This is one of the prettiest buildings in town. Saint Anthony’s of Padua was established in the early days of Wickenburg, having started out as a wooden structure near the beginning of the 20th century. Finally, after the tough days following mine failures and the great depression, the congregation eventually constructed this beautiful brick sanctuary on Tegner Street in the Old Historic Downtown area. Click on the image to enlarge.
We’re currently growing our garden vegetables for the summer. These Serrano peppers are just about ready to pick and get mixed into a salsa or something that will go really good with margaritas on the patio. 🙂 Click on the image to enlarge.
With four flowers on the saguaro open today, the bees were out in force to collect the nectar and pollinate the cactus. Behind the open flowers, you can see a couple of fruit pods forming where other flowers have already opened. Click on the image to enlarge.
I walked out across the road yesterday and snapped a series of images that I merged into a single panoramic image of the Arizona house and yard. We received some of the office furniture this week and are working on acquiring the rest of the home furnishings in a week or two. We’re getting closer to our completion of the interior and are just a few steps closer to the completion of the landscaping. Click on the panoramic image to see full-sized.
Most of the cholla on our lot and on the neighbors produced yellow or orange flowers. Yesterday, we drove down Madison Street and saw a cholla with purple flowers. I got out of the truck and took this photo of one of the beautiful flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
We took a nice scenic drive today up the Hassayampa River Valley. When we got to the top of one of the ridges we crossed, Verna took an image back toward the Vulture Mountains in the distance with the Hassayampa in the foreground and the Town of Wickenburg in the middle ground. Click on the thumbnail to see the full panorama. Scroll to the right to see Vulture Peak in the distance.
