The FIRST 100-degree day of the year in Palm Springs & attending a Walk Of Stars Ceremony
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- In this week's vlog, Palm Springs hit 100 degrees for the first time of the year. Our pool was finally warm enough to swim in and my grandson stopped by for a visit. I also attended a Palm Springs Walk of Stars ceremony, for Academy Award nominated writer and producer Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia and Fellow Travelers), that made me very proud. And, a few other things happened, as well.
It was a fun week!
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Hi Mr. Steve, I enjoyed this video and going with you to Ron's star unveiling. 🎉❤ Love your pool area. I almost feel like Palm Springs 🌴 is my home; with the walking neighborhoods, going to Walmart, etc.. I love it. 😊❤ Take care and enjoy the summer. Greetings from your friend in the great Peach 🍑 State of Georgia 🍑
Hi Janice, that’s always so nice to hear. And I hope you have a wonderful summer too! I hope you are able to stay cool and all that humidity that you guys get back there! 😎👍
Sayin hi to Janice! Noticed you’re in GA. I’m up in Knoxville! You have a neighbor up north. ❤️✌🏼✨. Have a good weekend!
What a fun video! The awards ceremony was so moving and heartfelt! Play definitely made a lot of points about love" and, acceptance! A plaque that was very well-deserved and earned. What a creative and brilliant young man. Is the pool very time-consuming and costly to maintain it looks so nice when it was all cleaned up and you have done a great job in the landscaping around it a very inviting area. It certainly looks like a lot of work to me especially in 100° weather! The positive side is you get to go in the pool and cool down!😊 Thanks steve! Love to you and Jim!!!
Hi Connie, that’s an excellent question. Lots of viewers are asking questions about the pool so I will answer your question and the others in an upcoming video. Thanks! 😎👍
This was a very positive video Steve; I enjoyed it immensely! Loved seeing your grandson too. The pool is a bummer. I had no idea the dirt and silt carried in the air like that. The gentlemen who gave their speeches were tremendously touching with their words and accolades! Touché for a great video! ♥️ 🎉
Hi Janet, I agree. All three were very positive and I was moved too! 😊👍
Watermelon is great to use in fusion water and also frozen sorbet too. I like purchasing the canned mandarins and then freezing the mandarins drain first. Once frozen can use food processor and blend the frozen mandarins. Delicious, nice, sweet treat. We planted some cucumber plants in containers. Hopefully will do well for processing to make pickles. Thinking about purchasing some tomatoes for planters too.
What a great tip T! Thank you for sharing that with us. Right after we first moved here I planted cherry tomatoes in pots and they did grow, but unfortunately they tasted more like lemons so I didn’t plant any more after that lol. Hopefully yours turn out better. 😄👍
Hi Steve, I’ve only opened the umbrella on my back patio one day this spring! I’m loving the hotter weather though, hopefully I’ll be able to use it more in June. Thanks for bringing us the star ceremony, it brought back the poignant memories of that movie and the dear friends I have lost 🥲
I am with you Foster. I love the warmer weather too! And I agree, the subject matter of these films and TV shows is definitely very bitter sweet. 🙃
Hay Steve. Hope you doing well. I love your videos.
Thanks Stephanie. Glad you like them! 😎👍
Thanks for sharing the entire star unveiling. Remarkable speeches, too.
Thanks for watching Dan! 😎👍
Hola steve lovely pool 🏊♀️ and lovely plants 🪴 take care in that Heat 🔥
Thanks Tom! 😎👍
Steve, I like this channel, you are a very nice person
Thank you Martin. I appreciate that! 😄👍
Nice Video ! Have a nice day weekend Steve !
Thanks, you too!
Hi omg dirty or not your pool area is just stunning !! I love it looks so cozy and inviting and I love your plants out there ! Just beautiful!
