2-13-17

The story of Penelope continues!

It's been months since I've been able to sit down & draw about Penelope the Positive Pony. Today I did & finished a page!

2-12-17

It felt good to go on a long hike today! Here is 1 armed "Vanna White" cactus. She used to have 2 arms & it looked like she was show casing a vowel (thus the name Vanna White). Sadly 1 of her arms fell off a couple years ago. :-(

It was so nice to have Bob home to go hiking too. Bob also has an arm problem (still recovering from surgery last month) but at least it hasn't fallen off!! ;-) Rich joined us hiking & he picked the route in South Mountain. We trekked 10 miles today!

Many tall happy saguaros along the trail.

2-11-17

I'm in a flower rut. ;-)

But I've never seen our aloe plant bloom before.

It's like little sunshines in our backyard.

Have a bright sunshiny day!

2-10-17

It's that time of year again!

Love the African Daisies blooming in the neighborhood.

2-9-17

This is Perro. We brought him home from Mexico.

Harley says Perro can stay. See...they can even be in the same room together without a dog fight. ;-) By the way...do you like the new rug in the piano room? I'm testing it out for a couple days & may return it. 

But so far I like it...I think. It's soft & I like that the colors are muted. Had tried several bolder colored rugs but they didn't seem right. Maybe it's better with no rug? I also brought in the two chairs from the TV room which I like...I think. :-0 Now that leaves 2 empty spots in the TV room. Nothing like creating problems! :-/

Back to Perro. He's cute! And he likes the rug.

2-8-17

Sunflower Love.

Our neighbor, Patti grows the best sunflowers. They shine rising tall above our connecting backyard wall.

Thanks to Patti for sending the pretty pic.

2-7-17

Back on the boat we headed out to sea.

Lea was the whale tour coordinator. She's connected since she regularly charters boats for her scuba trips.

We passed a shipping boat...cool to see.

Then we spotted a whale!

Oh....there's a mommy & her baby!!

It really was exciting to see a whale & then another & another! They are HUGE!

During our 3 hour tour we spotted & were fairly close to about 10 Fin Whales and 1 Humpback Whale.

All amazing!

This was the 1st whale watching tour for Bob & I.

It was Harley's 1st whale experience too.

Harley eventually lost interest & took a nap.

We found a few pods of dolphins too. Several would swim along side the bow & play.

Harley awake & back at work directing the boat to land again.

Such a fun & successful whale watching tour. Thanks Lea & Nate!! The whole weekend was a blast. PS: After the tour we all drove back to Phoenix. No car lines crossing the border & we were home in 4 hours.