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  • French Fries Please

    There was a time in the past when a french fry was a french fry. Mom would slice up potatoes and fry them for a fat, finger long, salt drenched potatoey treat. Continue reading →

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  • Mind the Freeze Warnings in the Desert Last year I found one of my favorite plants, Elephant Food (Portulacaria afra). It has reddish brown stems and the leaves are a beautiful emerald green. When grown to a full bush they

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  • Douglas Spring Trail

    The Douglas Spring Trail hike can be as easy or hard as you would like depending on the direction you go. Because we had a time constriction (a reservation for lunch) and we had never hiked here before, we decided to start out conservatively so we took the Carrillo Trail initially. Continue reading →

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  • Cactus

    A couple of years ago we moved to the Tucson area where the cactus grow tall and their needles are in Mother Nature’s sewing kit to pierce heavy leather. Continue reading →

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  • Books

    Welcome to day 2 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Today is the letter B and it is all about Books. To say that I read a lot is a bit of an understatement. I read a LOT. I

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  • Arbitrary

    ar·bi·trar·y Arbitrary – adjective – defined as: Today is the first day of A to Z Blogging Challenge. For the letter A I have chosen the word Arbitrary (happens to be the month’s theme as well). Tomorrow…the letter B. I

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  • It has been a few years since I joined in on this challenge and I’m looking forward to entertaining you with a month of Arbitrary things. We’re going to have fun! So…what’s the deal with this A to Z thing

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  • Last week I went in for my annual mammogram and much to my delight it came back free and clear. After going through breast cancer treatment, I get in for my annual test and I do monthly breast checks as

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  • Orange Tree Update

    My orange tree is still alive and this year is a hopeful one. If you are just tuning in, the saga of my orange tree has been going on for three years now. In year one it grew one, lovely

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  • Mason Creek Trail

    Staunton State Park As promised, I am going to take you all on a tour of the the various trails we have hiked in Staunton State Park, starting with Mason Creek Trial. We hiked this in July, but we were

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