2011 All Souls Procession in Tucson

Michael with our friends, Dennis and Bonnie

What can I say?

A family affair

Walking in the parade

Too weird

Our friends, Bonnie & Dennis, joined us this year for the All Souls Procession in Tucson. They had not seen the event before and were just as fascinated by it as we are each year. The route changed a bit this year but we walked most of it, then stopped and watched the rest of the parade go by before walking over to El Minuto. It was a new restaurant for our friends - unusual as they have been introducing us to restaurants and happy hours here in Tucson.

Hummers

We have purchased more hummingbird feeders and still get a thrill of watching them come to eat. This year we added a birdbath and a thistle seed sock for finches. However, it is too late in the season for most of the birds here so we have only seen birds drinking out of the birdbath and we will post pictures when they come back. Somehow the finches haven't found our thistle seed yet either but we trust they will.

These photos were taken through our office window and screen so they aren't quite as clear as they could be.

Halloween 2011 Here in Tucson

Halloween is always a fun time here. We both enjoy the little kids in their costumes. This year I carved jack-o-lanterns again - I really enjoy doing it. I tried a more contemporary pattern in one of them.

We had eight 'real' trick or treaters but probably about 20 parents/adults. Some of the adults also came in costumes.
                                                                                                                                                       

Our cutest Trick or Treaters this year

   

Michael with his usual 'scary' mask and our neighbor Linda

Nothing to do with Halloween but I liked the way the landscape lights lit up our cholla

A fun time as always!

Animals this last week

For the first time we managed to get a photo of a bobcat walking through our yard. We have not been successful since we moved it. They always appear and disappear before we have a chance to get the camera out!

Javelina at rest

In another vein when we were in Tacoma we bought a gamecam/trailcam to try to catch wildlife in our yard during the day and at night. Michael went out to get the SD card today and we found that for the last two nights we have had javelinas (have seen evidence that they have been here but have not actually seen them this year) and deer! We are very excited and look forward to seeing what appears in the next few nights. The night photos are infrared so they are always black and white photos.

We have seen one deer during the day before but were very pleased to see two more!