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What a house
Another shot of the house being built on the once vacant lot that used to be a place where I played as...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2005
No longer vacant
There was a lot across the street that was vacant as long as I have known. Someone is finally building a house on it. Drats!
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My cellular wife
And there is my wife with her cell phone in hand. I am going to insist on having that thing surgically removed one of these days.
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Hummingbird feeder
And there is a humingbird feeder hanging in the window. Pretty nifty - the birds can actually rest on this one while they drink.
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Another fence shot
Orange trees
And there are a couple of orange trees around the side of the house. They make great oranges for juicing.
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Grapefruit tree
There's my favorite tree. It's not looking its best, but it has produced some monumentally excellent...
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Colorful fence
Like I said, my mom likes color. This is her decorative fence in the back yard. She painted it herself.
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My back yard
Here is a shot from the back yard of my mom's house - where I grew up (the Mom that raised me and whom...
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Extended family
A couple years ago, I found and met my birth mother. I paid her a visit again (in Benson) this time...
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Almost home
Just a couple more streets to go. It was a quiet day on the streets of Tucson -- Thanksgiving Day.
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Getting closer
Getting closer to the mountains. Just have to drive around them, through Oracle, to the right.
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Beautiful green desert
Back side of the Catalina Mountains
Here, we are approaching the back side of the Catalina Mountains. Tucson is just on the other side.
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Cholla cactus - or is it jumping cactus?
Even though I grew up in the desert, I can't identify all the cacti. But this looked like a cactus...
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Finally, a clear shot!
A successful shot with no road signs in the way - and the camera actually didn't focus on the window glass this time, either!
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In the way
It seemed like every time I tried to take a picture out the window of the moving car, something got in the way. Note the obtrusive road sign.
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Desert landscape
Another shot out the window at a mountain in the distance.
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Interstate 10 Congestion
I-10 was bumper to bumper and moving very slowly, so we took an alternate route, beginning with the...
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On the road to Tucson
A shot out the window just outside of Phoenix on the way to Tucson. This is what I miss about the desert - you can see forever!
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Trip to Tucson, November 2005
