LOOK TO THE SKY...

What a fabulous, wonderful weekend it was.

The weather was a bit unpredictable, but gave us all who came in for the First Annual Santa Rita Estates Land Owners BBQ a fabulous show. The days were overcast, with intermittant patches of blue.

The rain sometimes went around us, giving us a fabulous view of lightning and sheets of rain in the distance.

The wind...it came and went, not as constantly blustery as in past years, and it almost took "The Bill's" for a tarp-sailing ride when they were attempting to dismantle the tarp after the BBQ was over.

And on Sunday evening there was the usual grand showing of stars in the heavens. If only I could capture that blanket of stars to be able to show you what we are able to experience out there at the T-Square Ranch!

When we look to the sky we have much to be thankful for.



Can you see the antelope in the center of the picture above???

54TH BIRTHDAY

My birthday has always fallen very close to, if not on, Memorial Day. I've just completed my 54th year. For me, there is no better way to spend a birthday than at the T-Square Ranch. This is the fourth birthday I've been able to spend at my very favorite place in the whole world.

Granted, by birthday is after Memorial Weekend this year, it isn't officially until Wednesday, but that certainly didn't stop me from celebrating it this weekend, and eating birthday cake!

This year was especially special, because I was able to spend it with fellow Santa Rita Estates landowners who sang Happy Birthday to me while I cut the beautiful birthday cake. The wonderful chocolate cake was purchased from a wonderful old-fashioned bakery in Gallup, by LouAnn and Jay. And yes, they are wonderful people!

Here is the fabulous and colorful cake!



You're wanting a piece of cake now aren't you???

And here are the cake-bringers, LouAnn and Jay, from the White Wolf Ranch.

FIRST ANNUAL LANDOWNERS BBQ

At the "end of the driveway" at the T-Square Ranch the vehicles gathered. The clouds were gathering also. We were hoping like heck that the rain would go around us like it had done the day before. Unlike the past 3 Memorial Day weekends, the winds behaved themselves for the most part.




Welcome to the First Annual Santa Rita Estates Land Owners Barbecue!



Fortunately folks came "fashionably late". Bill and Karen set up the tarp, tables and chairs for a hopeful gathering of 8-10 folks. 10 it was.










Mark came down the hill. He's not a Santa Rita Estates landowner, but he did a great job on our driveway, and thought he'd like to meet a few other landowners in the area. Tom from Lot 1 drove 7 hours from the west side of Phoenix. LouAnn and Jay drove 17 hours from California. Joan and Bill flew in from Pennsylvania, via Albuquerque. And Tom and Darlene flew in from Florida, via Albuquerque, and a side trip to Canyon De Chelly.

Hail, hai...wait a minute....this is the wild west...

Yeehaw, Yeehaw...The gang's all here!

ON OUR WAY...

The truck is almost packed and we'll be heading out in the morning. Back to the ranch to meet with a few other landowners for the FIRST ANNUAL SANTA RITA ESTATES LANDOWNERS BBQ.

It's supposed to be raining on the entire drive over, but Sunday is supposed to be sunny and the high 60's, maybe low 70's. But as we all know...it's weather, it can change in a heartbeat. We just hope the rain goes around us, yet provides a nice show in the late afternoon. Then hopefully the clouds will disappear and we'll see the glorious blanket of stars in the heavens. It will be a new moon, and if we have a cloudless sky, it's going to be a spectacular evening.

I'll be posting lots of pictures next week when we return!!! I hope everyone has a safe holiday weekend.

And one last thing...don't forget to remember.