Today was a lovely weather day, sunny and bright, temps in the 70s, with the scenery continuing clear from the rains that washed away the dust out of the air. We went over to meet our flute teacher and dear friend Annie, and we three went out for lunch. We ate outside on the patio of the Fish Market in Palm Desert, it was delicious food, and we really enjoyed our catch up with Annie. We arranged to have weekly flute lessons once again, as we both really enjoy that. The bougainvillea at Annie's and indeed all over the valley is absolutely gorgeous this season, Annie has a 12 foot thick mountainous wall of the most lovely fuschia colored burst of flowers. So impressive.
Yesterday heading out of our park and on into Desert Hot Springs we witnessed a dreadful car accident, somebody traveling straight along Dillon Road was hit very, very hard by a car attempting to turn left into Desert Crest park, and the car going straight along Dillon was shoved very forcefully into a solid brick wall. They were Hispanics in that car, and there were 2 children plus mum and dad. Both children were pulled out by the father, but very seriously shaken or even perhaps hurt very badly, it was awful, it happened so very quickly, in an instant, and the wreckage was incredible.
We were pretty well right behind the car belonging to the Hispanic people, but a way back, thank heavens. The speed limit is 55 mph, which is pretty considerable, when you factor in all the parks and roads that feed onto Dillon, itself quite a heavily traveled main road.
Amazingly an emergency vehicle was coming along just behind us, so they stopped to give assistance. We parked for a while, then gathered ourselves together and continued on into DHS. But we were both really shaken, and realized that you can never let your guard down, even a couple of blocks away from your own home. Always be proactive in your driving. And always wear your seat belt. Folks stopped to offer assistance, and others directed traffic around the two disabled cars. It shook me all afternoon, really made an impression on me and Lary, too.
Today I bought some clothes on sale at JC Penney's, as did Lary, great sales there, and then I went into to say hi to my hairdresser Simon. The lady at the reception desk told me he had died recently, he was perhaps in his forties, and had cancer of the jaw when I was here last season. Such a shame for him, he was a Brit, and tons of fun, really crazy and wacky. Very outspoken, with a madcap sense of humor. I will miss him a lot, so very sad.
We went to Time Warner again and got the cable modem for the internet at the rental, then did a bit of other business, and came home. We have 4 months of rental this year, thankfully, when we can't seem to sell it.
Got some fun emails from friends to read. The house looks so much better inside now, we banished the white plastic set of drawers into the bedroom cupboard, and will move the computer desk also, then decide what else we need in the way of seating here in the living room, either a barrel type swiveling chair, or a small loveseat, whichever fits and will look best without looking overcrowded. It would be grand to have seating for 4, but we don't want to look overcrowded once again. We can turn the dining room chairs around and use them, but it's not quite the same as a comfy place to sit.
That's all my news for today, thanks for dropping by.
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