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Life as a retiree in rural Arizona has a plethora of unexpected perks:
~Rainy days and Mondays never gets me down.
~Fuchsia cholla blossoms
~Gila monster sightings; these are exquisite creatures...salmon or pale yellow beading on black velvet...just don't let them chew on your toe.
~ Incredible lightening shows during the monsoons.
~Javelina parents parading with their young down the driveway.
~Free tomatoes from Eurofresh-almost every week.
~Ringtail cats playing on the bedroom balcony.
~Birds of paradise flowering by the thousands in our wash.
~Roadrunners running...
~Basha's Food City in Willcox, limes only 50cents a pound for my Coronitas...
~Prickly pears' lemon yellow blooms, followed by magenta fruit being made into prickly pear sorbet and syrup...
~The mail lady calls me when I have an important package arriving-great service!
~Neighbors who give my horse its needed injections, coz I am too squeamish.
~A patient and well mannered farrier who gives me much needed advice on my equines, when my veterinarian is out of town.
~The poem DHARMA by poet Billy Collins tucked in a Christmas card by my vet. ( Dharma is my always charming much too psychic Australian shepherd).
~St. David's monastery tucked away under gigantic cottonwoods.
~Pumpkin tamales sold at the grocery store at Christmas time.
~The smell of fresh roasted chiles anytime.
~Hiking Muleshoe canyon and discovering a troop of coatis scrambling up the side of a hill. They are sooooo cute.
~A picnic at 9,000 feet in the Chiricahua National Monument
~Sitting outside for Friday night dinner at Coronado Vineyards with live music by Whiskey Girl and Nowhere Man.
~Fort Bowie Historic Site .
~Wine tasting at Crop Circle .
~Rooftop campouts during the Perseid Meteor shower
~UFO sightings while sipping dirty martinis with old friends.(this seems to always happen-do aliens like vodka or what ?)
~Rainy days and Mondays never gets me down.
~Fuchsia cholla blossoms
~Gila monster sightings; these are exquisite creatures...salmon or pale yellow beading on black velvet...just don't let them chew on your toe.
~ Incredible lightening shows during the monsoons.
~Javelina parents parading with their young down the driveway.
~Free tomatoes from Eurofresh-almost every week.
~Ringtail cats playing on the bedroom balcony.
~Birds of paradise flowering by the thousands in our wash.
~Roadrunners running...
~Basha's Food City in Willcox, limes only 50cents a pound for my Coronitas...
~Prickly pears' lemon yellow blooms, followed by magenta fruit being made into prickly pear sorbet and syrup...
~The mail lady calls me when I have an important package arriving-great service!
~Neighbors who give my horse its needed injections, coz I am too squeamish.
~A patient and well mannered farrier who gives me much needed advice on my equines, when my veterinarian is out of town.
~The poem DHARMA by poet Billy Collins tucked in a Christmas card by my vet. ( Dharma is my always charming much too psychic Australian shepherd).
~St. David's monastery tucked away under gigantic cottonwoods.
~Pumpkin tamales sold at the grocery store at Christmas time.
~The smell of fresh roasted chiles anytime.
~Hiking Muleshoe canyon and discovering a troop of coatis scrambling up the side of a hill. They are sooooo cute.
~A picnic at 9,000 feet in the Chiricahua National Monument
~Sitting outside for Friday night dinner at Coronado Vineyards with live music by Whiskey Girl and Nowhere Man.
~Fort Bowie Historic Site .
~Wine tasting at Crop Circle .
~Rooftop campouts during the Perseid Meteor shower
~UFO sightings while sipping dirty martinis with old friends.(this seems to always happen-do aliens like vodka or what ?)
~Dawn breaking on Cochise Stronghold.
~Going to a dinner party with new friends in Dos Cabezas
~Old friends deciding to move here too-just a few more and we can have a commune!
