Owls and Gems

We feel like we've hit the jackpot with wildlife now.  Since we love owls we are always listening for them.  From what we have learned from others here, there are lots of owls at Saddlebrooke.  We have discovered the nesting palm tree where there are a pair of Great Horned Owls, right down the street from us!  After a few quests for them we have learned that heading out at 6pm is the perfect time to find them in the neighborhood.

I need a better camera in the future to try to get some great wildlife shots.  But here are the two in their palm tree.

Dave and I had great luck at the Tuesday night trivia - and it was luck.  But our team of six won!  That means we each earned a free drink token (well drink - which disappointed Dave as he was planning on getting a double shot of Maker's Mark).  

This weekend is the last weekend of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (the rock show, as I call it).  Pretty hot, pretty crowded, dusty, but there were more beads, rocks, and jewelry than you could see in one day.  We didn't last too long because the sun was too bright and we needed to get back to our house where we can swim and cool off.

But it looked something like this.