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I can see clearly now! OK not truly clearly, too much internal eye damage on my right eye for that. But my new eye glasses I got yesterday in Los Algodones, Mexico are a big improvement. Unfortunately for me this year there was no big cost savings difference in the prices of new eyeglasses from medical tourism in Mexico. They are now about the same price in the USA versus Mexico. Time passes and changes happen seemingly faster as I get older every year😱
 
Now that my eye strain is reduced it is time to get my living space cleared up and get my older computers that have the design 3D Cad software to create new kits to sell put into use. These longer days of springtime sunlight mean more incoming power! Unfortunately when I placed an Amazon order I forgot to add a cooling platform fan to put underneath my laptop. I guess I had better get on that right now so I do not have to make an extra trip to pick it up when my other recent Amazon order arrives. I have a rechargeable personal fan for cooling me in that previous order. The weather is heating up!
 
I've been trying for ages to get a photo of a saguaro with a "nurse plant" but when I saw them it was always from the car on a narrow road with no shoulder so I couldn't stop. Finally lucked out (and/or paid more attention).
Sometimes a cactus seed lands near a plant that can keep it a little cooler and more humid while it's starting out. From what I've read, as they grow, sometimes one will choke the other out but often they are both able to thrive. One of the reasons why the desert sometimes looks like a flower arranger with a limitless budget went nuts!
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It is looking as if the March winds are getting an early start in Quartzsite and other adesert areas in Arizona and just across the border in California. Nothing too major in Quartzsite, so far the afternoon gust will be in the upper to 30mph range.

I took a quick trip up to Parker, AZ this morning to pick up a few things I ordered from Amazon and got a few groceries from Walmart while I was there. The highway is in good shape. The only road work left for repaving is within the town of Quartzsite where there are multiple lanes so no major slowdown. A new 2000 miliamp USBc rechargeable fan is in the order. I wanted that for nightime use on its battery power. I also got a fan cooled base to put under my laptop. Hot weather is on its way. Although in the spring in April I do head north after enduring a few weeks of hot weather and then get back to those cold nights at higher elevation and sometimes even some occasional snow showers for a month or so.
 
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