CURRENTLY SEEKING WARMTH AND CALM SKIES...

In the haste and need to find warmth

I escaped to Phoenix

Not my favorite place...or even close

But there are a few advantages to being there

My sister and her children live in that god forsaken place

As well as my daughter and father 

So I get the joy of enjoying their company

And this time of year...the perfect warmth and sunshine

After the relentless teasing

With sunshine and rising temperatures

That Prescott and area has brought us

Then the cold and freezing winds that have already killed my potted plants

I had to escape!

We hiked to the top of Pinnacle Peak

A feat when you are only nine

                                  Nephew, Alta (who happens to love that we were higher in Alta-tude)

My daughter, Michael

And myself

We ate lunch at the top under the shade of a small desert shrub

Me warming myself like some northern Arizona lizard

In the sun, against the rocks, soakin the rays

The two of them seeking shade and discussing how warm it was

I think my nephew was even sweating...

PS: Alta took this picture with his own camera

You can't see his mouth but, it doesn't matter 'cause...his eyes are smiling