Time with our friends Jim and Ellie

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Today our friends, Jim and Ellie, drove down from Mesa, AZ to visit for the day.  After a quick lunch at home, we decided to go to the Florence, Museum.  It had lots of interesting items.  I just picked a few to show below.

All this furniture is made from saguaro cactus.

On the left you can see some beautiful straw & grass baskets and trays.  In the middle is an old band saw.  The woven Indian rug is beautiful also.

Look at this great old sewing machine.

This dental equipment includes a foot pedal drill.  OUCH!

There were lots of other old stuff.  I just chose those above as highlights.

Another section had some local prison stuff.

These cases display the nooses used to hang the people shown inside the noose.  Strange display.  In another place they showed the last meal requests. 

After leaving the museum we headed to THE hardware store.  It has much more than just hardware.

These hats are at the hardware store.  Aren't Ellie and I beautiful belles?

Jim and Ellie.  We've only actually spent time together maybe a week total and yet we feel like we are best buddies!  They are a precious couple and very special to us!

Look at that 10 gallon hat Tic has on.  My hat fell forward and I could not see.  We all had fun playing in the hats!

After the hardware store we went to an outdoor yard art place.  We liked the face on the tree.

This totem pole was there also.  Aren't the pots pretty?

We cooked dinner at home and ate outside in the very pleasant temperatures.  Of course we forgot to take pictures of dinner.  After dinner we walked through the desert surrounding the park.

The sunset was almost over before we got started.

Another gorgeous sunset here at Desert Gardens.

I like this sunset through the tree.  We are feeling great about our decision to make this our winter home.