Yes, hi.
Tis I the deluded one.
The one who believes in unicorns, true love, and people who mean what they say.
Will I ever learn?
Naw, what for?
It’s out there, has to be.
In the meantime…
Catching up and making up for lost time.
More to follow on that 😁
Short and sweet for now!
Many blessings
Raq
Beautiful lyrics, which of course sometimes just say it all.
✌🏼& 🖤
Raq
Can we just talk?…
It’s so awesome to meet someone and just know that person. Like, you’ve always known them. Easy conversation… and we all know I’m always up for some conversation!!
Have an amazing weekend!
✌️& ❤️
Raq
✌️
Raq
Had to take A trip,
The flights were gratefully uneventful, she said before the flight going home was late and she missed her connection.
First thought was oh my gosh they will have to get me home tonight…. right?
No, they don’t.
So might as well enjoy the free room and meal.
I was given a super early flight so I went to the restaurant to have an early dinner and since I was pretty tired I figured it would be easy to sleep and get going.
I got to the restaurant and no one was there. I’m the only one… nice. It’s like 4:30 so not really that early is it? They have veggie options! Beautiful. Placed my order and just as the food arrives, other patrons start trickling in. You probably know where I’m headed right? Lol
He sits at the table next to me. Asks have you eaten here before? No I have not, so he answers with oh, ok I guess you wouldn’t know what’s good here then. I just smiled and nodded. He then proceeds to talk to me about food and asks if he can sit at my table so he can hear me better. 🤔 I’m good with that, I guess. I was kinda tired and he seemed like a nice man. So he moves over and places his order with our waiter. Ok people he was cool. The conversation was pretty darn interesting.
I’m gonna call him A cuz his name of course starts with an A and is synonymous with a city I may be visiting soon and I’m not sure why all this has come about. But, I do think everything happens for a reason so I’m gonna have to figure it out when I get rested.
He is from Pennsylvania but lives in Florida and has a house near Phoenix. He bought a house with I think it was like 125 acres. Not sure but, it was a good bit of land. He’s here to fix it up and hopefully sell it so he can continue with his dream of building a boat and sailing to Brazil to meet his not so perfect woman. 😆 His words not mine. Time is of course of the essence since he’s no spring chicken. My words ha!
Now his story was cool. But this is the short version. He needs to write a book. Of course I told him to. He said he will when he settles down. Has some time.
He builds boats for others and has one he is building for himself. He says he’s homeless but isn’t really until he sells this place in AZ. However, what I find interesting is that he doesn’t need a home. He just ends up trusting that he will have a place and he does. Friends offer up a place here and there. He even said he was roommates with a woman from Brazil for like 20 years. A beautiful woman. No, not like that, friends only. So I guess men and women can be just friends. I asked him if there was ever anything more and he said no but that they were very good friends. Just not attracted to each other like that. Cool, right?
Now about this place just this side of the border. He said he has kept trying to fix it up but when he leaves, things just walk away. The windows are broken and things taken. Even the critter cams he sets up. He said he has lots of cool pictures. I can just imagine. Of course, if I was to go to his room I could see pics…. yeah, right. 😆
According to him immigrants have a path through his property and he has to keep it pretty empty if he’s gone. He also made a sign in Spanish that says, no hay comida en la casa, por favor no quebren las ventanas. Meaning there is no food in the house please don’t break the windows. Ha! Well, he said that this has worked for the last few years. The cams seem to have been lifted by neighbors. There is also a silver mine on the property and you know by now I’m all into that. He has some cool rocks and would love to have someone come see and show him what they are. I’m all fighting myself inside at this point. I could go see. No, I’m not gonna say that. Had to calm myself down.
He has no internet and makes due with a small flip cellphone, that he recently learned to text on. 😆 So that’s crazy interesting to me too. Who lives like that!? A said he is looking for a woman that can navigate the web for him as well as enjoy being outdoors on a boat and that most American woman want more. Like having their nails done and the comforts of a home. So Brazil is where it’s at for him. Yeah, I told him there are crazy women that like to camp, sail and don’t mind being out in the sun enjoying the day. He gave me his card and told me to have them call him. Lol
I started getting texts from family and friends, since I wasn’t getting home til the next day. He was a little shocked that I was getting texts on my watch and that I could actually read them without glasses 😂. He repeated that he was looking for a woman that could navigate the internet. Hey, I’m not her. These are mere texts 🙂 After a conversation that lasted a couple hours, I got a phone call and took that as my exit. So I left him in the restaurant and I hope he finds his almost perfect woman wherever she may be. Lookout Brazil!
✌️&❤️
Raq
The food! Oops I almost forgot. It was really good. I had a veggie wrap and some nachos. The chef actually came out to see who ordered nachos with no cheese. 😆 Hey avocado makes up for any cheeses.
This is so important for our own health as well as for the health of those we love
Laugh At myself and not take everything so serious.
Wear a bra… yes, she did 😆 Actually she guilted me into it..
Learn to cook
Wear pretty clothes
Clean house
Be creative
But most importantly to love
She loved her God and her family.
I’m lucky she included me
Goodbye Aunt V, hasta que nos encuentrenos Otra ves. La amo.
Most of my time is spent catching my breath.
It seems I can’t get back to the me I was.
It’s probably because she’s no more?
That part lost in my dear friend, the one who knew.
Maybe in time.
So much peace and love to you
Raq
This guy..
Lyrics
Here’s to an amazing weekend.
Maybe someone will move me. Heh
✌️and love
Raq
I have always wanted to see the Deming rock show. I’ve heard how big it is and thought at some point I would get to attend. This year not only did I attend, I even got to go out on a dig.
I got into town on Friday to the worst windstorm. I went to the rock show but they had to close up the booths on the outside due to the high winds. Over sixty miles an hour. So there were only a few booths.
I went to signed up for the dig. There were three to choose from and the lady I was talking to had a unicorn hat on so right off I knew she believed in magic lol. I asked her which she would go on if it was her that was going. She told me her dig story out at Big Diggins. So what the heck let’s do it. She also said not to expect too much since the backhoe had broken and they hadn’t been able to bring in more since the last group of people. No problem since I didn’t even know what to expect to begin with, ha.
The evening brought more wind, rain and hail. Ok so, you’re probably thinking this is a bad thing. I was actually ok with it, knowing how it’s actually cleaning up a few layers of dirt and rock. It was hard to sleep, I was a bit excited.
The next morning, the weather had cleared up. It was actually a beautiful day for digging. It stayed in the mid 60’s.
I found this baby as soon as I started walking up to the dig.
Rock people are pretty friendly so we all just picked a spot and started digging. Talking and comparing rocks. The guides were very cool in showing what to look for and one in particular would come by and drop a few cool rocks he found in our buckets.
The first couple of hours there were quite a few of us, but by the end only the true rock hounds were left. Lol
Big brother kept an eye too. We were only something like 15 miles away from the border.
I found quite a bit of agate, chalcedony and jasper. The fire agate is what I really wanted and that was actually just laying on the ground.
I found a few pieces but this is the only one you can actually see a little fire in. The rest I will have to slowly polish when I get a chance.
As you can see I’ve got a bit to go through.
Here’s a few pretty ones
Planning for next year already. Go early and dig for three days. God willing.
✌️
Raq
La Vida Raq 