Apricity West 2

February 11, 2022, Friday

Pedicure - nail polish color is CND’s Drama Queen. 

Stopped at the Elks - nothing exciting there. 80 degrees today.

 

February 12, Saturday

Hair appointment, laundry, line dance lesson (Terri learned her first dance), dinner at T&J Resort…

February 13, 2022, Sunday

63rd Annual Tubac Art Festival

WOW! Gorgeous day reaching 80 degrees and pictures will be the essence of this day’s post...

 

On our way there, we stopped at the Tubac Country Club for lunch at the Stables Restaurant. A lovely spot - Jim took Terri there for a get away for her 60th birthday! 

It used to be a ranch - Est. 1739

 

Original tower

Mission Chapel

Water hazard

On to the Art Festival…

Gorgeous tile fire pits with iced Lazy Susan centers as well.

The aroma of these dried fruits and bay leaves was heavenly.

Fancy metal work.

Fascinating Horsehair pottery.


Wood turning with precision.

Divine forms.

Lena the Javelina

Check out the authentic saddlebag, boots/spurs, gun/holster, rope!

8 legged shuttle service…

I left with a beautiful pair of bicolor gem earrings which change from brilliant purple to lush green sparkles. Also a Large bag of caramel popcorn - my day is complete. 

Just drove by this…

On the way home, I learned something new. As we drove through Green Valley I asked about ash colored hills in the distance thinking they were snow. Not. They are Copper Tailings...

• Copper tailings are a finely ground waste after copper mineral has been extracted from the ores during beneficiation (the process where ore is reduced in size and gauge separated from the ore).
• In this community they tried to plant flora to control the ash which blows with the wind. 

February 14, 2022, Monday

Happy Valentines Day!

We finally met our neighbors on both sides of us, just as they are pulling up stakes. They are brothers with their families from Las Cruces and are here working the Gem Show (and have been for 31 years) which ended yesterday. We commented on how much labor was involved and as they are getting older, they have started to cut back on the larger items, going smaller and lighter now - silver jewelry.

 

Mark and Regina Linsalata drove here from Oro Valley to visit. Nice people - great senses of humor. They bought a home and sold their travel trailer last June - it isn’t easy to leave the RV minimalist life and suddenly be responsible for the house, yard work, and all that goes with it. Thanks for the Valentine chocolates - a nice treat! 

 

February 15, 2022, Tuesday 

Can’t believe that my oldest grandchild, Leanna Robin Driscoll, becomes a teenager today and has High Honors in 7th grade! 

I did a Treasure Box for her (based on her interests) and she loved it. We had a nice conversation on FaceTime.

After my nice brisk walk while listening to my new book, we went to our first of 20 Breweries in Tucson, Harbottle. Since I don’t drink beer, I had root beer today and since they don’t have a kitchen yet, we ordered from Chop Stix next door and they delivered our lunch - pot stickers and shrimp tempura appetizers. It was a very friendly bar with good folks and conversation.

February 16, 2022, Wednesday 

A chilly, rainy day in the desert! So a trip to Firehouse Brewery for lunch. We enjoyed a tray of loaded Nachos  - lunch is becoming our big meal of the day!

February 17, 2022, Thursday 

Today’s brewery for lunch was Borderland Brewery in the barrio. This place is amazing - rustic, eclectic, historic, artistic, and good brew too! I had my first beer since I got sick on it in high school. It was called a cider - Mango Foxtrot - which contains more wine than beer. Very nice! Rich’s beer was coffee/French Vanilla.

 

The menu is various flavors of tacos - shrimp, carne asada, buffalo chicken, veggie, and a blend of pork and beef. We ordered the Flight which is one of each of the meat flavors. Delicious!

  

This brick building is 100 years old and sits next to the railroad track. The basement is where they stored produce; the other side of the building is a children’s performing arts studio with the meat storage beneath - hooks and cold storage. I would like to believe that the building before this one was wooden and built 200 years ago. This takes me back to the storyline of the book, These Is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner, which I just finished. Sarah, heroine and author of the diary beginning in 1881, talks about going to the Depot to pick up packages of perfume and other ingredients for her handmade soap which she sold for extra money. She didn’t want to pick it up in town to avoid gossip. 

 

As you look around the building, you notice art of some kind on every wall, which are all for sale. Artist, Richard Jones, has a series of 12 Rotary Hoes hung along the loft:

Notice the washroom sink outside the restrooms!

Rotary Hoes are large implements built for use on farms to do a variety of jobs such as tilling the soil, mulching and weeding. They were originally pulled behind horses and mules and later behind tractors in "gangs" that consisted of as few as 12 to 80 or more individual wheels. Over the years there have been many different manufacturers each creating a wide array of forms and designs depending on their use and function. Most of the manufacturers that made these wheels are no longer in business, due to either being bought out by larger companies or to the lack of demand due to "changes" in farming. New farming techniques/methods are making Rotary Hoes "obsolete" and many are being sold as scrap metal and not replaced. I am attempting to save some of these "wheels" as "art" and as a way to "honor" what they have done for us in helping American Farmers feed us and the world.

 

We will return with T&J soon. 

Homeopathic allergy meds seem to be working - praise God! 🙏