Fun stuff

We've settled into a routine schedule of fun activities! We're having soooo much fun! This is the fun part of retirement! We still love to play pickleball (me probably more than Rick) and it's a good incentive to get up early and get going. There are lots of choices of where and when to play, but we like the round-robin play everyday from 7:30 AM to 11:00. There are also ladies groups, couples groups, an advanced group, weekly lessons and mini pickleball tournaments happening all the time. All the enthusiastic players and the pickleball club keep the pickleballs flying from sun-up to sun-down.

The weather is warming up and by 8:00 the courts are busy. Rick plays 2-4 games and then around 9:00 he heads up the street to the Sawmill Woodshop for a few hours. He's working on some cool pieced and turned bowls. I usually stay and play a few more pickleball games and on Thursday I played with the ladies group. A lot of play on that day - 12 games!

I've started riding my bike around the community and some days I go back and forth from home to the town center a few times. Great exercise! I go home for lunch and Rick usually joins me for a little sandwich. Today he planned to stay late at Woodshop so I surprised him with lunch and he didn't have to leave the shop. He's working on a bowl that looks more like a wooden puzzle. Maybe I'll post some photos of the life-cycle of a pieced bowl.

I spend some of my afternoon time at the Stitchery club or Arts & Craft club participating in classes or working on my own projects. And sometimes I wander through the Ceramic club to see what they're up to. Activities are starting to wind down so I won't join something new right now, but next year I might check out the line dancing lessons. Friends say it's a lot of fun and good exercise, too!

Sometimes I take my camera on my bike rides because I never know what will catch my eye. The morning light can be so perfect for photos. It's gorgeous springtime in Arizona and the birds are abundant. Lots of Canada geese, quail, and the prolific doves. The cactus, trees and bushes are starting to sprout and flower. I took the photo of the cactus and then tweaked them a little. I don't usually tweak photos, but seeing the cactus with the saturated colors is almost cartoon-like. And Beavertail cactus is anything but cartoon-like.


By 4 PM we're both home, sitting on the patio, planning what to cook on the BBQ. After dinner we talk about what's on the calendar for tomorrow. FUN! FUN! FUN!