

Angels are messengers of good news. As we enter the advent season, let's also be 'Christmas angels'...let's glorify God and be a blessing to those around us this Christmas season.
Enjoy the season!
What I never realized is how big these cacti are. Many of them are over 25 feet tall (that means it's been around for more than one-hundred years)...with some towering as high as 50 feet and weighing 8 ton.
We visited the dessert museum near Tucson, where we could learn about everything dessert...such as, there are over fifty varieties of cactus growing in Arizona. However, we enjoyed our dessert experience so much more when we got right down and touched it.
We rode horseback through the trails of Catalina State Park...which was a wonderful experience. We wandered around the raw dessert near a rest stop and took some pic's of the mighty saguaro. That was a dangerous place...those cacti have a way of attaching themselves to you. We later spent a lot of time pulling cactus thorns out of our sandals with tweezers.
Jim & Kathy flew down from Manitoba and spent a week with us in the Phoenix and Tucson area. We spent four relaxing days at a Wyndham resort near Tucson, and then took a trip out to the wild, wild west.
we visited the U.S. Airways centre in downtown Phoenix.
Yup...that's Steve Nash on the lower left. Never mind that New York has the ball at the moment...the Phoenix Suns played a great game and came out on top!
It was a fun experience to be part of such an enthusiastic fan club, and a great way to end our Arizona vacation.
The following morning found Jim and Kathy packing to fly home. It looks like we'll be needing to make one more stop at a mall for another carry-on bag. That's what happens when the Canadian dollar is so valuable!
So that's it for Arizona...and saguaro cacti! We won't forget our experience anytime soon.
And now, back to the things at hand. Should I shovel those 'snowflakes' off the sidewalk or let nature take it's course?
Enjoy your day!
I just love all the ornate detail & fancy moldings!
I think the cooks were watching the Grey Cup game though!Every room had it's own tree...
...and most also had their own fireplace.
No, it wasn't snowing in Vancouver, but I had to throw in one picture from last year...it does sometimes snow out here in November.
What a lovely place to visit...and get inspired! I came home with a few ideas, an advent calender and a wonderful Christmas book for the grandkids.
I'm thinking there's a reason these trees grow only along the stream beds. They've got massive roots and have a constant supply of water, no matter what kind of a drought they are facing.
Which brings to mind these words in Jeremiah 17:7-8...
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
Aren't those great roots?
It's a great tree that can withstand the harsh drought and heat of the dessert. May this strong and mighty sycamore remind me to trust God in every circumstance of life...and stay rooted in Him.
Enjoy your Sunday.
We camped among the Arziona sycamores which grow along Oak Creek...
explored Sedona...
had a wee salad at a great place with a view...