I'm a retired educator (teacher/principal) who moved from Northern California to Payson, Arizona in September, 2010.
This blog will chronicle my adventures as I explore a different ecosystem and build my new home.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Green Valley Park Eagle


Craig Miller, better know as DJ Craig in Payson, lives across the street from our Green Valley Park. We have a resident eagle who lives in the trees above the park. Craig can sit on his balcony and take photos of the eagle who fishes in the lake at the park.


Craig is a DJ and works at weddings and parties, and also has a column in our twice weekly Payson Roundup newspaper. He loves music and he put his eagle photos to music on a youtube video. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XBgEzc1G5w

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Happy New Year!


Happy New Year! We are missing this little one. Ayla spent a week with us at Christmas and we had a ball!


I have so little photos from Christmas. With eleven folks in the house, I guess I was just too busy to take any photographs.


Ayla got a Johnny-Jump-Up for Christmas….she got the hang of it pretty quickly.


It's back to our community college for me (and Randy). I am taking Pilates, Physioball, Yoga, Willpower (sort of like Aerobics but better) and Photography. Randy is taking Power Walking and Photography. Seniors are now free……what a deal!


Both Cooper and Argo needed a bath and we decided to try PetSmart. It's so hard getting them dry during the winter. They came back shiny and happy with their PetSmart neckerchiefs on. The dog washer said she loved working with our dogs….so well behaved and loving. That's our guys. Argo is now close to 100 pounds. He moans like Chewbacca when he thinks he should have some food. He is a character!