Stormy skyline

A shot of the Phoenix skyline from South Mountain park, on a stormy day

Happy Easter everyone!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Lakewood, Ohio

Gabriola, Canada

Port Townsend, Washington

Green trees

Just a pretty little Palo Verde tree in downtown Phoenix

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Sydney, Australia

Portland, Maine

Leek, UK

Let's play

Another piece of art in downtown Pheonix, with room for one to join in!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Anderson, South Carolina

London, UK - but the pic is from NYC

Gresham, Oregon

Anatomically correct

If you look closely, you'll notice my 3-year old examining a certain part of this statue that is in downtown Phoenix, outside of the Herberger Theater;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Potsdam, Germany

South Pasadena, California

Ystad, Sweden

Blessings

Hope your New Year is full of blessings!

This statue of Pope John Paul II is in Downtown Phoenix, outside the St. Mary's Basilica church, It was put up in honor of the Pope's visit to the church in 1987

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Los Angeles, California

Sydney, Australia

Seattle, Washington - Wow!

Phoenix Children's Museum

We have a brand new Children's Museum, in downtown Phoenix - it's in an old school building; the kids LOVED it, and I did too - lots to do, and very creative activities; here is the bottom floor, with a three story CD hanging in the background, which caught the light from the windows

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Joensuu, Finland

Arizona Diamondback's stadium

It used to be called the Bank One Ballpark, or BOB for short, but is now Chase stadium, and it houses the Arizona Diamondbacks; the coolest thing about the stadium is the retractable roof - it's open for this shot to give the grass some sun, but they can close it up when it's just too dang hot out for the fans

We took this picture from the TGIF restaurant, which is in the ballpark and offers stadium views

vacation beckons!

Wall of hands

If you purchase a certain level of membership at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater, you get to place your hand on the famous (sort of) wall of hands - aren't they colorful?

off on vaca, back soon!

Great AZ puppet Theater

Here is the building that now houses the Great Arizona Puppet Theater; it was a church, and they try to maintain it's original structure

On vacation, no time to pick fave three posts!

Trying to survive the heat

These plants are trying their hardest to stay pretty while enduring the heat - at least they have some shade from the midday sun

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Misawa, Japan - don't know why I think it's funny

The Hague, Netherlands - same humor

Victoria, Canada

Bianco's garden

One of the things I love about Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco) is that he has his little gardens all around his restaurant - what he doesn't grow himself, he tries to purchase from local farms and businesses.

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Twin Cities, Minnesota

Glasgow, Scotland

Riga, Latvia

Pizzeria Bianco

If you are in Phoenix and want to try a great local (gourmet) pizza place, you want to find your way to Chris Bianco's restaurant in downtown Phoenix - he was even featured on Oprah! He's only open for dinner, and you'll have a long wait for a table, but they have a nice bar right next door to help out - your pizza will be made by Chris himself - no take-outs! The guy only allows as much business as he can personally handle - you gotta love an artist like that

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Abu Dhabi, UAE - indoor skiing - who knew?

Alicante, Spain

Ystad, Sweden

Oleander tree

I'm not much of a fan of oleanders, which are usually in the form of a bush, but this oleander tree with the seating underneath caught my eye - this was taken in the complex outside of the Arizona Science Center, which is an historic district

All about burps and belches

Another display at the Grossology exhibit at the Arizona Science Center - this one about burpes and belches - the kids make the guy drink soda through a straw, and he ends up burping periodically - obviously, a big hit My three favorite daily photos for today are:
Sharon, Conneticut
Hobart, Australia
Karwar, India

Big Giant Nose

Yes, it is a big giant nose, found at the Arizona Science Center in their Grossology exhibit; nice place to go with the kids, especially when it's so hot outside!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Moscow, Russia

Monte Carlo, Monaco

New York City, New York

Is it, or isn't it?

I know, I know, orbs in photos are caused by dust, yadda, yadda, yadda

But -

Check out how this "orb" is sitting right in front of my child's face, like they are having a little conversation! Gives you pause, doesn't it?

This is inside the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, which is in Central Phoenix in an old renovated church - very pretty!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Belgrade, Serbia

Joensuu, Finland

Sitka, Alaska

The puppet show

This past weekend, the kids and I checked out a puppet show at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater - it was great, and I love that it is in an old (old for Arizona) church, built in 1929; the presentation was Goldilocks

tomorrow - a ghost captured on film inside the theater!

my three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chateaubriant, France

London, UK

St. Louis, Missouri