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Casandro Wash Flowing Water

Flowing Water

This is an image of lower Casandro wash just before it flows into the aqueduct under Mariposa Drive. If it were not for Casandro Dam located 1000 feet upstream, the entire property zone where we built our house would be flooded rather than just this trickle.

The dam’s catch basin stores most of the water flowing down upper Casandro wash when the monsoons come. There is a regulated pipeline that originates in the basin and ends with the pipe that slowly releases the trapped water at a point below the dam.

Just last Friday, Verna and I were down in this part of the wash picking up bottles, cans and other unsightly debris to be recycled rather than be an eyesore to us and anyone else that likes to see our desert clean from debris like that. Click on Verna’s image to enlarge.

July 7, 2014 by Arizona Climate Photography

Whitewater On The Road

Whitewater

One hell of a gully-washer this afternoon. The skies opened up, the thunder and lightning came and after the sheets of rain let up a bit, we went out to see the road flowing like a little river. Click on the image to enlarge.

We had been grilling hamburgers earlier and managed to get our trailer awning retracted and the gear put away before the monsoon showers came. Putting the stuff away in time was a combination of luck and intuition.

July 6, 2014 by Arizona Climate Photography

Patriotic Mailbox

Patriotic MailboxI decorate our mailbox stand with flowers for every season. I just updated it to show red, white and blue colors for the Fourth of July holiday.

At Christmas time, there will be poinsettias, on Halloween, there will be orange, yellow and brown flowers and in the springtime, there will be bright spring flower colors.

Other times of the year, I will take a notion to just put something cheerful and pretty around the stand (which is a painted old milk can). There is always something I can put there.

I know we don’t get a lot of traffic on our dead-end road, but for those that do pass by, there will be something pretty.

July 1, 2014 by Arizona Holidays Home & Garden Photography

The Town’s Namesake

Bust of Henry Wickenburg

We happened to be over in the downtown area today, to do a little shopping. As we passed the Town Center, I snapped this photo of the bust of gold miner Henry Wickenburg for whom the town was named. This bust is in front of Town Hall.

From Wikipedia:

In 1862 a gold strike on the Colorado River near present-day Yuma brought American prospectors, who searched for minerals throughout central Arizona. Many of the geographic landmarks now bear the names of these pioneers, including the Weaver Mountains, named after mountain man Pauline Weaver, and Peeples Valley, named after a settler.

An Austrian named Henry Wickenburg was one of the first prospectors. His efforts were rewarded with the discovery of the Vulture Mine, from which more than $30 million worth of gold has been dug.

Click on the image to enlarge.

June 30, 2014 by Arizona Culture Photography

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

We were taken by surprise this morning, when we saw another flower on our big saguaro. There were many flowers in late May and early June and we thought they were done.

There are also a couple of new small flower buds that promise to bring more flowers soon. We love spring and summer in the desert! Click on the image to enlarge.

June 25, 2014 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden

Lemons – Lots of ‘Em

Lemons

Our lemon tree has been doing great this year. I trimmed it this spring and it already needs to be trimmed back more. I took this photo today of some of the lemons just at the top of the tree. There are many, many lemons and we will be harvesting them in the near future.

We are planning to use the lemon skins to produce Limoncello, an Italian liqueur (digestivo). We will take the pulp and squeeze the juice out to keep for future use as ingredients to meals or as lemonade. We’re looking into how to preserve lemon juice over the long term. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 23, 2014 by Arizona Food and Dining Home & Garden

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