Mom's New Tub

Well, it's come down to this: Mom plans to take a tub in a cattle watering tank.

No, I'm not kidding. She went and bought a 150-gallon cattle watering tank at our local feed store, which she now has set up next to the patio, and which Dad has obligingly filled up with water from our wonderful well. Apparently the idea is, if she covers it with plastic and leaves it in the New Mexico sun all day, it will be nice and warm for her to take a tub at the end of the day.

As you can see by the photo, I'm pretty embarrassed. I mean, think of the neighbors. Of course, we don't have any neighbors ... but still ...

Other than that, it was a nice day. Mom and Hondo went for a tour of the gold mine in the Ortiz Mountains. Meanwhile, Dad and I went to a little dusty town-wide yard sale in Cerillos, where we didn't find much except barking dogs; fortunately, they were all penned in. Then the four of us went to Santa Fe for a nice lunch at an outdoor place that allowed dogs, picked up some groceries for dinner, went and bought Mom's damned tub, came back to our casita, took a nice big walk around the land ... and then Dad grilled steak in the chiminea at sunset, and everybody went to bed early. Beautiful sunset, with some rain showers. Nothing out there to bark at tonight, so it's early to bed for me as well.