Monday, May 10, 2021

Spring in the Desert

On 3/26, I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

My Apricot Glow bloomed on 3/28 & 3/29!

On 4/1, I went to Bach's Cactus Nursery, Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

On 4/3, I photographed the claret cups on Lambert Lane and then other cactus flowers by the Oro Valley Hospital.

Easter was on 4/4.  Nathan got an Easter basket from the Easter Bunny and did an Easter egg hunt.  

On 4/5, I went back over to Lambert Lane and Oro Valley Hospital, then to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Green Things Nursery, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park. 

I did a 3rd trip to Lambert Lane and Oro Valley Hospital on 4/6.

I went to the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park on 4/8.

On 4/12, I went to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

I went to Bach's Cactus Nursery and Pima Prickly Park on 4/15.  I bought a pink hedgehog cactus at Bach's for $12.73.

I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens on 4/16.

I went to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park on 4/20.

On 4/22, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

I went to Pima Prickly Park on 4/24.

My June Noon bloomed on 4/26 and I went to the Desert Museum.

On 4/27, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

On 4/30, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

On 5/1, we decided to go see the Salt River horses.  We found them pretty quick by Coon Bluff.  We ate lunch at Grimaldi's and then picked up Portillo's to take home.

Nathan lost his 15th tooth on 5/3/21 and got $15 from the tooth fairy!

I went to the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park on 5/5.

My June Noon and Flying Saucer bloomed on 5/6.  Well, it was supposed to be a Flying Saucer, but I don't know if it really is because it doesn't like other Flying Saucers I have seen.  It's still beautiful, though.  I also went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park. 

On 5/7, my June Noon bloomed again as well as my Apricot Glow.  I went to the Desert Museum, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens that day, too.  I stopped by Bach's Cactus Nursery to buy a First Light torch cactus.

My Apricot Glow flowers were still open on 5/8 and my First Light torch cactus bloomed that I bought the day before.   

We had a nice Mother's Day on 5/9.  The day before, Paul let me stop at Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens to take pictures of the cactus flowers.  Then we headed up to Mt. Lemmon.  We ate at the Iron Door Restaurant and then met my friend Greg Lyons from church with his Arizona Adventures Camp group up there.  Nathan zip lined, participated in a shaving cream fight, played games and started the fire for the s'mores.  On Mother's Day, Paul cooked out for me and gave me flowers and a card.