Chandler Museum

I've never been able to actually visit the tiny Chandler Museum of history, but I intend to, one of these days!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Riga, Latvia

Erlangen, Germany

Ystad, Sweden

The library lawn

Here is the front lawn at the Chandler library, downtown branch - I think my son was looking at ants in this photo

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chateaubriant, France

Rollag, Norway

Victoria, Canada

Roadrunner

Ok, this isn't the best picture, but I was excited to see this little guy cross in front of my car - meep-meep! Can you see him?

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Misawa, Japan

Hanoi, Vietnam

Lisbon, Portugal

Community Center

This was taken outside of the Chandler Community Center, with the Chandler Public Library in the background

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Shanghai, China

Stratford, Canada

Terrell, Texas - God Bless our troops!

Courtyard

This is the courtyard at the Chandler Community Center, where they hold classes for the kids and stuff; this was taken from the second floor, looking down onto the shady courtyard

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Glasgow, Scotland - I love Scotland

Arradon, France - I love brides

Berlin, Germany - our new president?

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

Canyon de Chelly

Here's the last shot I'll share from our roadtrip; we made a stop at the Canyon de Chelly, just outside of Chinle on the Navajo Reservation - incredible place, worth the trip - I'd love to go down inside it, but you need to pay a tribal guide to do it, and we just didn't have the time;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Saigon, Vietnam

Willits, California

New York, New York .... hmmmm

Hogan

All over the Navajo Nation, you see these little round houses, called hogans; they used to be used as the main residence, but now are typically used for ceremonial reasons; this one was on the grounds of the Hubbell Trading Post

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Sydney, Australia

London, UK

Port Angeles, Washington

Navajo land

We stopped at the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado on the Navojo Reservation; the trading post is the oldest continuously operating post on the reservation; as soon as we arrived, two Navajo boys raced in on their horses and went inside to purchase lunch, I suppose - I wasn't quick enough with my camera to catch them coming in our leaving - they were pretty fast and I was pretty loaded down with kids and stuff; so, this is the best shot I got - notice there are no saddles. The boys rode them effortlessly - it was fun to watch

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

New Orleans, Louisiana

St. Kilda, Australia

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Jasper Forest

The Petrified Forest looks a lot like you'd expect the moon to look; unfortunately, a lot of petrified wood has been lost to people taking souvenirs. But, there's still quite a bit to see - this part is known as the Jasper Forest

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Ocean Township, New Jersey

Nancy, France

Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Petrified Forest entrance

On our way to Colorado, we drove through the Petrified Forest, which is just outside of Holbrook; these flags are right outside of one of the gift shops right before you enter the park - it was windy and I thought they looked pretty against the clear blue sky

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

East Gwillimbury, Canada

Seattle, Washington

Nancy, France

Centipede!

My husband and son were turning over rocks to see what they could find while we stopped for a leg stretch, right outside of Payson; they found this centipede - at least, I think it's a centipede - easy to overlook, as you can see

My three favorite daily photos for today:

Regina, Canada

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Pretoria, South Africa

Back from vacation

We took a nice long roadtrip up to Colorado the past couple of weeks; beautiful country! Here is a shot of a country road just outside of Payson, AZ, taking the road up to the rim, on our way to Holbrook

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

South Shields, UK

Sofia, Bulgaria

Tempe, Arizona - our monsoon is here!

Good to be home

Here's a ragtag front yard garden, with the poor sunflowers just trying to get through another hot day! We are coming home from our vacation today - it's always good to be home!

Snedigar playground

In case you ever wondered, here is what the playground at Snedigar park looks like - my 5-year old took the pic

almost home from vacation...

Skate park, part 3

Finally, a shot of the skate park with some actual skaters in it!

Still on vaca! Lucky me!

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!

Shadows and light

Playing with shadows at Snedigar park in Chandler

Still gone!

Skate park, part 2

Another view of the Snedigar skate park; the park was empty because it was approximately one million degrees outside when I was taking these pics

off on vacation still!

Skate park

Here's the skate park from my monthly theme day photo; this is at Snedigar park in Chandler

No time to pick fave three - off on vaca!

Ready for a roadtrip?

This is the Queen Creek Tunnel, built in the 50's, connecting Globe to Superior

We're off on a road trip!

Palm lined walkway

Just a walkway behind the skate park at Snedigar park in Chandler

I'm away for now, so can't pick my top three!

Pretty sunflowers

We planted a bunch of sunflowers in our front yard this year - here's a shot of one of them with our street in the background

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Tempe, Arizona - I've always loved this spot

Muizenberg, South Africa

Edinburgh, UK