To look at things is very different from seeing it – Oscar Wilde
A few weeks ago Marco learned from friends that there are beavers up at a lake about 90 minutes away. However, one has to be there early and has to get on the lake by a kayak.Robert, who discovered the beavers a couple years ago luckily has 3 kayaks, so two weeks ago Marco joined…...
When I was out in our yard with Gizmo after dinner last night he suddenly showed interest in something in the wash right outside of our back yard. I went over and saw a Gila monster. I called Marco and we took some pictures while watching it go straight up the cliff.This morning Gizmo again…...
Last Saturday and Sunday we drove South to the Santa Cruz Flats to shoot some birds - one reason to drive to the Flats always is the Caracaras that can be found there - another reason is that we discovered some great horned owl and red-tailed hawk nests a few weeks ago - last but…...
After months of no appreciable rainfall, the Phoenix metropolitan area finally received a variety pack of precipitation over the last several days: Rain, hail, snow and something called graupel fell over different parts of the Valley depending on the elevation. It has been cold and wet for almost a week and every drop has been…...
For the last few weeks we have been watching a pack of coyotes at the Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler, AZ. It is interesting to see how they live in such proximity to people and their pets without attacking them and to observe their behavior when they are hunting together. They appear to be well…...
What a year to look back to! It didn't take long for things to get "uneasy" after the holidays last year. I'm not sure what was first but Corona became a topic quite early in the year and sadly our landlady deciding to sell the townhome we had been renting for 5 years came just…...
It is already late in the year, but because it has been such a warm summer and fall, we can expect to still see some fall colors up in the mountains. Since we have hardly any aspens or oak trees here in the valley we have to drive up to higher elevations to find them. This…...
