Catching Up... A Mixed Bag

Don tries out his new BBQ, which had just been delivered

 assembled by Home Depot.  

(BBQ'd Bourbon Chicken was on the menu.)

And I always receive a box of candy on Valentines's Day...

a tradition at the Harvey House for 51 years.  And it had a

"what's inside each piece guide".  Didn't matter it was all delicious.

Our community Mardi Gras Parade 

included many creative floats...

and participants tossed candy and beads out

to those who lined the streets and cheered them on.

Yesterday we headed for Tucson.   Of course Don stopped to find

 a couple of geocaches

along the way.  But geocaching wasn't our main objective for the day!!!

I had decided to sell my vintage Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace so 

we went to the Medicine Man Gallery to deliver the piece and sign a

consignment agreement.  (A stunning gallery in case you're ever in Tucson.)  

I had purchased the beautiful necklace in

Tombstone AZ in 1984  It was created by Ray Vandever of Pruitt NM

 and features  his handmade, not cast, silver "blossoms", and

turquoise from the Lone Mtn Turquoise Mine in NV,  which 

produces some of the world's top spiderweb Turquoise.

Mission accomplished so we headed  home as the afternoon

stormy skies highlighted the beautiful Catalina Mountains

mile after mile.

Doing Dirt

As soon as I finished digging in the dirt, Don said lets go for 

a ride... I'm always ready for that.

Little did I know that was "code" for let's go geocaching.  As

it turned out, 3 new geocaches had just been placed not to far 

from home.  When Don found the first one, this is what the log

"book" looked like.  "FTF" = first to find and the first stamped

signature was a guy with the handle "Dr. D"  Then cadon who is

Don!!!

Lots of interesting "dirt locations"

as we found all 3 new geocaches...

and looked for a couple more.

Then I wanted to check out a hiking trail to Wave Cave

which involved even more dirt, but the scenery was nice

especially if you cropped out the dirt road.  And I found

something to take home that got the back seat floor all dirty

because it wouldn't fit in the "back" of the car.

But it fit nicely as garden art in our back yard which delighted

my "dancing" egret as it gave him something interesting

to look at while dancing.    In case you don't recognize it,

it is the remains 

of a Cholla Cactus, which is  native to Mexico 

and the southwestern US,  and  looks like this when it is alive and well.

As it starts to die  you can see it's  cylindrical stem formation

more clearly and when all the sharp thorns are gone they

often end up as garden "art".