amateur radio hams - all of them!

Here are Herman, Judi, Dick, Cheryl and Mike - all hams! Judi and Dick's house and boat (Corazon d' Acero) are in LaPaz, Baja Sur. Mike and Cheryl live in Green Valley. Their boat, Salty Dog, is in Cathlamet, WA. On Saturday we got together here to discuss old times, boats, logging and lots more!

hummingbird nest

cactus flower - fuschia color!

cactus flowers

This is in the Arid Garden, one of many in bloom.

bocci ball

We had a rousing game of bocci ball. Herman and Dick were very competitive but, as seen here, it wasn't easy to get close to the paulina!

Judi and Dick's camper and Jeep

We are fortunate to have a big parking lot in front of our house so visitors have plenty of room for their RV's.

Judi and Dick leaving

We had a fun weekend with our friends from LaPaz

view of Santa Rita Mtns and blooming Palo Verde tree

This pic was taken at the "Springs" pool, one of our GV pools.

Bristly Pear

All of the plants in the GV Garden Club garden are labeled with their common and scientific names

cactus

This one has flowers almost bigger than the plant!

Arid Garden

This is an acre of native plants which is a project of the Green Valley Garden Club. It was started about 20 years ago. There is a large variety of trees and cactus, many of which are now in bloom.

painting among the huge boulders

Seven watercolor artists visited the Madera Canyon to paint "plein air" There were about 2 inches of cool water in the creek. Very nice. Somebody took my photo so here it is!

Bernard among the cactis

Bernard's birthday is only 2 days away!

visitors today!

We were delighted to have a visit from Roman and Bernard today. They have escaped from Oregon weather for a while.

our patio

Our patio has a brick wall around it. It faces south so we always have sunshine here! Around it is the common area, the desert, We often see rabbits, birds, ground squirrels and even javelinas. No snakes - yet!

purple prickly pear cactus in bloom

See a closeup of one of these flowers as you go through these pictures.

east side of our house

The mesquite tree is finally getting green lacy leaves!

roadrunner

He runs very fast but I caught him with my great zoom lens!

view from up the street

The cactus garden with the Santa Rita Mountains beyond, looking east about noon. Our house is just beyond the car in this photo.

ocotillo cactus in bloom

This one is about 15 ft tall, across the street from our house. All 3 of these cactus pictures were taken today.

cholla cactus flower

This cholla is just across the street from our house.

purple prickly pear cactus blossom

This big cactus is right beside our house with its beautiful flowers.

GV Garden Club Tour

 

Today we visited 5 local gardens. All were beautiful. There were lots of cactus in bloom as well as flowering plants and shrubs. here's one of the 90 pictures I took!

Polaris

 

A vehicle like this would be SO much fun to have! Maybe next year?!! It goes 35 mph, the speed limit around here. Sure better than a golf cart, very popular here.

bocci ball

 

Here's Hermthrowing his deadly accurate bocci ball. We play every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 AM.