Thank you so much Jackie, we love it too! 😎👍
Fantastic video and incredible individual my son loves loud house thank you Steve
Thanks Danette, for sharing that with us. That’s one of the few of his that I haven’t seen. I will have to check it out. 👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve thanks again love the message love everyone
Steve, another fascinating video. I know what you mean about watermelon. I grew up in New Jersey in the 60's close to small farms. The watermelon (and local produce) were delicious (so sweet and tasty) since the soil wasn't ruined by big agriculture yet or being picked too early. When I moved to the high desert the watermelons were tasteless from the big stores until I found a friend who ran a small produce market in Yucca Valley. She drove to the small farms in Fresno County, Tulare County and farms north of San Diego. When her partner died she closed the store. But all her produce was incredible tasting and she would cut it up so you could taste it. There is one farm that sells at our Joshua Tree Farmers market that still grows watermelon with the seeds (or without) and if it isn't to your liking he will give you your money back. But I have to wait a few more weeks until its available. Thanks for sharing Ron Nyswaner's ceremony. Isn't it great that a caring community encouraged him to sell his upper NY state home. 🍉🍓🍒🍉
Hi ER, thanks for sharing that with us. It’s funny because I was just thinking that maybe I should start going to the farmers market here in Palm Springs to check out their watermelon‘s. I was also thinking the same as you, that it must be because these mass produced watermelons are being grown and really bad soil and like all of the produce, they are picked way too soon and not give it a chance to ripen. And yes, aren’t we so considerate here lol? 😂 thanks for watching to the end of the video lol. 😎👍
Really enjoyed watching your video, Steve.
Thank you for showing the presentation at the gay center.
This bought a few tears😢.
Thanks for watching W! I know what you mean, it was very moving. 💙
Cool video Steve
Thanks Beth! 😎👍
I remember a dust storm when I lived in Wyoming 25 years ago. You couldn't see your hand 8n front of your face. I was scared silly!! Thankfully it only happened once!
Omg, I know what you mean. I drove through one here on the freeway a few years ago and it was like being in a very brown fog. All of the cars on the freeway almost had to come to a stop. Luckily we don’t get anything like that in Palm Springs ever. At least not so far. Just in some of the other desert cities along the freeway where most of the wind is. 😳🤞
Your grandson seems like a great kid. And I love the rubber ducky!!!
I really wish where I lived was more LGBTQ+ Friendly. It sad how backwards their thinking is here.
Wonderful video, I loved that ceremony. Thank you for including it!
Thanks Sharon. Glad you enjoyed it! 😎👍
I was lucky to get out of jury duty because of age. There's a cut off age where I live.
Hi John, unfortunately I think you could be 100 years old here in California and they will still call you for jury duty lol. 🤪 if you are over 70 though, apparently you can give a medical reason to get out of it and you don’t have to have a doctors excuse. Thanks for sharing with us and for watching that far in the video lol! 🤣👍
Hello Steve and Jim. It’s always nice to tag along on your adventures, Steve, thanks for sharing slices of your live with us. I’m enjoying the longer videos too. Stay cool out there, 100+ degrees seems so brutal. I live in Wisconsin, and if we get a couple days in the 90s we think we have it bad 😆
The winters are brutal though.
Looking forward to your next adventure.
Hi Todd, because we usually don’t have much humidity, the heat is very dry and kind of pleasant. It’s the humidity that I can’t take at any temperature! 😲 Thanks and stay cool this summer! 😎👍
Also, you're so right about Tyler and Todd. Their building journey in Nova Scotia living off the grid is must viewing on Sundays.
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1st Heyy Steve .... well STAY COOL like Fonze ...AAAAAAA xo :) hello to Jim
Lol heyyy, you too Rex! 😎👍
good to meet you Steve. when you told me we were doing a selfie I didn't realize it was a film selfie. what fun.
Hi Alex, it was really nice to meet you too! Thanks for being a part of the video. 😎👍
1801 yep that was a regular office complex they redesigned it plyd tennis ruth hardy they tore town the plaza racquet club place on barristo
nutz i ate this dennys last year october worked in the bldg across the street 23 yrs in ps i lived
My favorite part of this is the time that you spend with Mason. I can’t wait until I come to the desert, and I can fly my grandson out. This makes my heart so happy! Also, you did a phenomenal job with the pool. Our pool hasn’t opened yet. We have to call our pool man, and he’ll come out next week. Our pool is not heated, and the temperature in Knoxville isn’t quite hot enough to jump in yet. Maybe in a couple weeks. I hope y’all have a great weekend!
