First, about a month ago, we went to the Tres Rios Nature Festival in South Avondale. It's an annual festival on the Gila River celebrating the river, the wilderness around the area and other things natural. A lot of the rivers in Arizona don't have water in them usually, but this part of the Gila does. So we took a canoe out for a little trip:
We also took another trip to to Desert Botanical Gardens to see all the flowers blooming:
That same day we visited the Desert Botanical Gardens, we went to Moon Valley Nursery and bought a new tree for our backyard. I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the newest addition to our family, Dusty, a 36" box Palo Brea. Yes, for some reason I really can't explain, we name our trees. Dusty got his name because the first time the cats went out after he was delivered, Moe turned a distinct shade of brown from all the dust that was kicked up when the guys from the nursery were digging the hole.
By the way, turning brown is pretty tough for a black cat, but somehow Moe was able to do it. We don't have pictures of that.
But we do have a picture of both cats enjoying the patio furniture my parents bought us for Christmas last year.
