This is the time of year in central Arizona when the cumulus clouds form in the afternoons. Yesterday, we had a little rain and we heard thunder and saw lightning. That could yet happen this evening. I was out in the yard and spotted this nice cloudscape. Click on the image to enlarge.
Well, it’s only two trees – a lemon and an orange – but we call it the ‘orchard.’ When we got the courtyard landscape shrubs and tree, we also had the crew plant the citrus trees next to the RV drive. There is a single orange growing but there are a bunch of lemons as you can see from the image above. Click to enlarge.
I took this photo of an Asian lily in the little bathroom bud vase. Very pretty, don’t you think? Click on the image to enlarge.
Occasionally, these nice puffy cumulus clouds will band together to form thunderstorms. We’re in monsoon season from now until September. Sooner or later, we will get lightning, thunder and a gully-washer cloudburst. Our first storm of the season here was on July 3rd. We kind of like ’em despite the increased humidity. Click on the image to enlarge.
Now that the furniture is (mostly) in place, Verna and I have been gradually acquiring native American, southwestern and old west knick-knacks and art for decorating the rooms with themes appropriate to our historic old western town. Today, we had some time to kill before collecting the dogs from the groomer so we stopped into one of the local gift and souvenir shops. We have been in this shop before where I was fascinated with most of the hand-made dioramas of old western towns. I decided to get one of them for the office.
I hung it over the desk this afternoon. Click on the thumbnail above to see the full-sized panorama. Note some of the funny signs and other humorous stuff.
After the dogs do their business, they are anxious to run up the driveway to get a treat from the Mama. I took this photo of the critters today with Cabela leading the pack. Click on the image to enlarge.
