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Verna’s 3D Arizona House

vernas-3d-house.pngVerna took a pair of pictures of the newly cleaned-up palo verde in front of the house yesterday before the landscape crew started placing the river rocks. They cleaned up the slopes in front of the house and trimmed the tree before Verna took a pair of photos which coincidentally lined up to allow me to compose this 3D anaglyph picture. Click on the image to enlarge.

Of course, to properly view the anaglyph, you will need your free pair of 3D glasses. If you don’t have 3D glasses, you can view the 2D image here.

March 5, 2011 by Arizona Bob's 3D Stuff Nerdliness Photography

Progress Report – Desert Landscaping Now Underway

landscape.jpgWe made a deal and signed a landscaping proposal yesterday. That afternoon, a dump truck brought 50 tons of river rock and another 50 tons of Sedona red crushed rock. The former will go on the slopes around the front part of the lot and the latter will cover the flat places and the RV driveway. Eight more tons of quarter-inch gravel will cover the non-paved portions of the courtyard and dog run.

Verna’s image – River rock on slope behind a trimmed-up native palo verde – inset is the Sedona red rock – click on the image to enlarge

This morning, the landscape crew showed up and immediately started clearing off the area, installing the irrigation system, removing unwanted vegetation and trimming up those trees and shrubs we want to keep. This afternoon, they began placing the river rock on the sloped areas. When they left this afternoon, the front yard had been transformed from scruffy to presentable.

March 4, 2011 by Arizona Retirement

Belated Valentine’s Day Gift

valentine-necklace.jpgAbout a month ago, I ordered a Valentine’s Day gift for Verna. Because of a combination of miscues, the delivery of this Native American-made necklace and earring set was delayed by more than two weeks.

Initially, I ordered this Spiny Oyster jewelry set on-line from the Southwest Indian Foundation. They ship via UPS, so I gave them our house address, since UPS doesn’t deliver to PO Boxes. However, UPS will hand packages off to the USPS under certain circumstances. To further complicate matters, we do not yet have a mailbox at our new house, so the USPS held the package at the local post office.

Finally, we went to the post office and asked for held mail for our address. The USPS gave me the jewelry, along with a few other items. Verna has her Valentine’s Day spiny oyster necklace and earrings at last. Click on the image to enlarge.

March 3, 2011 by Family Holidays Something Shiny

Progress Report – Furniture

sofa.jpgWe drove down to the Phoenix Metro Area today to do some furniture shopping. We have gone furniture shopping before but haven’t seen anything we liked. I mentioned that we were going to do our interior with a southwestern theme to the man that installed our shutters. He has a friend and associate that handles a lot of the southwestern styles, so we drove down to Mesa to check him out.Southwestern Sofa – click on the image to enlarge

We found several pieces that we liked and placed the order. In all, we bought a dining room set, a sofa and love seat, a coffee table with matching end tables, two southwestern style table lamps and a sofa table.

Next week, we’re going to shop for bedroom sets for the master suite and office – we already have queen bed for the guest bedroom but need a headboard and night stands. Stay tuned!

March 2, 2011 by Arizona Retirement

Lavender and White Pansy

lavender-pansy.jpg

We have been getting bids from several landscape contractors for irrigation systems, rocks and plants for the Arizona property. Today, we were visiting one contractor at his garden shop where this lavender and white pansy was in bloom. Click on the image to enlarge.

March 1, 2011 by Arizona Home & Garden Retirement

Progress Report

address.jpgOur Contractor installed a rain gutter along the patio roof before we left for California last week. Today, he replaced the lights in both bathrooms with bronze lighting fixtures to match the plumbing and other bronze hardware. We decided to donate the chrome fixtures we installed in error to charity.

Image: Sconce and address plaque on the exterior garage wall. Click to enlarge.

We also asked the contractor to install a peep hole in the front door and to install the plaque with our address. We ordered the plaque at the same time as our sconces to match the style and colors.

February 28, 2011 by Arizona Retirement

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