Living the dream...

Here's my song of the week for this week! Trixie was with me all week, so the primary objective was to compress everything that I have seen in the last three months into a ten-day visit! We started off with the obligatory "happy couple" shot in my hotel room: Yay! On Saturday, we went for a walk in South Mountain Park in Phoenix.  We came across this week's horses of the week :     Horses of the week And this ancient old ruin that dates as far back as 1936: Prehistoric artefact 82 years old.  Wow. Amazing view of the city Most of the animal life in the desert is pretty unfriendly.  As are the plants.  Everything is out to hurt you!  But we did find this little bird high up in the mountain that seemed friendly enough: A little bird.  With a little bill. This is a view of Phoenix from the top of South Mountain: View from above The mountain range is actually quite sp...

I have borrowed this week's song of the week from the Summer '16  video I made in Albacete.  Happy days :) Summer '16 :) This week started off well; Monday was Martin Luther King Day and we had the day off work.  Fortunately, Monday happened to coincide with the start of the Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale.  This is the official highlight video , but my own highlights are captured below: The queue to get in! Muscle! More muscle! A handy little runabout A new car for Trixie? It's them Dukes!  One of 7 replicas up for auction. Mobile BBQ Bugatti Veyron Not street legal, so a pretty limited buying market I should think. RHD - this needs to be in the UK! In addition to a LOT of cars, there was a wonderful selection of fantastic artwork which I am sure will become timeless heirlooms for future generations: Girls and guitars.  What's not to love? The crowning jewel ...