Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Bisbee on a Sunday Afternoon

Last Sunday was such a beautiful day, we thought a drive to Bisbee was in order. So off we went to enjoy the afternoon. Jim needed exercise after our drive there, so off to the flight of stairs he went (no he didn't do 1000 stairs, only 86).
Surprisingly there were few tourist in town. In fact it was pretty empty (well the shops were empty but the bars were quite busy).
Of course we went into the Copper Queen Hotel to have a look.
"One RingyDingy" Where's Ernestine?


Oh here she is!
I believe this is a Ford. It's in excellent shape, ran good also (we saw it later going past us).
Of course we had to take advantage of Brats & Chips for $5.00 (well maybe some beer to wash it down also).
It was a pleasant trip, but a long drive to spend only a couple of hours enjoying the town. Some shops were closed, but did enjoy a couple of art galleries.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Search for Wildflowers

We're all settled back at home in Tucson again. Decided it was about the last chance to find wildflowers, so met a friend, Cindy Klinge, at Sabino this morning for a few hour photo shoot. The wild flowers were hard to come by, but we did leave with some good shots. Here is a sampling of some of the flowers we did find.





We came upon this beautiful, colorful lizard just sunning himself on a rock. He just stayed still for us to take as many pictures that we wanted. What a ham!

A few yards down the trail we came across a gila monster. He slithered around the rocks for awhile, then was on his merry way.

It's always an enjoyable time when it's spent with a friend, wildflowers and critters.