white roadside flowers

These pretty flowers line the roadside from Nogales south for at least 50 miles in Mexico!

trucks trying to cross into USA

The line is long and slow!

hummingbird nest

This little bird is in her nest about 3 ft from our door at Adlai Motel. Her nest in the bouganvilla does a lot of swinging in the wind but she seems not to care. The nest is about 2 inches in diameter - so tiny! When she was gone I peeked at her tiny eggs. I hope they hatch this week while we are still here.

fish dinner

We had arrived at Adlai only a few minutes when the owner handed us our dinners that he had just cooked! The fish was in a batter of shaved almonds. With it were Spanish rice and a little salad. We were again, stuffed. Delicious! Such a kind man.

prairie dogs

Today we visited the wonderful Desert Museum. It's a collection of AZ native animals, birds, butterfies and plants or all kinds. There are a lot of prairie dogs living in this area, including babies!

barn owl

Desert willow tree flowers

WOW! I'd like one of these trees in our yard!

coyote napping

As the day gets hotter, the animals nap!

looks just like the sguaro log!

Here's a rattlesnake!

wolf at fast trot

Two wolves were running around and around their big pen and were hard to photograph. We coulf hear them panting!

black bear -big!

We wonder if he plans to hibernate anytime soon. He must have been hot today as it was over 95 degrees today!

here's looking at you!

This barn owl was standing on the hand of a docent this AM but he's usually asleep in the daytime.

saguaro flowers

These waxy white flowers are blooming in May on the tops and arms of the
tall saguaro cactus. After the flower, the fruits form and are harvested by native people with long sticks.

Mothers' Day flowers

hot day!

It's 4 PM on May 5th, 2011, cinco de Mayo! in Green Valley. The humidity is 30% today. we played bocce ball from 8AM to 10AM and were comfortable but it's hot now so we're hanging out in the house!