Sunsets at Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park is an outdoor sanctuary offering fishing lakes, a pool & fields for sports such as softball & soccer - it is just around the corner from where we live. In recent days we…
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In Memoriam
A little more than a year ago my dad got diagnosed with an elevated PSA level. His doctor told him "nothing to worry about this can happen at your age. We will check it out…
Read MoreChristmas weekend in Arizona
The last few days already brought some rain showers and mostly overcast skies and for Christmas the whole western part of the US is hit by a heavy winterstorm - higher elevations got up to…
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Looking back at 2016, I would summarize the year as follows: very few new pictures from Marco despite a new camera, very few miles on our car and lots of hours behind the computer for…
Read MoreDesert Botanical Garden: Last visit for this year
While family and friends have been complaining about the wet and cold weather in Europe and people at the East Coast are facing severe snow storms and hundreds if not thousands of cancelled flight, we…
Read MoreAnother visit to the Desert Botanical Garden
Fall finally has arrived in Scottsdale with some cooler temperatures - the summer heat is over which allows us to spend more time outside again. Today I spent a couple hours at the Desert Botanical…
Read MoreWalk at the Tempe Town Lake, AZ
Today we went for a short walk along Tempe Town Lake. Tempe Town Lake is a reservoir that occupies a portion of the often dry riverbed of the Salt River as it passes through the…
Read MoreVisiting the Desert Botanical Garden
The other day our Argentinian friend Flavia mentioned that the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix offers free admission every second Tuesday of every month - normally the fee is $22. Today at 7:00 a.m. I…
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