This is for Alice

We purchased three small tables for outside.

Two are for the outdoor kitchen area and a slightly larger one for the front patio.

Also a wonderful outdoor cart to help with dishes when we entertain.

House Warming Gift

Our friends, Mike and Sue Veseth, gave us a houswarming gift when they visited last winter.

It is a beautiful lace doily that Sue made while visiting Tucson the year before.

Just gorgeous!

We finally managed to get it framed and since it needed a white wall behind it it now hangs prominently at the entrance to the master bedroom.

It looks wonderful!

More Flowers in our yard

Tonight's Visitors

Around 8 pm or so we heard the driveway alarm go off and went to look at who was here.

We could hear some noise but couldn't see what was in our yard but when we managed to find a flashlight we found 2 javelinas (there could have been more but we didn't see them) rooting around in our yard.

Although they are so ugly that we think they are cute they can be very vicious so we took pictures from a distance!

Our new Alarm System

We finally decided on an alarm company and this last week Kent, the technician, spent two solid days installing it.

As usual, there were quirks in our prewired system and when the garage was rebuilt after the fire in 1998/1999 they just would up the wires and put them in the ceiling. 

Kent, Michael and I spent hours trying to thread them to the right spots but we succeeded.

Then the small windows had very small openings and Kent had to do each one in a different way.

The system is up and running now (although we have one small problem that Kent will fix Tuesday morning) and last night we had it turned on for the first time.

Of course, I opened an outside door and made Michael jump out of bed to turn off the system before the company called here - I have to retrain myself now.

Surprise Visit

Last week we had a knock on the door and lo and behold the original owner's son was calling. He wanted to show his girlfriend our home while he was visiting from the east coast.

We had a lovely visit and learned more about our home's history and his parents.

Mother and Clem's Visit

My Mother and Clem drove down from Apache Junction for a visit last week.

The sun cooperated and heated the pool to the high 80s and we had a lovely time swimming.

Enjoyed the cacti blooming and took the tram up to the top of Sabino Canyon then walked part of the way back down.