Thanks for watching and sharing Carla. That was my favorite part too. 😄 I hope you have a fun summer and enjoy your pool as much as we enjoy ours! 😎👍
Aww! Knoxville Tennessee! love Tennessee! 💜💕
Gorgeous ❤❤❤
Looking at your pool reminds me of just how much I don't miss my pool at my old house! Of course you would have to add a bunch of leaves in mine. Lol
The best way to pick a watermelon is 3 easy things. 1, look where the vine was, it should be brownish in color, not green. 2, a nice yellow spot and lastly 3 knock on it and you should hear a hollow sound. That's the best chance at a better one!
Philadelphia was an excellent movie. Another good movie like that was, Dallas Buyers Club w/Matthew McConaughey. I'm not an emotional movie watcher, but that one got to me.
Nice ceremony, glad you got to see it. I love that PS does that.
So since your brother loves those pink flamingos, did he by chance get you "pinky" the blow up? Have a wonderful weekend guys, peace...
Lol most people that I know who used to have pools I don’t miss them! 🤣 even though it could be a chore at times, we still love ours. I would not live here in the desert without a pool. And cleaning it is actually kind of fun and satisfying. Especially now that I’m retired.
Thanks for those watermelon tips. I actually do all three of those, which surprises me when the watermelons are still not very sweet. 😩 sometimes I think it depends on where they are imported from. I’m wondering if maybe different soils just promote more or less sweetness. I’m kind of baffled that so few of them are sweet, even though they seem perfectly ripe. 🤪 You have such a good memory. No, my brother Robert didn’t get us the pink by mango. I probably should get one for him though! 😄 Thanks Stacy!
A pool is just a puddle without a rubber duckie. 😊
Lol so true Edward! 😂👍
Happy Friday Steve! Just had black mulch delivered. Going to have that put down. Lol enjoy your weekend! 🌞🪴🎍🌵
Good luck Linda and the same to you! 😎👍
The 100F days have also arrived in Phoenix for the summertime! Jim got lucky with jury duty, I spent 4 weeks in October 2022 on a jury, haven’t been called since. Nice ceremony, I do so enjoy when I get the chance to walk in Palm Springs, seeing the stars, learning the history behind them. Thanks for today’s vlog. ❤️ Paul
Hi Paul, four weeks, wow! 😳 I guess we shouldn’t complain. Neither of us have had to serve for more than a week and a half on a trial. I hope your trial was at least an interesting one. 👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve Medical malpractice, it was stressful, but I learned a lot about the practice of medicine and the judicial process. In the end I believe that justice was done.
cool how that film brought communities together in a time of crisis that doesn't happen anymore to misjudge a person is simply to misunderstand them i write about this every day
Nicely said Charlene!
@@theretiredlifewithsteve my song Static Of Black And White is much like Streets Of Philadelphia
@@theretiredlifewithsteve logic never solved problems i dig beneath the skin i write from irritating myself i never could write a song based on my own emotions nope People want to be saved more than ever that's my role in all this
There's a prickly pear (opuntia) that has purple pads on called Santa Rita I believe, I want one but Scott keeps yelling at me saying why does every plant you bring home have swords sticking out of it lol.
Lol, Jim doesn’t like cactus either! 😳🤣
Oh my gosh, stay safe in that heat. ❤
Thanks Monika 😎👍
Hi Steve, try to add food plant on the bougainvillea, will flower much more
Thanks for the tip erayol! 😎👍
Your Grandson is (IMO) a very fortunate young man to have such an interesting and dynamic Grandpa (I lost mine at the ages of 5 and 9). And you Steve lucked out yourself I think 👌🏼
Thanks RB, yes, I think we both feel pretty lucky. I was also very lucky to have a terrific grandfather until I was 18 years old. So sorry you lost both of yours when you were so young. 🥲
Great vid Steve ! Very hot here in Victorville too ... More on the way ! 👍🙏🔆
Yes, I hope you have a pool Gregory! 😎👍
OMG 😳 . What a surprise to see my good friend Alex in a cameo appearance. ❤
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100 is baking. It usually gets 90 here. 100 is rare.
