Meanwhile, They Are Still Blooming…
Posted: May 11, 2012 Filed under: Arizona, Friends | Tags: Arizona, cactus, trips Leave a comment »
Up and down the court, the cactus still put on a colorful show for all residents. Of course, most everybody had gone back home by now.
In front of each condo there was at least one beautiful display.
Pete was still here and was enjoying this display. He was taking a picture each day as the cactus made it’s changes.
And this guy blooms one day and one day only and that is it!
Well, the blossom lasts for only a day. Here you can see there will be one more bloom tomorrow but then that will be that. We were enjoying the desert very much.
Visitors…
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: Arizona, Friends | Tags: Arizona Leave a comment »
We had several visitors while we were in residence. Roberta and J T Falencik came by and we had a great lunch. We visited with them at their home on Val Vista, also, and had a meal fit for Thanksgiving – lots of food!!
Meanwhile, live at Sarkis goes on. Velma, Mary and Ruthanne keep up on each other’s news.
Janice found an ally in her drive to hang clothes out to dry instead using electricity! Note that this rack is mainly hidden behind the plant!
Our little palm tree that we planted last October is doing well.
And it’s bigger cousins are doing well also and the condo property is looking pretty good.
Easter Sunday…
Posted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: Arizona Leave a comment »
We dressed up, sort of, and headed off to church. We went to the Presbyterian Church in Mesa. The minister played the guitar and preached. He hosted a contemporary service and a “blended” service. We arrived in time for the “blended” one. It had band music and prayer and traditional hymns. It suited us just fine.
Cousins…
Posted: May 8, 2012 Filed under: family Leave a comment »
The cousins got together in the Sun City home of Ed and Shirley Sandvig. Richie, Janice, Barbara, Ruthanne, Jackie, and Shirley posed for a picture together and let the “outlaws” have a separate photo.
Jeri, Dave, me, Jay and Ed.
A Quilt of Many Colors…
Posted: May 7, 2012 Filed under: Arizona, quiltng, travel | Tags: Arizona, family, quilting, sewing Leave a comment »
If we were in Arizona, so was a quilt or two.
Janice invited her sisters, Ruthanne and Barbara, and a friend, Joanne, over for tea and then handed them part of the quilt.
They were all eager to help but for some reason they didn’t stay very long!
Roses, More…
Posted: May 6, 2012 Filed under: Arizona | Tags: Arizona, roses, South Dakota farm, trips Leave a comment »
We enjoyed walking through the rose garden on the grounds of the Mesa Community College. People were having lunch, visiting and “smelling” the roses.
The colors were beautiful.
Roses, Too…
Posted: May 5, 2012 Filed under: Arizona, travel | Tags: flowers, memories, trips Leave a comment »
At Mesa Community College, there is a rose garden which has been and is maintained by a group of volunteers who love roses – even in the desert!!
We enjoyed wandering around and through the thousands of roses on a typical, beautiful Arizona day.
We didn’t get all the names – we should have but weren’t that organized. Next time!
A rose is a beautiful thing!
Mesa is the Place-ah…
Posted: May 4, 2012 Filed under: Arizona, travel | Tags: Mesa, shopping, trips, vacation Leave a comment »
Plenty to do and plenty to see at the Mesa Swap Meet – a covered area with everything under the sun!! And in the summer, lots of misters to keep you cool but only half as many sellers.
A few of the thousands of shoppers – Jay, Ruthanne, Cousin Richie and Janice.
Your dog needs sunglasses, too.
And as the ladies check out sun visors, they get a laugh from Richie.
The visor he has on, comes with “hair.” Looks real to me but when he took the thing off, the “hair” came with it.
Rich passed on this item but did buy his share of goods, some for his house and some for the grandkids – he could spot a bargain when he saw one.
And we got lunch so it wasn’t all bad. It is quite the place.
The Colorful Desert…
Posted: May 3, 2012 Filed under: Memories, travel | Tags: memories, trips, vacation Leave a comment »
The top of the cactus was exploding.
The bees were having a good time going from flower to flower. At least there were some bees!!!
Color was no problem for these plants – they produced it in abundance.
We really enjoyed each day.
There Is A Cavern in the State…
Posted: May 2, 2012 Filed under: Memories, travel | Tags: vacation Leave a comment »
A stunning limestone cave in Southeastern Arizona that boasts world-class features. This “live” cave, discovered in 1974, is host to a wide variety of unique minerals and formations. Water percolates from the surface and calcite formations continue to grow, including stalactites dripping down like icicles and giant stalagmites reaching up from the ground.
Two men discovered this in 1974 and kept it a secret for 4 years while they explored it. They then told the property owners and they went to the Federal Government but they were not interested but the state was. It has been kept in pristine condition.
The video is a little long but gives a sense of what is there. The power went out while we were inside and pitch black is an interesting phenomenon to experience.
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