how are they transported and how long does it take
to wrangle them up?
This
morning on my way into Coolidge I realized the sheep were gone. Double checked on my way home and then triple
checked when I went on a bike ride this afternoon. No sheep...last we saw them was on March 16.
What
I saw instead was a bunch of day workers in the fields...or at least I think it
was the same field. Anyway I came back
to camp and told Kim “The sheep are gone.
Just gone. And there were migrant
workers in the field instead.”
His
immediate comeback was, “Were they grazing?”
😏
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Walking
back from the mailbox and Felicia called to me; I walked over to talk to
her. After a discussion about the sorry
state of our eyesight, I turned to walk back to camp. I heard her say, “See you later, Boo” and I
thought “Boo...she called me Boo.” Two
things: 1. There’s no way that word would ever trip as easily off my tongue and sound as cool as
it did with Felicia...I’m sort of jealous about that, and 2. Does it mean ‘friend’?...I
thought it referred to a person’s significant other. So I googled the meaning and this is what I
found:
It is okay to call a friend “boo”. However, you should know that friend you intend calling boo, as he/she probably might be receiving the “boo” differently. ... Some people refer to a close friend or best friend as ”Boo” and it's meant platonically. It's up to your friend whether or not it's okay to call them ”Boo.”
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Went for a solo ride today. Kim went to bed about 4:30 this morning after processing
the images from the last couple of nights and then he was up at 8:30 for
whatever reason. He slept a little over 4 hours and then took about a 5 mile
walk in the hot sunlight. He needed a
nap and I needed a bike ride. We both
got our needs met.
Did the Tom Mix/Park Link Loop. Stopped at the Tom Mix area...watched the ground
squirrels and birds for a bit. Stopped
along the way to take pictures...crested cactus, hawk atop a cactus, and a
paraglider. Cruised on back to camp well before dark. Enough time to take another walk to get my
10,000 steps in before supper.
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