It’s usually very dry here and we have almost no humidity so 100 doesn’t feel too bad at all! For me anyway it’s the humidity that melts me! 🥵
@steveinpalmspringsca Yes we have a lot of humidity in Illinois. It can get 100% humidity on hot summer days. A lot of my family moved to Arizona, Georgia and Florida over the years because of their health issues. They couldn't breath here. One day I may need to move. So far I'm healthy.
Hi Steve! Whew....yes...it seems to have been a windy spring there. I think I mentioned that we may consider moving from Colorado to Tucson. If we do so, we want to get a pool too. So, it is great to see what kind of work it takes to maintain your pool! It was fun to see your Grandson for a bit.
And...many many congrats to Ron Nyswaner!! What an accomplishment! It was neat to see the Star Ceremony for that.
Hi Alan, even though cleaning the pool in the spring can be a bit annoying, we still love our pool. And wouldn’t change a thing. If you can find the right house in Tucson in the area that’s not too windy, that would definitely be a plus though lol! 😆👍
Hi, Steve !
I just discovered your channel yesterday, the one where you walked through the neighborhood and showed us the, Sonny Bono, house and Suzanne Summer's former house. I like how you have stories to tell all very interesting and today this LGBTQ+ conference was also very moving. Thank you, I'll be looking forward to seeing your next vlog.
Enjoy your weekend ! 👋😎👍
And stay cool, preferably in the pool. 😊
Hi Bill, i’m glad you found my channel. Glad to hear that you enjoy it. 😎👍
I think a name change is in order! Pool Boy Steve in Palm Springs ! LOL . Have a great weekend ,
Lol 🤣👍
You have a lovely yard, Steve. Wind blows and we clean it up. Hugs! 🩷
Thanks Tommy, so true and right back at you! 😄👍
Very nice video..thanks Steve.
Thanks Lisa!
Hi Steve! Do you or Jim actually go in the pool?! It looks inviting! Perfect way to stay cool in that heat 🥵 🏊
Hi Jennifer, yes, I go in the pool once or twice every day. usually starting memorial day weekend and until September or October. The rest of the year the pool is pretty cold to go into, so we just use the spa. I love our pool but if I could I would go in every day of the year! I wouldn’t live here in this heat without a pool! Jim also goes on, but not as often. 😎👍
great song springsteen did for that soundtrack
Yes and I think one of the songs won an Academy award too. 👍
Last nite Steve went down to 49 in Gettysburg Penna.
49 wow, that’s still pretty cold. We got down to 72° lol! 😎👍
Hi, Steve
Thanks for another awesome video.
I watched your CZcams channel when you were visiting grave sites. Glad you filming your personal life and very happy for you and Jim to be together.
I visited Palm Springs last October with a wonderful friend I met a number of years ago on a cruise. Was my first visit to Palm Springs.
Enjoy hearing all your tour information.
Until the next video becwell.
Wayne
Hi Wayne, thank you for watching and for sharing. I’m happy to hear that you have visited Palm Springs. 😎👍
Hi Steve...your pool looked so inviting with the plants and patio furniture and blue water I wanted to jump right in.... LoL...then I remembered I can't swim.......nice awards ceremonies..very touching ..... your grandson mason is a cutie.....great you spent the day with him.. grandpa..!! Take care. Deborah 🇨🇦
Lol thanks Deborah 😎👍
Very nice vid Steve. Nice tour of the yard and LGBTQ center. I too loved the mural. Thank you.💗 🌵🌺🏵
Thanks Maryellen! 😎👍
Do you give your plants a miracle grow or a booster to help them out? I fertilize mine once a month, and that seems to help them
Hi Lori, Yes, I do it once a year. I never thought about doing it once a month. Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that. 😄👍
Life Is Good 💜
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it was so nice to see Walk of Stars ceremony; luv your swimming pool the deck is so pretty with all the flowers, enjoy your weekend Steve and Jim 🤗
Thank you Cath and the same to you! 😎👍
Our cactus is the same way. Once a year an arm grows out of it and one single flower blooms and only lasts a day. Have you tried using frozen fruit? It's usually better than fresh fruit. At age 72 you no longer need to do jury duty. Just fill out the back of the summons. Your grandson is cute. I love your pool and area around it. I enjoyed this. You and Jim take care and stay safe.
