DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

On Monday afternoon of this week, Margaret and I went to Ted DeGrazia's Gallery in the Sun, http://degrazia.org/.  We arrived after the main galleries had closed, but we walked about the grounds and the chapel near the entrance.  Gallery in the Sun is just north of the apartment where I lived when I first moved to Tucson in 1979.  Ted DeGrazia's art always brings a smile to my heart.

 

 

 

Acres of Yellow

I was away from the ranch for almost a week with Margaret, and upon returning on Wednesday afternoon, I was greeted with acres upon acres of yellow flowers.  They are all across the ranch and they are beautiful!

Childhood Friend Visits the Ranch

It was a real treat for me to reconnect with my friend, Margaret.  We went to church together, and school from 6th grade through senior year.  I was also friends with her recently deceased husband.  We have decades old shared memories and many of the same long time friends.  We had a good week and we made new memories, on the ranch, at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, in Santa Fe, and in Tucson. 

Saguaro National Park

Margaret and I drove south from Santa Fe, on Sunday morning.  We stopped in 

Truth or Consequences at the Sierra Grande for a hot springs soak.  

We drove on to Tucson on Sunday evening.  We were up early on Monday morning,
for a drive through Saguaro National Park.  We hiked to Signal Hill to see the petroglyphs.  

 

We visited San Xavier del Bac Mission before circling back home for lunch.  A really good day!

 

Santa Fe

After the Balloon Festival, Margaret and I drove to Santa Fe.  We had lunch on the Plaza, then went to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum plus the New Mexico Art Museum.  We walked all about downtown, checking out two small art festivals and cathedrals, and then back to our hotel.  We splurged and had dessert for dinner at Inn at Loretto.  We stayed at my favorite Santa Fe hotel, Inn on the Almeda. 

 

Albuquerque Balloon Festival

Margaret and I left the ranch on Friday morning and drove to Albuquerque.  We took a small detour and drove through Bosque del Apache, looking for birds, but saw none.  We stopped 

in San Antonio, NM for lunch at Buckhorn Tavern, for a famous chili burger.

We stayed overnight in Albuquerque, and were up at 3:30 on Saturday, to go to the Balloon Festival.  The Balloon Festival was amazing!  The spectators are part of the festival, on the same field as the balloons.  Five hundred fifty hot air balloons ascended within an hour and a half! 

Day on the Ranch with Margaret

After breakfast this morning, my childhood friend, Margaret and I went on a 4.5 mile hike.  She is visiting a few days.  We saw cows and bulls along the way.  After lunch and an afternoon siesta, Papa drove us part way across the ranch.  It was a beautiful day!