1st butterfly spotting of the season on my hollyhock buds. #photography #gardening #flowers #arizona

Golden hour blooms! #roses #gardening #photography #arizona

The stage is set for Round 1.

🎟️ Tickets on sale now: bit.ly/41C7ZZs

More hollyhock blooms! #flowers #gardening #arizona

Early evening photo of my hollyhocks. I’ve never grown them before.. how long before the entire stalk is in bloom? I need to research this plant! #blooms #flowers #gardening #arizona

Orion, the moon, the earth all lined up in one photo

I hope this inspires a new generation to look up and find the beauty in the stars.

Arizona sunset last week .

That’s a bummer… maybe put them in a pot 🤷‍♀️and see what happens

I think I’m in Zone 9

Thank you! I have an enclosed backyard… I think that’s what has helped it. Plus I have to hand water it.. so it got spoiled 😊

First time growing hollyhocks! I can’t wait to see the entire stalk in bloom! #blooms #gardening #arizona #nature #photography

Saturday blooms from my climbing rose bush. #roses #gardening #photography #arizona

Picture from space shuttle of earth

Couldn’t resist sharing… 🌎 it’s 2026 and we still have to clarify this for people. 🙄

I don’t typically go on that site anymore but NASA is doing a phenomenal job with Artemis 2 information.

www.nasa.gov/missions/art...

Started my day off slowly.. then I remembered my new rose bush had some blooms on it! Happy Saturday! #roses #blooms #gardening #arizona #photography

Happy Sunday! During uncertain times.. my plants continue to ring me joy! #gardening #photography #roses #arizona

Yellow rose bud

Happy 1st Day of Spring! #roses #gardening #arizona

The Arizona sky making art. #photography #nature #arizona

New rose bush.. came outside this morning to this new bloom! Spring in Arizona makes the magic happen. #roses #gardening #photography #arizona

Sunrise through pink clouds

Arizona sunrise from my sunroof…. #arizona #sunrise #photography

Sending you much love. I’m so sorry that you are having to go through this. Lifting you up in positive thoughts.

Thank you!

The garden is the place to lose yourself and gain everything else

sending you much love ❤️

Winter Sunset. Arizona does not disappoint with our scenery. #photography #nature #arizona

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman We wake with no words, just woe & wound. Our own country shoot ing us in the back is not just brutal ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement, but execution. A message: Love your people & you will die. Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders among us, but those among us who never look within. Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience. Know that to care intensively, united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today & a profound, daring hope for tomorrow. We can feel we have nothing to give, & still belove this world wait ing, trembling to change. If we cannot find words, may we find the will; if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our humanity. The only undying thing is mercy, the courage to open ourselves like doors, hug our neighbor, & save one more bright, impossible life.

Poem by @amandagorman.bsky.social. The line that resonates with me the most: “Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience.” #peace

Pink rose bloom

Winter blooms! It’s been in the high 70’s here so I should not be surprised! #arizona #roses #blooms

Sunsetting with mountains in the background

Desert Sunsets never disappoint! #arizona #nature #sunset #photography

Well said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Happy New Year!

Saguaro cactus lit up with luminarias

1st time visiting Desert Botanical Gardens at night. Las Noches de las Luminarias was beautiful! I can’t wait to go back next year! #arizona #desert #phoenix #gardens

“Procrastibaking” when you have a million things to do but choose to bake instead. #baking #christmas