This is crazy. Just when I am beginning to enjoy my environment and making friends, we have to pack and move. It is not fun packing, cleaning, unpacking all over again!
Showing posts with label Yuma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yuma. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Moving Again!
Friday, 24 April 2009
This is crazy. Just when I am beginning to enjoy my environment and making friends, we have to pack and move. It is not fun packing, cleaning, unpacking all over again!
This is crazy. Just when I am beginning to enjoy my environment and making friends, we have to pack and move. It is not fun packing, cleaning, unpacking all over again!
Yuma Foothills
Friday, 24 April 2009
I like the foothills. It is not as hectic as the Yuma city.
Isn't this tree beautiful?
I like the foothills. It is not as hectic as the Yuma city.
Isn't this tree beautiful?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Yuma County Fair 2009
Wednesday, 1st April 2009
The Fair started yesterday at 3 pm and will end on the 8th April. Opening Day was also Dollar Day but today the ticket was $5 for adults, $3 for kids 7-12, and kids 6 and younger are free.
The kids would love the amusement rides, exhibition of pets, food of course, etc. Last year I saw pigs, sheep, horses, cows but this year I saw rabbits.
A mother and her 3 children
These rabbits are bigger than a chihuaha!
From pets to exhibit of interesting cakes:
The Fair started yesterday at 3 pm and will end on the 8th April. Opening Day was also Dollar Day but today the ticket was $5 for adults, $3 for kids 7-12, and kids 6 and younger are free.
The kids would love the amusement rides, exhibition of pets, food of course, etc. Last year I saw pigs, sheep, horses, cows but this year I saw rabbits.
A mother and her 3 children
These rabbits are bigger than a chihuaha!
From pets to exhibit of interesting cakes:
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Long Queue - Yuma MCAS BaseTour
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
This picture was taken at the Marine Corps Air Station. Michael took me there for their free public guided tour of the MCAS Base. I read it in the http://www.yumacalender.org that morning. The tour was between 9 to 10:30 am. When we arrived at 9:30 am, we saw 2 buses waiting. According to a Marine on duty, 2 buses had already left with their first load of people. The queue was looooooooong. The people in front of me said it is probably a quarter mile.
Because of his physical condition, Michael couldn't stand too long, so we decided not to join the tour this day and left. Don't know how long before it would be our turn to enter the buses. We were told that the tour would take about 20 minutes. The buses would return to unload and take new passengers.
I was glad to leave too because I don't like the cold. Also when I feel cold, I tend to visit the restroom more!
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
I missed their Air Show for this year on Saturday, 14 March 2009, as well (sigh).
This picture was taken at the Marine Corps Air Station. Michael took me there for their free public guided tour of the MCAS Base. I read it in the http://www.yumacalender.org that morning. The tour was between 9 to 10:30 am. When we arrived at 9:30 am, we saw 2 buses waiting. According to a Marine on duty, 2 buses had already left with their first load of people. The queue was looooooooong. The people in front of me said it is probably a quarter mile.
Because of his physical condition, Michael couldn't stand too long, so we decided not to join the tour this day and left. Don't know how long before it would be our turn to enter the buses. We were told that the tour would take about 20 minutes. The buses would return to unload and take new passengers.
I was glad to leave too because I don't like the cold. Also when I feel cold, I tend to visit the restroom more!
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
I missed their Air Show for this year on Saturday, 14 March 2009, as well (sigh).
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Dogs - Wonders of the World
Saturday, 31 January 2008
I wonder why they called it Pet Expo when there were no other pets except dogs. Anyway, the dog is my favourite animal/pet, and I am glad for the opportunity to be able to see different breeds at the park this morning. Please correct me if I got any of the breed here wrong.
Yuma's first dog park, behind the Wal-Mart on Pacific Avenue.
The organiser of the Expo - Humane Society of Yuma
Who wants me?
From the therapist booth - a toy dog
The real therapist dog - An Irish Setter
A Golden Retriever
A Basset Hound and a Bloodhound
A Japanese Akita
A Great Dane and his bed.
An English Bull Terrier
A Sheltie Mix and A Sheltie
Two Rottweilers
A Shih Tzu
Two Dachsunds
A Long-hair Dachsund - this is my favourite picture of the day!
A Poodle on the ground
A poodle in the air! It was carried!
Decorating/painting fire hydrants to raise fund for the park.
I wonder why they called it Pet Expo when there were no other pets except dogs. Anyway, the dog is my favourite animal/pet, and I am glad for the opportunity to be able to see different breeds at the park this morning. Please correct me if I got any of the breed here wrong.
Yuma's first dog park, behind the Wal-Mart on Pacific Avenue.
The organiser of the Expo - Humane Society of Yuma
Who wants me?
From the therapist booth - a toy dog
The real therapist dog - An Irish Setter
A Golden Retriever
A Basset Hound and a Bloodhound
A Japanese Akita
A Great Dane and his bed.
An English Bull Terrier
A Sheltie Mix and A Sheltie
Two Rottweilers
A Shih Tzu
Two Dachsunds
A Long-hair Dachsund - this is my favourite picture of the day!
A Poodle on the ground
A poodle in the air! It was carried!
