Arizona is, of course, known for its cactuses. Something I hadn’t realized is that some of them are edible. We thought we’d start softly with one that has an edible fruit, though the pads are edible as well apparently. We…
Jess’s Parents’ Arrival In Arizona
Like Chris’s parents, mine managed to come on what was then the hottest week of the year up to that point, but being June and not April, this meant 110-118 range rather than the low 100s. In both cases, this…
Brexit
As most of you know, Britain has recently voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. We stayed up the latest we have yet in Arizona to find out the results, which were extremely surprising on one count and extremely…
Summer Solstice
Yesterday was the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the day the sun will be most directly overhead at midday or, in our case, about 12:30, as we are about 30…
Heat Special
According to Facebook and the calendar, today is the first day of summer. Much like when I lived in Wisconsin and called it ‘winter’ whenever it got cold in late November and early December rather than starting to use the…
Dances with Drills
So this is likely our last update on the construction. It is actually due to be finished in just a bit. This one isn’t quite as positive as the others as it covers the worst 2 days of the whole…
Chris’s First Attempt at Grilling a Steak
As we have discussed before, we have had lots of renovations going on at our apartment complex. This means the nearest grill + pool set up is a little further away, so we haven’t used it as much. We did…
Unexpectedly, iPhone SE: Part 2
Anyone who knew me when I first moved to the UK knows I have very little love for Apple. They annoyed me by considering me a different person when I moved to Britain so I had the choice of losing…
Building with Drones
Something we weren’t expecting is the heavy use of drones (at least one anyway) in the building of the new pool area and club house at our apartment complex. We happened to meet one of the owner’s of the construction…
Construction Update
We have about a month of construction to go at the time of writing. Here is a small update on how it’s going: