Tucson Living
Water It Does a Body Good
While the heat is high the humidity isn’t. That will change as monsoon season gets into full swing, but for now it is still relatively low. This means our bodies loose a lot of water and we don’t even notice.
Tucson Newbies and Monsoon Rains
Horses don’t have air filled shoes. Running water in Tucson is something to be enjoyed. We take our rivers when and where we can get them.
The Guest House
A very popular feature of some Tucson homes is the Guest house. In earlier days before AC and inter-state highways people would come to the desert to escape the winter weather. Before they were called snow birds they were called guests.
Denver at Night
There are a lot of great building and sculptures in downtown Denver. After a day with mostly clouds and rain the evening was a bit dryer and provided a couple of hours to walk around by the capitol building and grab some quick snapshots.
Tucson Headed into a Long Hot Summer
Well, it is here, it is HOT. The ice has broken we will be over 100 today and it looks like we will break into the third digit for a few more days to come. We all knew it was coming. This year especially, we have been fortunate. I can remember breaking the ice in March some years.
To Mt. Lemmon On Mother’s Day
It was the first Mother’s Day in 19 years that World Traveler wasn’t with her mom for Mother’s Day. It was a different kind of day for us for sure. The occasion is usually marked with a wonderful homemade card; this year was no exception.
Tucson on the Cheap
Nothing like a recession to raise the social status of a word. Cheap in good times can be used in a derogatory manner. “She is so cheap she uses both sides of the tissue before throwing it away.” But when the economy turned down the capital for “Cheap” rose.
