Beluga pulled into her cozy winter home in Wickenburg almost two weeks ago. She deserves a good rest after carrying us comfortably over 8500 miles on our Food, Family, Friends and Familiar Places tour that began last April.
Our newest family member says "YAY", gramma and grandpa are home safe!
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We (Dave) have taken care of a few jobs that crop up when leaving a house in the desert empty for months, but we've also managed to have some fun times with good friends.
We helped Steve and MonaLiza celebrate their wedding anniversary, shared dinner at a new Food Truck Park in town, witnessed a mass bat departure from under the rt. 60 bridge, met a couple of rescued owls and raptors from the Wild at Heart Wildlife Rehab, Rescue and Relocation group and drove up to the T Bird Cafe in tiny Peeples Valley for some of the best pizza around.
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| bats, millions of bats! |
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| she wanted me to do a profile shot.... |
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| eye contact..... |
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| waiting for pizza beneath the 100 + year old Pecan tree |
You'll notice there is no picture of us from the Food Truck park.....it isn't because I forgot (well maybe), it isn't because the food wasn't good (it was good), it isn't because the weather was inclement (blue sky, sunshine, warm-not too hot) and it wasn't because we didn't enjoy the company (well, maybe not all the company). There were millions of tiny ants on one end of our table. I have a bad history with those little stinging devils. When we first got back, I was moving a potted plant in the yard and received several ant bites for my trouble. I must be extra sensitive because my thumb blew up to twice it's size and the bites filled with yucky clear liquid. And ITCHED!!!! So, you'll see why I didn't remember to take a picture of us at the Food Truck park table....I was busy crushing ants before they got too near. Also, there were these folks in front of us, hogging all the attention - this is Wickenburg.
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If you look closely, you'll see Steve and a slice of MonaLiza sitting at the picnic table behind one of the gentlemen, on the left of the picture.
The weather was still pretty hot when we first arrived, but it has settled into more fall like (desert fall, that is) temperatures and we're really loving the back yard, our bird friends, the blue skies and those beautiful southwest sunsets.
I know, I've completely skipped our time between Wells, Nevada and Wickenburg.
I'll catch you up in another blog soon. It's just too lovely outside and my book is calling.
I'm sure Beluga is thankful for a little rest. It had a very busy trip. Love Annabelle's cheering photo for you. Such a sweetheart. Glad you were able to help Steve and ML celebrate their anniversary. You photo is wonderful. It's nice the weather is cooling down and you can enjoy your backyard and the birds.
ReplyDeleteVisiting with you two was the cherry at the top of the cake at the end of our fun trip (Friends, Familiar and Favorite Places and Food!) sorry I didn't get any pictures while we were together!
DeleteYou've got a beautiful Grand-Girl cheering for you!
ReplyDeleteWelcome home! and to the maintenance that's waiting for you ;) Geez, so many bats! i hope they keep the insects under control, so you can continue to enjoy those sunsets.
Any plans for the annular eclipse?
I was surprised by the number of bats too! No, no plans for the eclipse at this point, how about you and Fran?
DeleteWelcome Home! and to the joy of getting back and making the empty house, a home again.. You got home just in time as we paged a new year and it seemed our celebration spanned a few days at new discovered places. Thank you for that candid shot of the happy couple :)
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it felt good to have your beautiful Arizona home waiting for you at the end of your long journey! It doesn't sound like anything too drastic happened while you were away...although there is that photo of Dave with the toilet, LOL. It sounds like you've been having fun settling back in, especially celebrating with ML and Steve. That's a great photo of them! Love seeing sweet Annabelle, too. :-))
ReplyDeleteIt's nice being back, but then again, it's nice being out too. Nice to have both options, I'm a lucky woman!
DeleteLove the picture of Dave and the toilet. We replaced the guts of two toilets here, and I do not want to have to do that ever again. Youtube was very helpful in explaining how to do that. I really miss the sunsets, they're just phenomenal. Annabelle is just beyond adorable.
ReplyDeleteYep, Dave was a jack of all trades well before Youtube was invented! I agree, the sunsets are phenomenal (you'll get to enjoy them this winter, right?) and Annabelle is getting cuter by the day!
DeleteWelcome home! That owl and bat viewings look pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Anytime we can see an owl, up close, is a good time!
DeleteYay Annabelle - she's growing so fast :-) Sounds like you're back in the swing of Arizona life and having a grand time. ML and Steve look like kids in that beautiful photo (I need that lens!). Your owls are wonderful. Nice to have that handy husband of yours whether on the road or at the house :-)))
ReplyDeleteShe really is growing so fast! Today we had TWO owls up in our backyard tree! Must mean something right? or maybe we're just lucky....
ReplyDeleteSounds like all is good in Wickenburg. Annabelle looks so happy and what a sweet smile she has! Great picture of ML and Steve. I was going to ask you about the owls in your yard…totally awesome they are still there!
ReplyDeleteWe feel so lucky to have Hootie here. And today, there was a second one, a male I think!
DeleteIt's always the toilets after time away from our houses. Sweet grandchild, sweet!
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