sunshine, flora, fauna and surprises in the Sonoran Desert
After our brief interlude back in Vermont in Feb we flew to Phoenix to pick up Myrtle and continue our "winter and spring of the desert" adventure at the beginning of March. It always surprises me that each time we transition between travel and home or home to travel it takes a few days to remember the routine. I always feel a bit awkward and ungainly as I try to get my bearings those first couple of days. I've started writing myself notes and lists to try and help with the transition. It helps. So after groceries and laundry (yes, laundry, we left dirty clothes to face when we got back 😱 … we considered just shaking out the used sheets and putting them back on the bed since we had unfortunately already stripped it before we left 🤔… but thought better of it and stopped at a laundromat) so, after groceries and laundry, we were ready to find our home for the next sojourn. The weather was threatening all day. In sunny Arizona, it was cloudy and rain was predicted. We