The Holidays are over and it is time to look for a few new activities beyond the Friday hikes, 5 mile walks to Starbucks twice a week, volunteer shifts at MIM, golf twice a week and whatever else is repeated on the calendar. So – the Chihuly exhibit at FLW’s Taliesin West brought to mind a stashed away list of FLW houses in the greater Phoenix area and E’s desire to tour them all. The Harold Price, Sr. house popped out as a home that had tours a few times a month and would be a great Saturday outing for a few of us at Vi. Having a tour time, we set off to see this 7 bedroom house set on a 9-acre plot built by FLW for Harold Price and his wife – mainly to have the grandchildren visit (therefore, referred to as The Grandma House). Following Price’s death in 1964, the estate was sold to U-Haul president, Sam Shoen, who has maintained the house as a private residence (but does allow tours). The house is a typical FLW one level, concrete block structure. It has a wonderful, large open-air atrium, which connects the bedroom wing of the house to the living room and kitchen. A GREAT example of a FLW house and furnishings – especially since it has been so well maintained thru the years.

OK – so there was one brief out-of-town trek during this first couple of months. It was reportedly a good time to see the eagles on the Verde Canyon RR trip out of Cottonwood so the car was packed to meet friends Linda & Chuck for the RR trip and night out in Sedona. The trip was great – just NO eagle sightings;-(

Was it mentioned that we stayed an extra night to golf and have dinner with friends in Oak Creek??

Time to get back to some of the regular stuff – hiking and MIM concerts, which are now back in full force (thank goodness!!)!

It is such a delight to have concerts back at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)! AND – one of the best that we have seen there was Janis Ian. A great story teller and musician – just her on the stage. See her if you have the chance;-)

Actually, there was another overnight – Tucson to see niece Demi and her friend Ryan. There was a pretty full, fun day of breakfast, a woman’s basketball game at U of A, dinner and a dorm room tour;-) This was all followed the next day by fun at the Champions Tour Golf Tournament.

A very fun thing in our “Sr. Community” is referred to as “The Artists Wall”, which each month features the work of one of the residents. The art might be paintings, stitching, quilting or maybe photography! The month of February was the Dickey/Biaett feature – –

This guy didn’t make it to the wall – but, we’re glad he is back – –

And so – 2022 is off to a pretty good start keeping us busy and enjoying life. Wish the same for all of you.

E & G enjoying life