September 12, 2019 at 8:10 PM
· Filed under Culture, Family, Nostalgia, Something Shiny
Posted by Bob
One of these days, the ring depicted in the photo message above will be delivered. In the meantime, we only have a likeness of the actual gift (in addition to the earrings already given) until the package arrives. We inadvertently chose an east-coast Amazon Marketplace affiliate with poor shipping practices. Verna will have the new ring and I will post a photo of her wearing it in a few days.
UPDATE: Verna’s new ring showed up today (09/13/19). Very nice . . .
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September 6, 2019 at 5:46 PM
· Filed under Something Shiny
Posted by Verna
According to the Anniversary Gemstone List, the gemstone for our 21st anniversary is Iolite, a purplish stone with a medium rarity. I found these earrings which are composed of 4 iolite stones (each) and three (each) Sleeping Beauty Turquoise facets. Stirling silver decorative metalwork holds them together. Very Pretty - Click on the image to enlarge.
Our anniversary is still almost a week away and by then, we should have an iolite, peridot and blue topaz ring to complete the set. More pix to come.
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September 3, 2019 at 8:29 PM
· Filed under Arizona Home, Home & Garden, Photography, Vacation
Posted by Verna
The last sun ray of the afternoon shone through some of the natural desert vegetation on the west side of the house just before the sun went behind the hill over that way. There wasn’t a lot of pastel colors or any brilliant desert sunset, but a nice, mellow sepia-like photo portraying the brief event before fading to dark.
We had a great trip home from our August vacation to Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. It was a lot of fun and we accomplished our objective of setting memorials on the graves of some of our ancestors. We came away with a good feeling.
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August 25, 2019 at 4:56 PM
· Filed under Flowers, Photography, Retirement, Vacation
Posted by Verna
Our current location is in Albuquerque, NM. We’re in a nice campground west of the main part of town where we have a nice view of the Sandia Mountain Ridge to the east. In camp, there are several rose bushes. I took the above photo of one of the nicer roses open today.
We will be going west from here tomorrow setting up camp at Holbrook, back in our Home State of Arizona. On the next day, we will be back home in Wickenburg.
Click on the image to enlarge.
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August 22, 2019 at 7:50 PM
· Filed under Climate, Food and Dining, Leisure, Retirement
Posted by Bob
When we arrived at camp today, we hooked up our utilities and immediately started getting the grill ready to fix our dinner. When I went out to grill the ribs, a thunderstorm started dumping some rain. Well, what had to be done was to get dinner on the table, so Verna got out my rain jacket and I finished the job.
The meal was delicious. Click on the image to enlarge.
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August 20, 2019 at 8:44 AM
· Filed under Critters, Photography, Retirement, Vacation
Posted by Bob
We’ve had several sightings of wildlife as we traveled across the West on our trip. We see the usual horses, cattle goats and sheep in rural areas, but we also have seen bears, deer and this small herd of antelope. The latter were grazing along a stream near one of the highways on which we traveled. Click on the image to enlarge.
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August 15, 2019 at 8:17 PM
· Filed under Photography, Retirement, Vacation
Posted by Verna
Our route from Monument Valley to Moab through Utah today, took us past the Mexican Hat rock formation just north of the San Juan River and the town bearing the Mexican Hat name. I snapped this image from the motorhome as we drove past the famous formation along US Hwy 163. Click on the image to enlarge.
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