Phoenix Recycling Plant

Taking a tour with my boys today.

Jr Engineers

My boys are loving the AZ Science Center today.

Cherry Creek

Just outside of Young, AZ

Giant Melons!

Can't believe my water melons are this huge in less than 1 week!

Really Bad Idea!

Drive thru archery/liquor store in Camp Verde, AZ.

Camp Verde Crawdad Festival

Boiled Louisiana style. Mmmmm...

Swimming at the top of the city.

Made the heat a little more bearble today ; )

Yellow Bell Pepper

Future yummy salad topping!

Omg! I have watermelons!

I planted my watermelon vine a few weeks ago with a little first timer skeptisism. I am thrilled and a little shocked to see that not only has the vine survived my gardening learning curve, it appears to be thriving!

There are tons of them!

About a dozen so far with tons more female blossoms : )

Bat Watching

Who knew? I found this bat watching area completely by accident on my morning jog. It's on the north side of the Arizona Canal between 40th and 32nd st. Apparently if you show up just before sunset you'll see thousands of Mexican free-tailed and western pipistrelle bats fly out of the flood control tunnel and off to the east. I'm planning to bring my boys to check it out.

Compost

Okay, so I'm looking at the stuff in my new DIY compost bin (kind of proud of it actually) and I'm thinking... why worms? A couple of bunnies would make short work of this stuff and they're cute and furry... bonus!