Monthly Archives: April 2001

I spent my summers on a farm so it felt familiar when I stepped inside the barn and smelled the hay and oiled leather, and the pungent sharp odor of ‘cow’. The motes of dust that drift down in the … Continue reading →

The cacti are in bloom now and they are beautiful and delicate beyond belief. But you don’t want to get too close! I learned that lesson years ago. I was 11 or 12 years old and visiting the rather primitive … Continue reading →

Last night we went out to the Saguaro National Park. What magnificent cacti…a single Saguaro Cactus can weigh up to 10,000 pounds. That’s how much water they they are able to store. We saw a picture of a giant one … Continue reading →

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum What a perfect place to soak up the atmosphere of the desert ! There are hundreds of species of plants and animals in natural desert settings. Even though it was a beautiful spring day…we took planty of … Continue reading →

This is the site of an old movie set that was originally built for the 1939 movie Arizona. It’s a recreation of a 1880s frontier town. The original set we had visited years ago burnt down and this one has … Continue reading →

We visited the “White Dove of the Desert” today. The beautiful Mission San Xavier del Bac was founded in 1694. And three hundred years later it still holds masses. It’s dim and cool inside the church…such a relief from the … Continue reading →

It was a bit of a shock to drive from nippy weather into 78 degrees! The land here is covered with brush and cacti along I-10. We took a drive after dinner and a mile or so from the Interstate … Continue reading →

We’re having problems with the computer…Went into San Antonio to see about it with no luck at all. I was forced to go overdose on craft stores to drown my sorrows! At the North Star Mall… there is a pair … Continue reading →

While we’re waiting for the ‘powers that be’ to cancel the severe wind warnings we are parked in a sheltered little valley. There’s a tree beside us that provides protection for our ‘alarm clock’….dozens of tiny chirping birds. I sleep … Continue reading →

The weather continues to be blustery and cold and the wind has us pinned down. So we went over to visit a couple of ‘old friends’ on I-10 in Cabazon CA. I remember these dinosaurs from my childhood….they were much larger … Continue reading →