Mother's Day Luncheon & Boutiques

We had lunch at "My Florist Cafe" on McDowell & 7th Ave. then had a little fun
checking out the Antique Shops & Boutiques on 7th Ave. just south of Indian School.

OOOOooooo!!! Laaa! Laaaa!

Our Road Trip To Eastern Arizona

I got a pretty good picture of Superstition Mountain as we were driving back from E.A.
This mountain kinda has special meaning to me because when I was in second grade, one
day during recess I sat down on the steps of our Comb's School Elementery in Queen
Creek where we lived for 5 years from the time I was 5yrs.-10yrs. old & drew a picture
of the Superstition Mountain. My Second Grade teacher Mrs. Collet, was so impressed
with it that she mounted it on blue poster paper & put it up on the board & kept it there
all year. I wasn't expecting that & I remember it made me feel pretty good!!!! Grew
up seeing this mountain & we lived even closer to it than the grade school was. Now Ashley
has moved fairly close to it & I'm thinking, that's pretty cool, whodda' ever thought that
my little granddaughter Emmery would grow up close to the area I was partly raised in!!!!
We wanted to stop and see Ashley but she didn't answer her phone so thought she wasn't
home. Corrina & Tony say Comb's School is still there & live pretty close to it. Becky Dorn
said she ran across it one day when she took a wrong turn looking for Tony's home.

Looks like they put up an old round swing!! How fun! Reminds me of our Easter Day

Picnics up the river in Colonia Juarez, Mexico. The whole ward would go on a big picnic up there, & they always had a big round swing over the river. Great fun for the teenagers. We

teenagers also, all rode our horses up the river to the picnic area together several

miles. They had easter egg hunts & games for the little ones & lots of yummy food for all!!

Fond memories!

This is one of the big ponds on the Cluff Ranch where the town folk used to hold

big outings. The Ash Creek runs through the Ranch. The Wildlife Preserve now

keeps it up & keeps it stocked with fish. Kelly said one of the pictures showed a

Catfish as big as a calf!!!! Huge!!! There's even a boat ramp into this pond.

The creek was running, I guess the snow off the mountain drains into it.

Our Road Trip To Eastern Arizona

Oh shoot! Before downloading these to my computer I viewed them & you could

read these very well but I see now they are pretty hard to read unless you use a

magnifying glass to read them. Hope you have one handy if you are interested.

Our Road Trip To Eastern Arizona

We ate lunch at a Mexican Restuarant in Safford & afterwards I asked the owner at

the desk if she happened to know where the old Cluff Ranch was & told her I had

Cluff ancestors who had lived there. Guess what? She happened to have married into the

Cluff family & we chatted & she told us we could find the Cluff Ranch about 5 miles south

of Pima taking Main Street south out of town across from the old Museum. One of the

waiters said he grew up there. We stopped at Firestone to get some air in a low tire &

the fellow at front desk also grew up on the Cluff Ranch. So we had a nice chat then headed

out on our high adventure!! It was kinda fun & surprizing to see all those Cluff signs &

going there after reading all the history of what took place there.


Mount Graham makes a nice backdrop behind the temple. I was really impressed with

all the new Magnolia Trees they've planted around the temple. I fell in love with all the

Magnolia Trees in Georgia when we go to visit. The flowers are just beautiful & smell

wonderful also. These trees here will be really pretty when they grow bigger. The couple

who gave the tour through the temple had served a mission near Savannah Georgia so

we had a nice chat with them.

Thursday the 13th we drove down to the Gila Valley Arizona Temple Open House. It really

was good to get out of the city & see some country again, going & coming. A nice scenic

drive. And it brought back alot of memories of our trips going there when Michelle

attended E. A. We used to drive down for her choir & other talent performances. And

now there is a temple there! Wow! I'm happy for them & think our ancestors are

pleased too!

Yep! Still Reading!

My Reads since my last May Post:

1. June 14, 2009

"All the Sundays Yet To Come"
A skater's journey......by Kathryn Bertine

2. June 24, 2009

" The Oatman Massacre"
A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival...by Brian McGinty

3. June 30, 2009

"Mothers of The Prophets from Joseph Smith to Thomas S. Monson......
..............by Leonard A. Arrington, S. Arrington Madsen & Emily Madsen Jones

4. July 1, 2009

"Someday My Prince Will Come"
True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess....by Jerramy Fine

5. July 13, 2009

"More Heart Disease"
How Nitric Oxide Can Prevent, Even Reverse Heart Disease & Strokes --a
program for boasting production of the body's own wonder drug..............
...............by Dr. Louis J. Ignarro -- National Best Seller -- Nobel Laureate in Medicine

6. July 20, 2009

"Cherie Blair" Speaking for Myself
My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street

7. July 30, 2009

"I'm A Stranger Here Myself"
National Bestseller --notes on returning to America after twenty years away.......
.............by Bill Bryson

8. Sept. 1, 2009

"The President's House" (1800 To The Present)

A first Daughter Shares History & Secrets of The Worlds Most Famous Home......
................by Margaret Truman

9. Sept. 25, 2009

" The Doctrine & Covenants" --Jan. 2009--August 2009

10. Sept. 2009

"The Book of Abraham"

11. Sept. 2009

"Joseph Smith - Mathew"

12. Sept. 2009

"Joseph Smith History"

13. October 8, 2009

"The Georgetown Ladies Social Club"
Power, Passion & Politics In the Nation's Capitol
Katharine Graham
Lorraine Cooper
Evangeline Bruce
Pamela Harriman &
Sally Quinn...............by C. David Haymann

14. October 21, 2009

"The Pueblo Revolt"
The Secret Rebellion That Drove The Spaniards Out of the Southwest"

15. November 12, 2009

"Recovering Charles" a Novel ........by Jason F. Wright
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Wednesday Letters & Christmas Jars

16. January 12, 2010

"The Undaunted" .........by Geral N. Lund
Bestselling Author of "The Work & The Glory" The Miracle of The Hole In The Rock
Pioneers --a Historical Novel

17. January 26, 2010

"The Music Room" ........by Namita Devidayal -- "A Memoir"

18. March 11, 2010

"Target"
Caught In the Crosshairs of Bill & Hillary Clinton.........by Kathleen Willey

19. March 15, 2010

"Not Even My Name" ...........by Theo Halo
from a Death March In Turkey To A New Home In America, A Young Girl's True
Story of Genocide & Survival

20. March 19, 2010

"In The Name of Honor"............by Mukhtar Mai
With Marie Thereise Cuny -- translated by Linda Coverdale

21. April 15, 2010

"Fair Game" My Life as a Spy. My betrayal by the White House..........
...................by Valerie Plame Wilson -- afterward by Laura Rozen

22. April 22, 2010

"Might As Well Laugh About It Now" -- New York Times Bestselling Author
....................by Marie Osmond with Marcia Wilkie

23. May 6, 2010

"The Seventeen Traditions" ..........by Ralph Nader

And that's a wrap for now!!!