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    • Another visit to the Desert Botanical Garden

      / 10 years agoNews

      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…

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      Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/11, 1/125 sec, ISO 800
    • Walk at the Tempe Town Lake, AZ

      / 10 years agoNews

      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…

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    • Monsoon

      / 10 years agoNews

      During the monsoon-, or summer thunderstorm season, Arizona experiences more severe weather than many other states and gets most of its well needed water. On some occasions, a severe storm may spawn a microburst. More…

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    • Visiting the Desert Botanical Garden

      / 10 years agoNews

      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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    • Escaping the heat – Mogollon Rim

      / 10 years agoNews

      It’s already the 2nd really hot weekend here in Scottsdale with temperatures in the triple digits again (38 to 40 Celsius). So we decide that it would be nice to go on a day trip…

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    • Happy landing in 2016

      / 10 years agoNews

      2015 turned out to be pretty 'boring' although challenging in some respects and there were not too many things worth blogging about. The first 3 months were kind of stressful, with Marco having a full…

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    • Another summer in Scottsdale?

      / 11 years agoNews

      After our return to San Diego we give ourselves time until the end of March to find something. Marco also has some appointments with a Neurologist and is scheduled for an MRI which we want…

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    • Birthdays in Switzerland

      / 11 years agoNews

      We are exhausted and Marco is still suffering, more and more actually. But, still we decide to take a break from the housing search and fly to Switzerland for 4 weeks! We book the flights,…

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    • Back to San Diego once again

      / 11 years agoNews

      It is at the end of November, my parents left a couple weeks ago and we are making plans for Christmas. Should we go to Switzerland, should we wait until January to be there for…

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