A hike, lunch and a movie..

It was a good way to spend our day.

I have always enjoyed movies based on real events.

I loved the BBC series,

"Bletchley Circle" as well as "Foyles War"

After seeing the documentary about Alan Turning,

I was looking forward to seeing the movie.

It was so well done.

Probably one of the best movies we have seen in a long time.

 

During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary.

They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of 'gross indecency', an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing.

Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany's World War II Enigma machine.

An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, this film follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives.

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Sweet and simple...

Wishing you a wonderful

Christmas Eve.

 

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A junkyard kind of day...

Jim has always wanted to go to the

Desert Valley Auto Parts.

Yesterday was that day.

13 acres of cars and of car parts just waiting to become a complete car

again.

They have a wonderful reality show.

"Desert Car Kings"

http://www.dvap.com

 

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All wrapped up...

The longest night was last night, the start of winter.

It gets very dark here quickly.

We hiked just as the sun was going down behind the mountain.

The air became noticeably cooler.

Time to come in and wrap a few gifts to bring as we go out to friends

for dinner and drinks.

Some fresh rosemary is almost a fragrant as

the smell of pine boughs.

 

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For the love of Plaid...

It seems everything come back into style.

This year it is plaid,

lots and lots of plaid,

lumberjack plaid as well as tartan plaid.

Clearwater dinner jacket style plaid.

{Cindy type plaid}

I snapped a photos of these while I was out yesterday.

Plaid around the house.

Dogs in plaid from Tumblr

 

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It's a lovely time of the year...

 

All photos sourced from Tumblr

 

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Tabletop Christmas...

Most of my ornaments are packed away in boxes.

I decided that even for the two weeks we are still here in Arizona,

I would create a little Christmas tabletop.

Just enough of a reminder to bring us of the joy of season.

 

 

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Found...

Yesterday while Jim and I had gone out to do some errands,

we saw a dog

running down the sidewalk beside a busy highway.

We stopped and I went over to her,

she was so excited, wiggling her whole body and laying down

for a tummy rub.

I always have a leash and a collar in the car. {Probably from Cookie or Pebbles}

She had a collar but no ID.

We drove around the neighbourhood with her comfortably

resting in the back seat, finding no one that knew of her.

We took her to our homeowner association office,

they took her photo, did a scatter email to all the

residents and one of the girls was taking this

sweet, sweet golden retriever

home with her for the night.

I will call first thing in the morning to see if she found a home.

I will post an update.

11:30 update: human owner reunited with her dog!

 

 

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Moving on...

Jim and I have been coming back to Arizona each

Fall and Winter Season

for the past 10 years.

We have made some wonderful friends, had great fun,

gone on many road trips, picnicked, hiked and truly enjoyed our time here.

We decided this summer that we wanted to do more traveling,

explore new countries, see how the rest of the

world lives.

We sold our home here in 4 hours, we turn over the keys today.

Luckily, our friends gave us their home just down the street to

use until we leave for Panama on January 4th.

Instead of just staying a month, now we have a chance to really

enjoy our time there.

We will be spending 3 months.

We are excited on this new phase in our life.

Who knows in which country we will end up in for our

winter months.

 

 

 

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Some sights down Tucson way...

It was a sunny and cool day yesterday,

perfect

for a drive to Tucson,

south on the Pinal Pioneer Highway.

Past the Cactus Garden, into the Oro Valley at

3500'.

Spent some time looking at a few stores before heading home.

It was a good day.

 

 

 

 

 

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