Apricity West 2

December 10, 2021, Friday

Well, we have become Friday Fish Fry Regulars at the Elks, but this week they had a new band. They were good. 

There was a Light Parade scheduled on that street at 6:30pm, but we had already committed to a Holiday Concert at the Community Center. It featured a choir of about 25 men and women with really great voices. It was very formal in comparison to the Christmas Angels at Lee Congregational Church, but I had to get musically merry. Don’t miss the Lee concert this weekend!

December 11 & 12, 2021, Saturday and Sunday

Practiced our instruments today - serenaded each other until we couldn’t take it anymore. 

Went for our daily 15 -20 minute bike ride. It is cooler now so we bundle up a bit more. 

Did some art stuff - Christmas cards for the family. All others, consider this my Christmas card - Merry Christmas ❣️

 

December 13, 2021, Monday

I am reading (listening to) a great book, The Tide Between Us by Olive Collins, which is a trilogy about 2 families and their egregious interconnection over several generations starting with the hanging of one man and the exile to Jamaica of his son, documenting true historical events. Highly recommended.

I have not binge watched anything in a long time, but Big Sky on Hulu hooked me! It is a real thriller which is hard to stop watching!

December 14, 2021, Tuesday 

Now that Rich is a member of the Wickenburg Art Club, he goes in to town with Tom on Tuesday mornings to work on their art at the center. At 4:30pm we went back for a potluck dinner to get to know the amazingly talented people in the club,

Alet Kern (Tom’s wife) and Pam Plummer (artist)

Rich’s work will be juried and hung here too.

December 15, 2021, Wednesday 

Dance class is really fun and makes you feel young…

This is Suzi whose joy in dancing reminds me of Susie Brighenti’s… always a smile on her face while dancing!

We went to John and Eileen's today and shopped at Sam’s Club - not as good as Costco in my opinion. Then lunch at Saigon Kitchen again - love that place. Rich got Pho and we forgot to take a picture. Here is a Google stock picture.

Rich had two visits on his website (www.richartcreations.com) from France! Yay! Check it out!

December 16, 2021, Thursday

Went for 2 mile walk with my neighbor, Lou, from Nevada. We are considered the newbies at line dancing.

A lousy, fuzzy picture of this lovely lady dancing. 

We finally coordinated a walk together through the Saguaro Park and around the perimeter of the entire North Ranch. Walked, talked, and gawked at the wide variety of stone-scaped yards that these residents display. I don’t get as good a view when we ride our bikes or the bug, so this was up close and personal…  

In Saguaro Park, the rocks end and bricks now line a section of the park as a memorial for those who have passed beginning in 1994 with their name, year of death, and SKP number. Where you see 2 bricks, the remaining spouse has passed too. When we got to 2018, I counted 27 bricks and that doesn’t include those that are placed next to their spouse who passed before them. In 2019 there were 16 bricks; in 2020 there were a dozen more. It makes sense - the founding couple in 1978 (Joe and Kay Peterson) of the SKP’s have both passed and their children and grandchildren now run the organization.

The Time Capsule is another feature which I love…

The weekly Jam Session had 10 musicians today and they were excellent. I really hope Rich and I get to the point of joining the circle with our new instruments before we leave!

Rich was invited to join some folks to sit around the  campfire, have a drink, and watch the Christmas Parade the day after I leave for 10 days. That is wonderful news. The parade consists of North Ranch residents who decorate floats and bikes to drive through the whole park. Hopefully, he will remember to take pictures so I can share them.