Miss Paulie continues to be more and more a beloved part of our family.
We continue to follow the news and the USAP webcams to see what is happening at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Here is the icebreaker US Coast Guard Polar Star just off the ice pier.
Besides my usual Tuesday docent time, I volunteered at Dogs Day in the Garden at the DBG - more than a thousand dogs with their owners which at $4 per dog generated more than $4,000 for the Arizona Humane Society. My post was at the Portal where the local Agility Club has these adjustable toys for dogs (and their owners) to jump over.
What more can I say about Paulie? She just loves to be with people and rolls over on her back so you can scratch her belly.
On a walk back from Sunday brunch at the Windsor, Patty and I passed this RV with many lovely bumper stickers and signs.
Megan sent us this photo of her holding a paper penguin in front of the Polar Star at the dock. One of her friends is a teacher and Megan regularly sends photos of the traveling penguin to her friend's class.
Patty sends me shopping when she wants to make a special dish - this time she wanted rice noodles, but these are are the only things I could find. Cell phones now make it easy for me to text her photos and let her choose which one she wants.
While on the new engagement committee at the DBG, I found that many well educated volunteers are not conversant with switching between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures and between English and metric measurements - this is important because a large number of our guests use Celsius and metric measurement. So I came up with the idea of making these bookmark like tools and made a couple dozen which I then distributed to the docents.
Did I mention that Paulie is a big part of lives now?
When Helen was here early in January, she fell in love with Paulie and when she got home, she took one of her photos and had it made into a stack of 25 greeting cards for us.
On Jan. 15, I was unanimously elected to be back on the board at our HOA. While walking Miss Paulie, I see many things that need to be done. I simply take a photo and email it to Amanda at our property management company, and voila, the problem is usually fixed soon - in this case it was a broken tree limb hanging over the wall onto our neighbors' property.
Here are some photos of activity at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, plus a couple Megan sent us of her on the pier in front of the Ocean Giant.
Ben and Martha sent us a couple of photos of their dog Stowe.
Patty and I went to see "The Moth Mainstage" at Mesa Arts Center. In the lobby, they had this lovely piano painted in a colorful and unique manner.
After the USCG Polar Star had cleared a channel, the annual cargo ship delivery of goods took place with the Ocean Giant delivering a year's worth of supplies and taking back all of the recycled materials.
When I am at the DBG, one of the ways I can memorize the names of plants is by taking a photo of the sign - then, even if I forget, I can scroll through the photos on my camera and find it.
Ben came to visit from Feb. 9 - 12. On Sunday, we went to the North Mountain Visitor Center. Ben went out for a 90 minute run, Patty went for a 60 minute walk and I took Miss Paulie for a 30 minute walk and then sat with her until Patty and then Ben returned. As we were getting Miss Paulie into the car, we saw this cactus wren nest with some paper woven into the nest by the bird.
When Helen was here, we got some photos of the ASU Sun Devil's baseball stadium for her grandson Nate, as his favorite Red Sox player went to ASU. I walk by the stadium both on my way to and way back from the DBG, as it is midway between the DBG and the Washington and Priest light rail station. One time, they were changing light bulbs so I sent Helen a couple of photos for her grandson.
More HOA duties, this time a leak in front of the clubhouse the morning after the landscapers had been there working on the irrigation system, and where the trim had been knocked off a section of the wall by one of the entry gates.
On Feb. 12, we took a group photo of the Tuesday Docents. We were in the Ottosen Gallery in front of one of the new displays of art:
And so another month has gone by, and now it is time to go to Spain for another round of Vaughan Town in Gredos and Daytown in Las Tablas.
We continue to follow the news and the USAP webcams to see what is happening at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Here is the icebreaker US Coast Guard Polar Star just off the ice pier.
Besides my usual Tuesday docent time, I volunteered at Dogs Day in the Garden at the DBG - more than a thousand dogs with their owners which at $4 per dog generated more than $4,000 for the Arizona Humane Society. My post was at the Portal where the local Agility Club has these adjustable toys for dogs (and their owners) to jump over.
What more can I say about Paulie? She just loves to be with people and rolls over on her back so you can scratch her belly.
On a walk back from Sunday brunch at the Windsor, Patty and I passed this RV with many lovely bumper stickers and signs.
Megan sent us this photo of her holding a paper penguin in front of the Polar Star at the dock. One of her friends is a teacher and Megan regularly sends photos of the traveling penguin to her friend's class.
Patty sends me shopping when she wants to make a special dish - this time she wanted rice noodles, but these are are the only things I could find. Cell phones now make it easy for me to text her photos and let her choose which one she wants.
While on the new engagement committee at the DBG, I found that many well educated volunteers are not conversant with switching between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures and between English and metric measurements - this is important because a large number of our guests use Celsius and metric measurement. So I came up with the idea of making these bookmark like tools and made a couple dozen which I then distributed to the docents.
Did I mention that Paulie is a big part of lives now?
When Helen was here early in January, she fell in love with Paulie and when she got home, she took one of her photos and had it made into a stack of 25 greeting cards for us.
Ben and Martha sent us a couple of photos of their dog Stowe.
Patty and I went to see "The Moth Mainstage" at Mesa Arts Center. In the lobby, they had this lovely piano painted in a colorful and unique manner.
After the USCG Polar Star had cleared a channel, the annual cargo ship delivery of goods took place with the Ocean Giant delivering a year's worth of supplies and taking back all of the recycled materials.
When I am at the DBG, one of the ways I can memorize the names of plants is by taking a photo of the sign - then, even if I forget, I can scroll through the photos on my camera and find it.
Ben came to visit from Feb. 9 - 12. On Sunday, we went to the North Mountain Visitor Center. Ben went out for a 90 minute run, Patty went for a 60 minute walk and I took Miss Paulie for a 30 minute walk and then sat with her until Patty and then Ben returned. As we were getting Miss Paulie into the car, we saw this cactus wren nest with some paper woven into the nest by the bird.
When Helen was here, we got some photos of the ASU Sun Devil's baseball stadium for her grandson Nate, as his favorite Red Sox player went to ASU. I walk by the stadium both on my way to and way back from the DBG, as it is midway between the DBG and the Washington and Priest light rail station. One time, they were changing light bulbs so I sent Helen a couple of photos for her grandson.
Desert Botanical Garden presents sculpture created with found materials from the imagination of artist Michelle Stitzlein. The impressive, large-scale works promote recycling through transforming simple objects into dynamic, natural forms.
Stitzlein lives and works in Ohio, where she maintains a studio in a former National Grange Hall. Through her many efforts to promote sustainability, Stitzlein teaches art workshops at elementary schools, art camps and festivals. She has assisted children all over the US to make colorful murals and whimsical outdoor sculptures by beautifying thousands of bottle caps that would otherwise end up in a landfill. A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design, her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide, including Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio, Miller Gallery – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio.
And so another month has gone by, and now it is time to go to Spain for another round of Vaughan Town in Gredos and Daytown in Las Tablas.
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