To look at a thing is very different from seeing it – Oscar Wilde
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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 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”