Lol, makes you wonder why these single day flowers even bother! 😂 I guess every state is different in their jury duty requirements. I don’t think we have the 72 year old rule here in California. 🙁 Thanks Maria!
Your pool looked so inviting! I hope you remembered the sun screen. This time of the year you ought to consider getting your fruit and veggies from a local farmer’s market. Not only fresher but it helps out the local farmers. They’re bound to have better tasting watermelon. Take care.
Hi Peggy, I agree with you about the farmers markets. I was just thinking the same thing. I will definitely try that next time. Thanks 😎👍
You have a beautiful yard and pool
Thank you Carol 😎👍
Palm Springs looks like a really interesting place to be. I have been to California but not Palm Springs. Interesting video. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Renee 😎👍
music reeks place looks like sun terra
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I didn’t know you had a grandson. He’s a very nice looking young man.
Thanks DJ 👍
Beautiful pool!!
Thanks Amy! 😎👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve you're the best Steve! My brother's name is Steve. He lives in LA. A long way from South Carolina. He's a writer. I'm really proud of him. His name is Steve Oney.
We’re also in Palm Springs, been here since 2017. I believe it was last year, during Spring, the wind was really bad and there was a wind gust that literally knocked over our grill! Thankfully the damage was minimal, but we had never expected that to happen, crazy.
Hi Salvador, yeah, I guess we get at least one really bad storm every year. Glad you didn’t have too much damage from that one! 😳👍
that near taquitz east plm cyn horrible place used to be beautiful
not sure what you are referring to?
Steve, what is the name of the pretty red flower @6:08? Is it a Mandevilla? The plant has so many flowers on it. Just beautiful.... Reid.
Hi Reid, it’s bougainvillea. They really are beautiful but they’re paper thin and get blown into the pool and all over the yard, but I still love having them in the yard. 😎👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve Thank you Steve. I will look to see if I see them when I am out buying flowers next week.
Hello Steve and Jim. I have a question for Jim, well you too, but mostly Jim. Does Marsha and your grandchildren have a special name for Jim? I call my stepmom Ma2, and she is Mimi. (Please use this question, if you like, on a future outing with Jim) Just wondering, since everyone gets along so wonderfully, from this point of view. Stay cool out there! Hope to 'walk' into you one day on my next visit.
Hi Shannon, that’s a great question. To be honest though I don’t think so. Marcia and the grandkids only moved to California a few years ago. Before that they lived in St. Louis and I rarely saw them. Are usually only once a year. Now that the kids are grown they just call him Jim. Thanks for asking and thanks for sharing. 😄👍
Hey Steve, Lavender Patio plant blooms do come back you do need to clip them around 50 percent and it does take a while put will bloom again in the year.
Thanks for the tip K! 👍
Definitely like the long form videos. It might take me a few days to get through them, but very entertaining. Have you thought about doing a Livestream? were people can interact with you live. They seem to be popular on CZcams
Hi Presley, thank you for the feedback. Glad you like them. They do seem to be more popular than my shorter videos. I forget which video I made where I talked about why I don’t do live streams. Or at least I have a Donna yacht. I think it was my video where I walked through the cemetery recently and talked about that. I probably will try one at some point though. Thanks 😄👍
i'll be visiting ps soon
Well your pencil cactus isn't really a cactus but a succulent (Euphorbia tirucalli).
Thanks Todd, I just couldn’t remember the name. 😎👍
All cacti are succulents but not all succulents are cacti.
