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A Home for the Homeless

A Home for the Homeless

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It’s hard to take good photos through a chain link fence. My apologies. I thought about not posting at all but wanted to introduce you to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

The center was founded in 1994 by Linda Searles whose vision was to provide a home for animals

My Pal Tony

My Pal Tony

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It’s been a while since we explored the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale. I agree with Tony Bennett, for a musician it’s the best museum in the world. With the temperature still in the upper nineties, it was time for another visit. 

When the MIM opened about a

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

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i love the Phoenix Art Museum because there are new exhibits on every visit. This time, our goal was to see the work of the fashion designer Geoffrey Beene. This was of more interest to Mary Anne than me. I wandered about, snapping photos of various things that caught my
Shopping in the Olde Worlde

Shopping in the Olde Worlde

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It’s cold today. Cold enough to make me want to find an excuse to stay inside. Why not make a blog post? Haven’t done anything worth posting for a while, but there’s always something lurking in the photo collection. But what?

I’m a fan of the

Kung Hei Fat Choy

Kung Hei Fat Choy

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A visit to the Seattle Asian Art Museum on the day of the Chinese New Year.
Reprise: FLW

Reprise: FLW

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It’s so hard these days to gain sustained national notoriety.

Trump brags about grabbing pussies. Meh, locker room talk. Some screwed up boy (and they’re always boys) grabs a military grade weapon and takes a baker’s dozen lives. We are shocked and saddened. Then we move on.

More “This and That”

More “This and That”

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Above: four bikers recently arrived in Todos Santos pose for a photo outside of the Hotel California.

Mary Anne seems pleased with dessert during our Anniversary dinner at Lon’s at the Hermosa.

Arlene, on the left, is my running buddy from our days in Portland. She was in Phoenix

Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain

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What fun! Our friends Wayne and Jane came to visit for a few days. They’re the folks who sold us the condo a couple of years ago. Besides the pleasure of their company, we learned about a few new things to see.

One of those things was the Granite

Paper Dresses!

Paper Dresses!

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For people just a little older than I am, the Sixties had to be an absolute gas. You could hop into your VW bug with the stick-on flowers, slip the latest Moby Grape into the old eight track, light up a joint and head to your Sensitivity Training group. There
The O’Odham

The O’Odham

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Primitive tools and a lot of time can yield impressive results. To the Egyptian pyramids, the Great Wall of China and the dry stone fences of the United Kingdom and Ireland, add the O’Odham irrigation canals.

The O’Odham flourished for 1400 years in a collection of settlements near

Cabo (not that one)

Cabo (not that one)

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Cabo San Lucas, were Gringos flock to flirt with alcohol poisoning and each other, lies at the southern tip of the Baja.

I find it fun for a while, but not for days on end. Not that I’m against Mexicans earning a living. Those all-you-can-drink sightseeing cruises aren’t

All Saints

All Saints

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Todos Santos (“All Saints”) sits near the Tropic of Cancer on the Baja’s western shore. At one time it was a major sugar cane processing center, but that was over by 1950.

Thanks in part to the government paving the highway, the town is today thriving as an agricultural

Bell Pass

Bell Pass

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The Bell Pass trailhead is about a half mile (1km) from our condo. From there to the pass is a bit under four miles (6km). The good news is that the first 3-ish miles climb steadily up a valley. The bad news is that one gains about 1000 feet (300
Do You Know Paolo?

Do You Know Paolo?

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Paolo Soleri, an Italian born architect, died in Arizona about a decade ago. He came to the States to study under Frank Lloyd Wright who had residences in both Wisconsin and Arizona.

Soleri designed and built his home in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He called it Cosanti. It’s an odd

Zion National Park – the afternoon

Zion National Park – the afternoon

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You’d better like emerald pools when you hop off the Zion shuttle at Stop 5. In a single hike you can visit Lower Emerald Pool, Middle Emerald Pool (Lower), Middle Emerald Pool (Upper) and Upper Emerald Pool. If that’s not enough emerald pooling for one day, I guess