Linda Ronstadt

Last evening we saw Linda Ronstadt at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. The show was titled "A Conversation with Linda". Her talk covered her four-decade career in the music industry and there was a big screen showing videos, personal photos and music. She talked about her early years with the Stone Poneys, her long association with the Eagles and her friendships with Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Aaron Neville.
Linda is unable to sing anymore due to Parkinson's disease but her memoirs were poignant and funny and so interesting. A wonderful evening!

Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden

The Scottsdale Xeriscape Garden at Chaparral Park provides an educational resource to growing plants in a sustainable landscape to conserve water resources for the future.

The garden, which is a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat, conceals a 5.5 million gallon reservoir from the Chaparral Water Treatment Plant.

My tour of the garden was very educational and many of the trees and plants were in bloom to enjoy. I have also included a few other trees and plants that are in bloom at this time in spring.......

Hats for Babies

Many hospitals need knitted hats for newborns and premature babies. They will even provide yarn but if you have any left over yarn that is soft and washable, it is a great way to use it and help these babies. I am knitting a few different patterns and will take a stack to my local hospital shortly.

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is a 40-acre railroad park not far from where we live. Over the holidays they have a Holiday Light experience where a train ride on the Paradise and Pacific Railroad goes through a winter wonderland of lights and displays........beautiful!

Christmas Cookies

All of my Christmas cookies are made.... Mexican Wedding Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies, Chocolate Chunk Shortbread, Nanaimo Bars, Empire Biscuits, Cranberry Orange Pinwheels,
Lemon Sparkle Cookies and Salted Caramel Bars.
Yeah, let's enjoy!

Beautiful Fall Weather

After a summer of excessive heat, the weather has been beautiful here. Last winter, I showed the lakes with whitecaps.....now the air is clear and crisp and the water is calm. These pictures are from my morning walk along the bike path. Such a lovely place to live!

Bisbee

Bisbee is a city in southern Arizona just north of the Mexico border. It was founded as a copper, gold and silver mining town in 1880.
Today, the historic city of Bisbee is known as "Old Bisbee" and is home to a thriving downtown cultural scene. The town is very hilly and very quirky. We recently visited and stayed at the Copper Queen Hotel.
One morning we had breakfast at the Bisbee Breakfast Club and came upon the town of Lowell, a mining town incorporated into Bisbee in the early 1900s. Visiting Erie Street is like walking along a movie set. The town looks like it could have been abandoned in a hurry and forgotten for half a century. Rusting cars and trucks sit deserted along the street. The population in the town is 3! It was great fun and talked to a gentleman who ran a motorcycle shop there.....he is one of the 3.