I loved the last bit of the video what that man said is right we are all different and its ok that why my marriage ended my wife could hardly me being different but I am me like it or move on
Hi Stephen, sorry to hear that your marriage didn’t work out. Sadly, most people just are very good at putting themselves in others shoes. 🙁
Hey Steve, what’s the water temp when y’all have 100+ degree days? And I had jury duty here in Atlanta last week. We also got to watch HGTV. That must be the approved channel for jury waiting rooms. 😆You and Jim have a great weekend!
Hi Valerie, that’s an excellent question and I will answer it in a future video! I should’ve mentioned it in this one. You might be surprised by the answer. 😎👍
I’ve come back on my sugar was diagnosed with prediabetes, but I’m OK with it. I really walk right past the sugary stuff no more sodas. I’m OK with it though. Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Thanks for sharing with us Kristen. Good luck and happy pride to you too! 🏳️🌈😄👍
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Hello Steve. How about a pool cover . You can cover the pool when you know it’s going to be windy. Just a thought.
Hi Samuel, thanks for the suggestion. We have had a pool cover, but we decided to remove it. I will explain why in a future video. Lots of people left pool comments so I will Discuss them all in a video. Thanks 😎👍
ps had awesome times there sad that's all gone now living in this reality of zombies
I’ve cut back on my sugar was diagnosed with prediabetes, but I’m OK with it. I really walk right past the sugary stuff no more sodas. I’m OK with it though.
Hi Kristen, hopefully you got it in time.🤞 i’ve heard that walking every day can help too. I hope you have better luck Kickin sugar than I have. It’s definitely not easy. 😩
Hi Steve..I don't know about there but here where I live in Florida when you turn 70 you don't have to do jury duty if you don't want to.
Hi Janet, we checked into that, but in California there’s no age limit for serving on jury duty. I guess you can serve until you’re 120 lol. But, apparently after you were 70 years old here, you can give a medical excuse and it doesn’t have to be from your doctor and they will excuse you. So I guess they make it easy for you too be excused from jury duty if you want to be excused. I don’t really mind serving once in a while, but it’s kind of ridiculous that they seem to summon us almost every single year! 😳😩🤪
For less than “stellar” fruit 🍉 🍍🍓this time of year may I suggest (if you don’t already have one) something like a Ninja creami? It’s great for low or even no sugar sorbets which you could enjoy in your lovely pool area ⛱️
Thanks for the suggestion Scarlet. I don’t know why, but for some reason I’ve never liked smoothies. 🤪 I think I’m the only one on the planet who doesn’t like them lol. 😄👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve lol 😆 I understand they often give me brain freeze 🥶 wishing you a less windy June of pool 🏊♂️ fun!
I sprinkle my watermelon with salt, not much but it adds a tang.
No chocolate in over 6 months!? Good for you!!!!
LOL, I decided to back to chocolate this week! 🙃😆
@@theretiredlifewithsteve 😂😂 too funny
I did some research on jury duty in California after the age of 70. You can request to be released from duty if you're over the age of 70 and claim a medical issue without being required to provide a written doctor's statement. I suppose frequent urination or the need for frequent naps could be a medical excuse.
Lol, I like the way you think Normhal. 🤣 Thanks 😄👍
Do you ever get snakes in your pool? Because that would freak me out.
Thanks for the great question Kristen. A few other people have also asked questions about our pool so I will answer all of the pool questions in a future video. 😎👍
Hi Steve! I LOVE YOUR POOL! 💙🩵💦 When I lived in Cat City was constantly vacuming our pool, & cleaning th pool filters also! It was all worth the work 💦🩵
I agree w you fully about the fruit not tasting sweet, i find it to be very tasteless many times.
Happy Sumner to u.
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Hi Andrea, I totally agree with you. Even with the wind and the dirt we totally love our pool! Thanks for watching. 😎👍
@@theretiredlifewithsteve You're welcome! & Thank u for the response! 🎉🏊🏻🎬‼️
Where is cat city??! 🐈⬛
@@jenniferh8961 Hi.. It's Cathedral City, it's close to Palm Springs.🤩😍