by Kelli Donley | Oct 5, 2009 | Arizona, Celebrate!
I learned to ride a horse in preschool thanks to Rawhide. Once upon a time, this cowboy touristy town was located in north, north Scottsdale . My dad loved to go to Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse and then take his two little ones to enjoy a piece of the wild wild west. I...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 31, 2009 | Arizona, Community, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
There is something so spectacularly beautiful about the tenderness growing in the garden. The wateremelon, squash and pumpkin have all sent out these fragile, curling twiny arms — searching for something to cling to. The blooms are cantalope orange and stay...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 28, 2009 | Arizona, Journal
August, I won’t miss you. Let’s be clear — it’s you, not me. By the time you show up, I’m a cranky mess and by the time you leave, I’m beyond battered. This year you didn’t even bring monsoons. Do you know how much I look...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 5, 2009 | Africa, Arizona, Community, Happy Hippie
A friend from Botswana recently visited and brought me a little package of gourd seeds to plant in my garden. Wasn’t that thoughtful of him? I planted these with the giant pumpkins from two weeks ago and the garden is going bananas. The heat + lots of water + a...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 21, 2009 | Arizona, Happy Hippie, Journal, Travel
Oh, how it rained on the drive home yesterday. It was so beautiful and refreshing! I left Wyoming at 4 am, bundled in a sweatshirt with 62 degree weather, hit Utah by lunch with 80 degree temperatures and then entered Arizona late-afternoon to rain and a cool breeze....
by Kelli Donley | Jun 5, 2009 | Arizona, Happy Hippie, Journal
I took a break from the heat and escaped to northern Arizona for the day, stirring up trouble in my old college haunts. Such as La Bellavia, where they serve the very best pancakes in the world. (Swedish, with blueberries and applesauce) And downtown, where I could...
