Phoenix, Scottsdale and Fountain Hills

 Today I don't seem to be able to post pictures so I will try that again tomorrow.

On Sunday we went to dinner at my friend Evelyne’s.  Those of you from Winnipeg may remember her as my neighbour across the street  when I was growing up.  She moved to Phoenix over 30 years ago and now lives in Scottsdale.  We had  a delicious dinner with Evelyne and her husband Telly. They are both of Greek heritage so you can imagine how good the food was.   They live in a gated community in a lovely home.  We almost caught up on the many years since we were last together.  Oh! and if any of you watched the expensive car auction from Scottsdale last weekend, she lives quite near there.

The next day, we went to Fountain Hills east of Scottsdale.  A park was built in what was then a desert and now it is in a park with development all around it.   It erupts on the hour and is quite spectacular. It rises 560 feet in the air.  Dalton read somewhere that it is the tallest fountain in the world but we couldn’t find any tourist literature to confirm that.  We went to the park which has a 28 acre lake and then had lunch in a sports bar across the street so we saw a second eruption from there.

Yesterday we waited for a service man who didn’t come but he did show up today so we got our water heater fixed.  Cold showers didn’t seem too appealing!

The weather has been beautiful- in the 70s (20sC) every day.  So far, it has been nice every day.  Not much wind which is good for wind-phobic Dalton.  I just like the lack of insects.  You can leave the door open and no critters come in.

Quilting news:  The guild in this park has about 100 members.  Now some may be like me and just join for a short period.  I went to a meeting tonight and there were about 50 there.  I was impressed.  I think that I mentioned that the guild has its own room, irons and boards, sewing machines, supplies and a longarm quilter.  The longarm quilter and 2 sewing machines are provided by the resort.  One project that they will be doing soon is making dresses for girls in third world countries from pillow cases.  Apparently predators will not go after little girls who are properly dressed and look as if they have a family.  If anyone is interested, the website is http://dressingagirlaroundtheworld.com.  I haven’t checked it out but it seems like a good project.

The quilt guild is also getting ready for a quilting exhibition at the park festival in March. Also next week they are making a cover for a small portfolio or a Kindle/Kobo so I may go and try that.  Unless of course we are too busy getting ready to leave the next day.