Decorating/painting fire hydrants to raise fund for the park.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Grapefruits, Lemons and Oranges
Monday, 26 January 2009
Did you see the beauty and the blessings around you? I saw them on this beautiful Monday afternoon at a RV Park. All the trees in this RV park had fruits on them. Some trees were just packed with the yellow fruits. Yes, all of them, because I got Mike to drive me around the park so that I can choose the trees I wanted to take pictures of. I would say most of the RV parking lots has at least one fruit tree. It is a beautiful sight for me.
The owner of the trees, we picked the fruits from, was initially annoyed that we didn't ask his permission first, but later said to go ahead, after we told him that the RV park owner had given the green light.
I had asked the RV park owner if this was an orange orchard before the land was turned into an RV park and she said the trees were planted after.
They were not all oranges! I thought they were from the colour.
Angela, don't you wish you could grow these fruit trees in your backyard?
This is a grapefruit tree
This is a lemon tree.
And an orange tree
We just picked 2 of each kind (not exactly, we ended up with 3 grapefruits!). As the owner of the orange fruit tree said, the oranges were not sweet, but they were edible. They were also a little dry too. The grapefruits were juicy :)
Did you see the beauty and the blessings around you? I saw them on this beautiful Monday afternoon at a RV Park. All the trees in this RV park had fruits on them. Some trees were just packed with the yellow fruits. Yes, all of them, because I got Mike to drive me around the park so that I can choose the trees I wanted to take pictures of. I would say most of the RV parking lots has at least one fruit tree. It is a beautiful sight for me.
The owner of the trees, we picked the fruits from, was initially annoyed that we didn't ask his permission first, but later said to go ahead, after we told him that the RV park owner had given the green light.
I had asked the RV park owner if this was an orange orchard before the land was turned into an RV park and she said the trees were planted after.
They were not all oranges! I thought they were from the colour.
Angela, don't you wish you could grow these fruit trees in your backyard?
This is a grapefruit tree
This is a lemon tree.
And an orange tree
We just picked 2 of each kind (not exactly, we ended up with 3 grapefruits!). As the owner of the orange fruit tree said, the oranges were not sweet, but they were edible. They were also a little dry too. The grapefruits were juicy :)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Trishaw in Yuma
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Thanks, Howard, for allowing me to take a picture of us together! This is the 1st trishaw (that is how we call this in Asia) or 1st pedicab (as you call it) I saw in Yuma. I never thought I would see one here!
Saw it in front of the Yuma Civic Center where the Annual Yuma Home & Garden Show was held this day.
Whether it is call a trishaw, pedicab, rickshaw, bugbug or cyclo, I think it is a fun way to travel and sightsee in a city, especially if you have difficulty walking or just want to sit back and relax! The 2 times I remembered using the trishaw was in Malaysia and China. The one in Malaysia was powered by a motor while the one in China was human powered. I guess the latter mode serves as exercise for the peddlar!
Thanks, Howard, for allowing me to take a picture of us together! This is the 1st trishaw (that is how we call this in Asia) or 1st pedicab (as you call it) I saw in Yuma. I never thought I would see one here!
Saw it in front of the Yuma Civic Center where the Annual Yuma Home & Garden Show was held this day.
Whether it is call a trishaw, pedicab, rickshaw, bugbug or cyclo, I think it is a fun way to travel and sightsee in a city, especially if you have difficulty walking or just want to sit back and relax! The 2 times I remembered using the trishaw was in Malaysia and China. The one in Malaysia was powered by a motor while the one in China was human powered. I guess the latter mode serves as exercise for the peddlar!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Wreaths Across America (2008)
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Last year the ceremony was held at the Yuma Armed Forced Park on Saturday 15 December. This year it was held at the Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery. And this year the ceremony was provided by the Yuma Civil Air Patrol Squadron 508, where Mike belongs.
As usual the weaths were provided by the Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, Maine.
6 of the 7 wreaths were placed by personnel from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Merchant Marine.
Honoring members of the U.S. Army
Honoring members of the U.S. Navy
Honoring the members of the U.S. Marine Corps
Honoring the members of the U.S. Air Force
Honoring the members of the U.S. Coast Guard
Honoring the members of the Merchant Marine
And honoring the members of the POW/MIA.
The 21-gun salute by the firing team from American Legion Post #19
Mike with his beloved bagpipes!
An extra set of 7 wreaths was received and so these children got the honor of searching and laying them on 7 veterans' gravesides.
Last year the ceremony was held at the Yuma Armed Forced Park on Saturday 15 December. This year it was held at the Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery. And this year the ceremony was provided by the Yuma Civil Air Patrol Squadron 508, where Mike belongs.
As usual the weaths were provided by the Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, Maine.
6 of the 7 wreaths were placed by personnel from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Merchant Marine.
Honoring members of the U.S. Army
Honoring members of the U.S. Navy
Honoring the members of the U.S. Marine Corps
Honoring the members of the U.S. Air Force
Honoring the members of the U.S. Coast Guard
Honoring the members of the Merchant Marine
And honoring the members of the POW/MIA.
The 21-gun salute by the firing team from American Legion Post #19
Mike with his beloved bagpipes!
An extra set of 7 wreaths was received and so these children got the honor of searching and laying them on 7 veterans' gravesides.
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