Red Desert Barn...

It's not often you find such a cute barn....complete with Saguaros

It was such a neat little barn I couldn't resist snapping a couple shots!!

Weekend Reflections

Yuma Wetlands....

4:40 PM a beautiful afternoon!

Amazing how fast....

5:43 PM

The sun goes down

5:50 PM

6:10 PM
Reminds me of life.... and how quickly LIFE goes... 

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California Sand Dunes

Spent some times just climbing the dunes with the grands....

They are always changing...

Great fun!!

Old Plank Road

In the early 1900's these roads were built for vehicles to cross the sand dunes...

Very little of the road is left....

For more information on these roads click here!

Inspired Sunday

Country Churches

 When we head south...we take a back road in Montana. 

It's a quiet country valley road...

Each time we drive it... this little church catches my attention!

I wonder if the church is still used?

 

On this same drive we pass this church in one of the towns ...

 it looks like it is well taken care of and still in use!

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Yellow Pom Pom Tree...

We spotted this tree...

A closer look .... 

 And it is full of adorable pom poms!!

Click here for information on the Huisache Tree

Date Shake...

 Since we have been coming south...we make a couple trips a season the the Date Farms to enjoy a Date Shake. 

I have watched them being made and thought I should try to make them.

I chopped up approximately 2 cup of dates.

Cooked them slowly in water....adding a little at a time...

 just enough to make a soft paste of the cooked dates

 I added about 3/4 cup of cooked dates to approximately 4 cups of vanilla ice cream. 

I used my smoothie blender to mix it ..it needed a bit of liquid 

so I added just enough coconut milk to make it blend

 The shakes were delicious!!!..

 I have to say that they taste just as good...maybe even better than the ones we buy....

So...now when we get company.... we'll go to the Date Farm to  buy the dates..

and come home and enjoy the shake on our patio:)