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Dahlias, The Grand Canyon and Singing

These beautiful dahlias from her allotment are a gift from Sue-next-door – just a glorious pompom of rich ruby red.

Gorgeous! Thanks Sue.

We had a lovely time at the North Rim – short walks, watching sunsets and one sunrise, meeting other travellers and reading on our verandah.

Our cabin

View from our cabin

The Lodge

One of the views from the lodge

Sunset

And – there was singing! What an enjoyable and funny evening this was! Click on the photos for all the words. The craziness went on all evening and the whole audience joined in with the new words for tunes we all knew so well.

Ad for the evening

Words by the Ranger himself

More crazy words

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 20, 2023 in America, Arizona, environment, friendship, Happiness, Humour, photography, Postaday 2023, travel

Jewels, Cake and Route 66

19 Sep

While we were away some dear friends visited next door for our lovely neighbour’s birthday and they left me a box of mixed ‘jewels’ for my glass work. I’m looking forward to getting back to it and creating some beautiful angels with pretty decorations.

Thank you C.

Our lovely neighbour Sue-next-door had an emergency operation yesterday to sort out a detached retina and today I made her the most delicious Rhubarb Cake, which we were introduced to in Arizona, to aid her recovery.

Rhubarb cake with freshly picked rhubarb from our allotment.

We travelled some of the old Route 66 on our way north to the Grand Canyon.

Route 66

Lunch at a diner where our waitress was happy to let me have a photo of her and her much-coveted t-shirt!

Long empty road

Church with red cliffs behind

The Navajo Bridge

The Vermillion Cliffs

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 19, 2023 in allotment, America, Arizona, baking, environment, friendship, photography, Postaday 2023, travel

We’re Back, Glimmers and Produce

18 Sep

Hello again Dear Reader!

We’ve been away having adventures, much of the time in a wifi desert but I have been spotting beautiful things for you and over the next few posts, as we sort our 100s of photos, I’ll share some of the ‘glimmers’ we have been experiencing in Arizona, New Mexico and Georgia as we have spent time with people we love for the first time since 2019.

Beautiful hanks of dyed wool at The Cameron Trading Post on our way up to the Grand Canyon, North Rim

Three weeks ago we left tomatoes in various stages of ripeness and came home to a bowlful of glorious ripened ones which are now all in a delicious tomato sauce for having with pasta.