Bob gave me these pretty heart-shaped ruby earrings for Valentine’s Day. They nicely compliment the larger heart-shaped ruby pendant he gave me for our anniversary last September. Click on the image to enlarge.
Wickenburg Station
Verna took this photo of the tracks and the old train station downtown this afternoon. The train station isn’t active these days since the freight trains that go along this track seldom stop in Wickenburg and there are no passenger trains that run here any more.
The train station building is home to the Wickenburg Chamber off Commerce, where they are getting ready to have their Annual Gold Rush Days this coming weekend. The events planned for this yearly celebration include a carnival, a classic car show, a parade, theater and two days of rodeo. It should be fun.
Cabela’s New Shirt
The Mama and Daddy got me this nice T-shirt today. It still is cool at night and since I have very short hair, the shirt keeps me warm. Bay Bay is getting a shirt next week so he can be warm like me. I don’t know what the words say, but the Mama and Daddy think it’s funny and cute like me. Click the picture to make me big.
Where the Cardinals Play Football
On our way home from an appointment in Phoenix today, we passed the University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals football team. I like the Cardinal logo over the main entrance to the building. Click on the image to enlarge.
What’s For Dinner?
Chicken Fried Steak (beef tenderloin, of course), Mashed ‘Taters and Gravy with Savory Green Beans and Bacon. I butterflied two petite tenderloin steaks to pound out into four servings to be coated with Verna’s crust recipe and pan fried to perfection.
Verna also prepared garlic mashed potatoes and her wonderful gravy made from the steaks’ pan drippings. We also enjoyed our favorite green beans dish cooked with savory onions, minced garlic and chopped bacon. Man, this was the ultimate in comfort food!
Click on the image to enlarge. Try not to drool on your keyboard.
Scenes From Around Our Desert Home
I wandered around our little patch of desert this morning taking photos. I captured pictures of cacti, critters, rock garden, etc.
My original purpose was to get up on the hill out back and take pictures of the top of the RV to see if there would be any problems installing the new cover we ordered for it. It looks like there are no objects to adversely impact the installation.
The slideshow leads off with “the big guy,” our saguaro cactus out front, followed by Verna’s rock and cactus garden, one of the hidden hedgehog cacti up on the hill, a view of our neighbor’s house on the hill across the little wash, quail and a squirrel snacking on critter crunch, a compass barrel cactus on the hill, beavertail prickly pear cactus in the landscape cover, a place on the hill under a palo verde tree, a desert lizard and another hedgehog in the river rock landscape cover.
