Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

It was so much fun to wake up and find snow on the ground this morning which is so unusual, especially at the end of February.

I went out the front door and took the first picture facing toward the north. There was a little bit of sunshine peeing out over some clouds where the sky is starting to clear. Other than that, the sky is gray.



Then facing south.



Then east. The mesquite trees look like they have white blossoms all over them.



The dogs have been out playing in the snow like a bunch of little kids. They are so funny.

I think I am finally well again, and none too soon. Our renter moved out this weekend (he's being deployed) and we spent the last two days catching up on all of the yard work. I hope we will be able to find new renters who will be as good as the ones we are losing.

Ramsey Canyon

Don, my mom, my sister Susan, and I had a fun day down in Ramsey Canyon at the Arizona Folklore Preserve last week. It was a birthday gift to me from my mom. We went to listen to Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer. The setting was beautiful.



This is the venue.



We went over the bridge where some water was running. There was still some snow on the ground, and the pipes inside venue had been frozen all morning.



The inside was cozy, and the entertainment was delightful. Most of the songs Dolan Ellis has written are about Arizona; our cowboys, our native Americans, the Mexican influence, ranching, and Arizona's "western way of life" in general.



When the show was over, we walked around the grounds and then went to a buffet for dinner.

During the drive drive home we witnessed a beautiful sunset across a barbed wire fence and...a fitting end to a great day.