Went to Parlor for drinks and a snack last night, then to Moira, a Sushi bar, for appetizer dinner. Got our ration of stabbings and shootings from 24. As we went to bed about 11 a problem with condo life became apparent: the guy next door was playing house music at full blast.
After a half hour I put my jeans on, walked up his stairs, beat on the door like a storm trooper. When he opened it I meekly asked if he would mind turning down the music. He did.
This morning more work (thanks for that) then at 2 p.m. we drove over to freebie day at the Desert Botanical Garden. http://www.dbg.org/index.php/plan/ourgarden/gardentailguide
It was hard to find a place to park as the place was swarmed by geezers. Other geezers. Once inside, we were very impressed. A spectacular sculpture by Dale Chihuly marked the entrance, and they had sculptures by Allan Houser and others throughout a very large, tidy and information-filled exhibition. The big heroes were the desert plants and the birds and animals we saw throughout our walk.
It's an extensive arboretum with a huge display of desert flora. They have more spiny, sticky, nasty harmful things you don't want to sit on or touch than anywhere this side of the Tea Party convention.
They even have the rare "Mickey Mouse" cactus.
Beautiful pictures, Walt!
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