A Nice Week...

Corona de Tucson

August 24, 2024 

Joe had MOHs surgery for a squamous cell skin cancer on the back of his neck Tuesday afternoon.  The rest of our week was quiet, peaceful, restful, uneventful and wonderful.  We read, napped, fed the birds, watered flowers, laughed at the birds, studied the clouds, enjoyed the storms, and rocked on the patio.  All is good at our little oasis. 

I did spend time on the computer sorting thru photos...hundreds (and hundreds) of photos... that need to be organized and deleted and I only made a small dent.  It's a fun project and a trip down memory lane for sure.  Sally keeps me company...

Teenagers...

One of our emergency flood/wind weather alerts was on Thursday. It was trash pick-up day and we had a few empty trash containers float right by our house on their way to the reservoir... 

We are glad all our trees are still staked.  I thought the bottlebrush tree in the back might break...

Mornings usually start out sunny with clear blue skies...

Clouds roll in...sometimes it rains and sometimes it doesn't.   

We enjoy the rain and the fresh desert air the next morning after it rains during the night.  

The hummingbirds have been busy this week.  I have a small feeder we use in the summer because of the hot temps.  I fill it everyday.  This week it has been empty every morning when we head out to feed our other feathered friends. 

Always on guard...

I did practice trying to focus thru the fence...the blurry line down the middle of the photo is the iron fence.  

The Desert Broom bush is just on the other side of the cart path we walk on behind our home...

These two coyotes were on the tree line at the far side of the "fairway" that is not a fairway anymore.  Lots of blurry fence bars.... 

I zoomed in on the coyote in the back.  Joe and I haven't seen a lot of coyotes lately...the desert grasses and bushes are so tall, we almost didn't see these!

A couple of posts ago, I wasn't sure about the ID for the bird below.

Jeff and Janna came to the rescue.  It is a female Vermillion Flycatcher.  She is such a pretty little bird and I'm glad to finally see her.  The mister has perched on the fence a few times this week...there is no doubt about his ID !  

The cactus wrens continue their noisy, grumpy antics.  

The Gamble's continue to gather...

and scatter...

 That's a wrap on our week...until next time,

HAPPY TRAILS !

And have a happy week !