Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

July 2011

Wren Pen

wren-pen.jpgOur new spa should be delivered sometime during this coming week. In the meantime, there is one bay of the screened enclosure still open so we can get the spa placed on the patio. We are looking forward to both having the spa installed and the patio finished.

Today, Damsel took this image of a cactus wren that found its way into the patio. She flushed the wren out with a straw broom and it flew out to the mesquite tree behind the RV pull-through. A few minutes later, the bird came back into the patio. We think it may have been trying to get out of the sun on this 108° day.

Click on the image to enlarge.

09 Jul 2011 by Arizona Critters Photography

Monsooner Or Later

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.

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08 Jul 2011 by Arizona Environment Photography

New Decor for the Office

Now that the furniture is (mostly) in place, Damsel 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.

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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.

07 Jul 2011 by Photography Retirement

Wickenburg Station

These days, the 0ld Wickenburg Railroad Station serves as home to the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce. We were in the old downtown area today getting our health records transferred to our Arizona Physician. Click on Damsel’s image to enlarge.

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05 Jul 2011 by Arizona Photography Retirement

Happy Fourth of July

We celebrated with beef tenderloin (filet mignon) steaks on the grill and a nice quiet dinner on the patio. Last night, we saw the fireworks from Sunset Park just to the west of us, followed by some awesome summer monsoon thunderstorms in the area.

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04 Jul 2011 by Arizona Food & Dining Patriotism

The Neighborhood

I spoke with an old friend on the phone yesterday. We were getting caught up on all the latest events since I talked to him roughly six months ago. One of the topics (naturally) was the new house. A specific topic about the proximity of neighbors came up. I told him that our closest neighbors were just across the road, but that other neighbors were scattered around on larger parcels. In the photo, you can see our house (red circle) and our closest neighbors. Note that the aerial photo was taken before the house was finished, but the rest of the neighborhood is like it appears today.

Click on the image to enlarge. Compare this to the old neighborhood where you need “house floss” to clean between the houses.

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03 Jul 2011 by Arizona Retirement

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