Well...

there are a few things I said I would never do but here I am having moved to Oregon and to Newberg. Not finding work in Arizona the trip to Oregon began the middle of September, found a 2 bedroom/2 1/2 bath with a garage, my brother & I are sharing expenses and the first part of November started  working in insurance again. Now the background on my blog is even more appropriate as it has done a whole lot of raining since I have been back.  Not having a window in my office is a benefit as I can pretend the picture in my office is actually a window onto a sunflower field.

Fittingly a frog said goodbye to me at my storage unit in Sunsites, AZ and another one "sang" hello at my new apartment and greeted me at my storage unit in McMinnville, OR! The plague continues, grrrr!

Having done things backwards, again, I came back to Oregon the beginning of October and it has rained most days since arriving. Here are some last pictures of Arizona...

This is actually White Sands, New Mexico - can you figure out why its called White Sands?  It is the oddest thing to find in the middle of dessert browns, reds and greens the opposite of an oasis - sheer white sand, it was more like a drive through a snow park than dessert sand.

The monsoon season in Arizona brings out beautiful flowers and  fields of green - the desserts blossom so beautifully.
















When it rains it really, really rains!  And loud thunder and lots of lightening.  But the next minute it is sunny!

The rainy season makes for some great pictures.  This one above is one of my favorites.  Went out to try and capture some lightening and got this, not a bad trade.

"Ghost" towns are plentiful here - remnants of living now gone so different and yet not.
The east side of the Chiricahuas are even more impressive than what I saw & posted last year.  It takes a long meandering drive to get there since the spring/summer fires combined with the rains this year have closed down some of the passes.  It is understandable why people choose to live there it is beautiful although very remote.

 Someone asked me what I was going to do with the time off from work (4 days) and I told them I did not know as the rain and Oregon don't inspire me, but may be if I open my eyes...

and make friends with the frogs in my life...who knows.