I love unexpected pleasant surprises.
Like seeing a huge full curl
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
that was close enough to touch thru our car window.
A small herd of young ones doing well.
It was a fabulous day to enjoy the drive on this scenic and winding road.
It was literally one of the hottest summer here in
Arizona.
Record high tempetures, major dust storms
as well torrential rains.
In our development,
the wind uprooted many well established
large trees.
We have a walled garden. Safely sheltered from
the more brutal elements.
The garden is lush and green,
it is amazing how little water we use because we planted many
native and desert plants.
It was a wise move more than 7 summers ago
when we bought and had our
home built.
My banners have become faded,
however, they still dance happily in the breeze.
This week I have spent my time well, tidying up the house,
the outdoor pots, cutting back any perennials,
putting the garden to rest as we are getting ready to head to
Arizona for the winter,
on Saturday.
Usually by this time we would have been there already.Going a bit later has given us more time to enjoy these last few weeks of October.
It used to feel strange not seeing all our personal stuff for nearly 6 months,but because we have another home, different friends,
it is always an adventure.
We take a couple days to drive there, as it is 1662 miles between our two homes. We always try to take a different route,
but after 10 years, we know most of the roads quite well.
We are always in the lookout to see something we might have missed in previous trips.
Record highs all over BC.
Happy to enjoy being outside, finishing up cleaning up the outside
planters and flower pots.
Claire spent a sunny afternoon at
Art Knapps Garden Centre
enjoying the rides.
She sent me a sweet little emojis texts.
Love this little girl!
Thanks to my Cindy for
her generosity
over the years in helping me
increase
my collection.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Happy Birthday to my dear friend Shirley
currently trekking in Bhutan.
I make lots of bracelets.
I wear 5 or 6 at a time,
I mix and match them with my gold ones,
diamond ones as well as my
sapphire ones.
Sometimes I give them away.
They are lovely, small, portable & happy gifts.
Gifts of my heart and made by hand.
These can be worn as necklaces or bracelets.
Dagmar
