Dec 25, 2016

The last few days already brought some rain showers and mostly overcast skies and for Christmas the whole western part…

Dec 18, 2016

Looking back at 2016, I would summarize the year as follows: very few new pictures from Marco despite a new…

Dec 13, 2016

While family and friends have been complaining about the wet and cold weather in Europe and people at the East…

Oct 11, 2016

Fall finally has arrived in Scottsdale with some cooler temperatures - the summer heat is over which allows us to…

Oct 9, 2016

Today we went for a short walk along Tempe Town Lake. Tempe Town Lake is a reservoir that occupies a…

Aug 7, 2016

During the monsoon-, or summer thunderstorm season, Arizona experiences more severe weather than many other states and gets most of…

Jun 14, 2016

The other day our Argentinian friend Flavia mentioned that the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix offers free admission every second…

May 15, 2016

It’s already the 2nd really hot weekend here in Scottsdale with temperatures in the triple digits again (38 to 40…

Jan 17, 2016

2015 turned out to be pretty 'boring' although challenging in some respects and there were not too many things worth…