March 9-13, 2023 Shoshone to Furnace Creek, California

 High of 77. Partly cloudy and very windy.

Finished this masterpiece. It is made from natural and dyed pine needles, polyester thread, ceramic and glass beads. The center is a pot my friend Susan made for me with holes drilled along the rim. It is 10 inches in diameter and the top is tilted, 5 1/2 on one side and 7 and 1/2 on the other. I love how it came out. 

The bottom of the basket. I also completed these two beaded pendants. Both are beveled, polished dichroic glass. They are very sparkly and different colors at different angles and light. They came out very well. I am getting better at the beading. 

Sunset started out with these nice under lit clouds, then turned into running horses. 

Low 80's, sunny and no wind. We went down to Death Valley for our annual family Death Valley trip. There was one small patch of flowers. Desert gold, phacelia, gravel ghost and evening primrose. Patch of desert gold.

John with the desert gold. I am in my happy place, the pool at Furnace Creek Inn.

The garden at the Inn is my second happy place.  Palms, flowers and water. 

John on our way to dinner. The garden terrace rooms at the Inn.

 We had dinner at the Inn, good good and good company. 84 and sunny, no wind. Judy Jill and I hiked down to Furnace Creek Ranch to the ice cream shop. Hiking back to the Inn. Really shows what an oasis this is, there is hot dry desert all around it. 

Lizard, broad leaf gilia, bougainvillea in the gardens, mohavea,  and  phacelia. The garden at the Inn.

The pool, aaahhhh. The back of our casita.

The front of our casita. Happy hour at Judy and Jill's casita. 

Judy driving like a mad woman in the golf cart with Jill. Dinner at the Inn.