June's Sunshine

Snapshot

Spring in Arizona

These trees stand out in an otherwise man made green desert.  I love them.

 

It reminds me of the brilliant colors of the east coast.

Phoenix in May

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Flies

They are everywhere.

Tucked away in the city

I am always amazed at the diversity of Tempe.

If you drive 1/4 mile west of a major road, you find this.

Horses.

Cattle.  This is Mr. Bull.

And chickens too.

I like spending time in this quite space where the mind wonders and the youngens play, draw, and speak with the animals.

Biking on a Saturday afternoon

While the rain comes down on the East Coast, I enjoy a sunny day in the valley.

This is the time to be out, see the wildflowers grow and gasp and this tree in amazement.

I want one! Becky Saratoga and I cruised the neighborhood looking for lemons and pretty things to photograph.  Happy Spring!

Surroundings

This week in Arizona.

It's warming up!

It's winter in AZ

Cold and dark.

But nothing that warm coffee cannot fix.

This is one of my favorite trees in the neighborhood.

It has been raining so much and we even had a tornado watch. I'm just glad for the rain, for water is needed in these parts.

Winters in the AZ valley

No snow here.

Just cold enough for a jacket.

The sun sets in the desert

By 6 pm the sun is set in Phoenix.

Before then...

this is ...

what you see. And so we gather outside and admire a nature's show of splendour.

The best kept secret

We had our first exposure to the Corona del Sol's Band program last night.

The Percussion concert and the Orange Men Group were phenomenal.

And you can't beat the $5 admission price.

Riveting!

Can you tell I reallllllyyy liked this experience? :-)

And the Stick Men were perfect too.

Just because

I have so many words but none for here.

I like images of Halloween.

Fall in the desert

In the middle of October the temperature reached 100 again. Mind you, this is Phoenix, the below sea level city in the desert.

This is what I saw this weekend.

Fruit grows here too. The senior citizens at this place will enjoy some watermelon soon.