Scooby Doo Sun Bathes Early in the Year (Photo credit: Chris Eirschele) I am not a gardener made for painfully hot temperatures, which is ironic as I live in a low desert in Arizona. So I start in December and my dog follows my example. By June, we will both be inside writing about gardening and tending to my houseplants. Geraniums Flourish i [...]

I confess my main objective was finding a cooler place than where I live to go for a summer vacation.  As I live in the low desert of the southwest, the bar is not exactly a high climb. So I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to visit family and see some art and try food at a hotel restaurant in Winslow, Arizona. Both locations are still in the so [...]