Fountain Hills Walk with a Twist

Today we discussed several different ideas where to take our walk and decided to go to Fountain Hills after changing our minds several times.

We started out walking together and then after Vic decided he wanted to "grab some photos" I put my ear buds in and listened to my story.    I was minding my own business when I heard a voice say, "That looks like Marilyn Luiken".   

I looked up to see a Mike and Gwen from Grand Forks FEFC we have known for years.    Right before we left GF in December they had asked us out to eat but we couldn't go.  So, now we will get together in Gilbert tomorrow.   Carrie calls this area "Little North Dakota".    There are certainly lots of ND people here!

Restaurant #2 -

Our next restaurant visit was to Snooz Eatery    It wasn't a fancy place but the food was really good.   I had shrimp and grits which was so tasty.     Vic had freshly made chicken sausage with eggs and hash browns.    We both liked our choices.

A New Tradition

I decided we needed to start a new tradition....so, we are going to take turns picking a new restaurant to try each week.   Since we don't eat out that much this will be fun.   This week Vic picked a restaurant we saw on a local PBS Show - Fabio on Fire.   The current owner is a third-generation pizzaiolo with generations-old recipes for the dough and tiramisu.  It is located in Peoria about 45 minutes from our condo.  We decided on lunch instead of evening.We learned from the owner that Margherita is the best choice because it's the one you get the best flavor of the crust - great suggestion!!    You just can't go wrong with tiramisu either.    We'll see if this new tradition continues....

Enjoying the sunshine

Leave it to Vic to get a bird poop on his hat...

but, that doesn't stop him from loving birds - he set up a hummingbird feeder on our patio soon after we arrived. 

This was a view on a walk this week....

and, this is the view from our home this week.

Pat gave me this Amaryllis when we left Santa Fe.  I have enjoyed watching it start blooming (2nd pictures taken 1 week later).   Because of the rains here in Arizona there are lots of blooming things.