Day 3 Walk

I took another trek to a different park for today's walk:  Tumbleweed Park.  It's been many years since I visited and things keep evolving, as they should with parks.  There are a lot of new play areas for kids, and for a Friday at 1pm there were a *lot* of kids at the park playing and having a good time!  It was a warm day (85!!) and I was glad I was wearing a tank top under my work shirt, so I got a little sun on my arms as I walked!  There was one area in the grass where there were some rocks, and I kicked loose a lovely oval, very smooth stone just a tad bigger than my hand.  I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it as it, or use it as a rock for my kindness rocks project!  

There's a small part of the park that is a working ranch, with lots of old tools and an old house, and this old truck.  There are events and sometimes docents working who talk about what farming was like in the past.  This is also the park where they have the annual Ostrich Festival in the spring.  

The Chandler Arizonan said “Ostriches are all the rage in Chandler” in 1914 and they’re still the talk of the town more than 100 years later.  The man most associated with the large flightless birds and Arizona is none other than city of Chandler founder Dr. Alexander J. Chandler.

The doctor was among the first to bring the birds to Arizona after he saw them at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Chandler Museum Administrator Jody Crago said.

Twelve years later, in 1905, the doctor had a large herd of ostriches at his ranch in Mesa and his success spurred other local ranchers to follow suit. Chandler tried to corner the ostrich market but eventually was upstaged by the Pan American Ostrich Farm in the West Valley, Crago said.

My son and I went one year and watched jousting, monkeys performing tricks and of course, the ostrich races!  

Veterans Oasis Park

Sadie and I set out to explore Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler AZ to day .. nice place for a stroll, good place for photos.  We wandered for about an hour, was a cool, overcast early morning, perfect time to be out and doing things!

Family Time

Well, it is 530pm on a Tuesday, and I am in my jammies ..... and I just completed my grocery shopping!  Yes, that's right!  If you live in or around the Chandler, AZ area, a few of the Walmart stores offer grocery shopping on line - it's terrific!!!   I placed the order for pickup on Thurs, because I have a very busy schedule on Weds and wouldn't be able to shop.   After working all day Thurs, all I have to do is drive to the pickup door, and they put my full order in the trunk....  which reminds me, my son needs to get my two rocks from the trunk first!

Yes, I collect rocks.  My aunt knows this and said "Have I got a rock for you!"  and we loaded them in my trunk. hahahaha  

Life is crazy around here with family in for a visit and such.  Busy with lots of things, but nothing in the way of housekeeping gets done -- which is OK.  I will have the weekend to catch up.






Here's my nephew and my mom on top of the world!   A lookout point along Apache Trail, one of my fav places to stop and peek around.











On the same drive, I got my mom and aunt to pose with Elvis in the Elvis chapel -- the one they used in many many westerns was moved to a location in Apache Junction.





     Thank you, thank you verrrry much!