Burrowing Owls in Buckeye, AZ
We have not visited the Buckeye owls for almost a year. We left early today to be there at sunrise and were greeted by maybe half a dozen burrowing owls sitting in front of their burrows along the water canals
Fascinating Desert – Chocolate Falls
Recently a friend told us about the Chocolate Falls, which are about 1 hour north east of Flagstaff – a 3-hour drive. The official name is Grand Falls, but looking at the pictures below, it is clear why they are
Horseshoe Dam
Exactly to the day one year ago we came here with my mom. It was a cloudy rather trist day and we didn’t see a single flower and only a few puddles of water. Today it looked quite a bit
Cacti covered in snow
While Switzerland is currently enjoying Spring weather and unusual mild temperatures, we here in the South West of the United States were hit by a massive, once in a lifetime winter storm that brought snow to unusual places like Los
Early Spring
Due to the amount of rain we got over the last few weeks and months, the desert is very green, there are weeds and grass everywhere and we heard this week that the poppies up at Bartlett Lake are blooming
ZooLights
Our friends Hilary and Randy invited us to visit ZooLights last night – thanks for the opportunity! Every year from the end of November through early January the Phoenix Zoo puts up an amazing and impressive display of colorful lights
Merry Christmas
Looking back, 2018 was quite an eventful and costly year for us. It started off with Marco’s triple hernia surgery in February! A little later my mom, Francine, spent 3 weeks with us. Marco took her to our favorite photo
This time of the year
It’s fall, even here in the desert, and we hear from different sources that now is the time to see some fall colors. For us this means that we have to drive to higher elevations where we can find oaks,
Globe – Young Hwy, Apache Trail
We are off to an early start today, leaving the house at 5:30am. Sunrise is at 6:15am and we want to be up in Miami, AZ at dawn. Our friend Randy who grew up in those mountains told us where
Monsoon Season – Flooding
Monsoon season in southern Arizona starts mid-June and lasts until the end of September. This is when the humidity can raise drastically and one gets to feel how it must be to live in Florida. During this time the “Valley”
Mogollon Rim – Woods Canyon Lake, AZ
Marco recently got a tip about Woods Canyon Lake up at the Mogollon Rim. He was told that some Ospreys and Bald Eagles were seen fishing at the lake. And, he also learned that we should not go on a
Arizona Bobcat
We knew that there are bobcats at the Salt River, we have heard from people who saw them and not too long ago Marco met some people who had seen one “just a few minutes go” – frustrating. For months