Today, after a hike up and back on the Ridge View Trail in Saguaro National Park East, we succumbed to this month’s Sunset Magazine article on the wonders of the 8-mile Cactus Forest Loop Scenic Drive – well worth it! Quite yummy with blooms ablaze in all directions! You can see why they call it The Flowering Desert!
Roxy the Wonder Dawg loves goin’ for rides:
"He told me one time he forgot himself and his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch and he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up and left it all jumbled up there in a pile and loved everything equally."
Brian Andreas
www.storypeople.com
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-Gay Hendricks
The Hendricks Institute
My latest little quilt! (Approximately 8x 10 inches, hand-dyed cottons and commercial batiks.)
We participated in the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association Garden Tour yesterday. It was a fund-raiser for our neighborhood’s historic status nomination process.
I expected maybe 50 to 75 folks to come through and was pleasantly surprised to see that we had 50 in the first hour, for a total of 160 visitors!
It was fun and a great catalyst for getting our winter cleanup done, and I’m glad it’s done! Phew!
Here are some images of the garden that I took between visitors:
Also, you can click here to see some fun “before” photos.
A gorgeous metal sculpture designed and created by our dear friend, Tucson artist Marla Ruane:
The bird of paradise obliged by blooming as if on cue:
Kenny the truly-good-sport, who not only agreed to this crazy idea, but put in MANY hours pulling it off!
Kirby the Gatekeeper:
Six gorgeous blooms on the bird of paradise!
Our “outdoor room” filled with the heady fragrance of jasmine and magnolia! Yum! 
Roxy the mild-mannered docent , who patiently observed most of the proceedings from the WRONG (to her way of thinking) side of the dining room screen door:
The path to the backyard:
And I even got to put some of my art out for sale to benefit the neighborhood! My first official semi-public showing!
A little peek at the backyard which was not quite up to snuff, in my opinion, to be “officially” included on the tour:
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The kitchen is hoppin', so come on over to the Cafe and join us!
A day of Spring cleaning in my studio presents the perfect opportunity to snap some fresh photos!
Fabric stash:
Pressing table:
Design wall: 
Yoga spot! Roxy spot!
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