Every time we pass through the old historic district of our scenic little touristy town, we’re reminded of what a great little town this is. We were out and about with the food donations yesterday, when I took this photo of our historic AT&SF Locomotive on old Railroad St. Click on the image to enlarge.
Verna and I took some canned goods, some packaged food, a few blankets and bottled water to the Wickenburg Community Center today. The center is being used to stockpile and distribute food and supplies to the victims of the Yarnell fire disaster. We were glad that we had a stock of items on hand to be able to take them there today. Click on the image to enlarge.
Of course, there were plenty of other community members who brought a lot of items. Click here to see more.
A few days ago, Verna went to the Spa at Los Caballeros here in town. They gave her a pedicure, a manicure and a facial. She liked it. We plan to make a visit to the spa a regular thing.
While we were there, I took a pair of images of the spa and later combined them into this anaglyph view. Click on the image to enlarge.
Of course, you will need your free pair of 3D glasses to view the anaglyph image. If you don’t have your 3D glasses you can view the 2D image here.
For the second year in Arizona, the little cactus we brought from California has grown a new paddle and a new flower on the end of the paddle. I took this photo this morning after the flower opened for the first time. Click on the image to enlarge.
I flushed this Desert Spiny Lizard the other morning when loading some aluminum cans into the truck. The lizard didn’t scurry under a rock right away, so I was able to get this shot of it still on the rocks where the bags with cans had been.
We have seen it several times since hiding near the compost where it (presumably) eats insects attracted to the heap. Cabela tries to give chase to the lizard when going out for a walk, but we don’t let her.
We took a drive to the Desert Caballeros Golf Club today to try and locate the spa on the property. We found both the spa and this nice little patch of xeriscape along the roadway. The patch includes ocotillo, cholla, a couple of varieties of barrel cactus and miscellaneous shrubs. This patch never needs watering other than from the rains that will be here this summer.
