What a day

Today was such a great day. Savie and I did the usual this morning, me sleeping in a little while she spends times with daddy. When we were ready we hit the Farmer's Market like always even though I knew there wouldn't be much there because a lot of them were up at the Blues Festival. It was soooooo much fun. I have been tot he festival every year since we've been here, 5 years now, and it has gotten better every time. This year was just so much fun. There were bigger bands, and a lot more of them. We have just spent the last 5 hours listening to some great bands and dancing. I am so tired that I can barely write this post. I will have to finish it tomorrow.

Night ladies!

I think I need a soapbox.....

at least for tonight, and my reason for needing a soapbox you ask???

TOURIST SEASON

I know that for most of you this is the time of year when start to think of where you will be going when the kids are out of school. I've seen the bumper sticker about tourist season and hunting season, you know the one I mean?

Living here in Bisbee is great. most of the time. All winter long we have snowbird-ers down here enjoying the mild winter that we have. Did I meantion that we got snow maybe twice this year? It's one of the things I love about living here, no snow. I can not handle snow (sorry family in Idaho) so I'm glad we live here where it's just really cold. But I'm getting off the topic here. The snowbird-ers are great, they are usually older couples with their RV's visiting stores, galleries, etc. You barely notice them since some of them have a second home here and have been visiting for years. But then it gets warm and they slowly start to leave and the other kind of tourist come. The ones that are looking for "a quaint, little town", something "cute" with quaint people and shops. Well that is Bisbee, a charming town.

My problem is with the tourist who insist on telling their children lies about the town. Now before you get upset finish reading (then get upset, lol). The other day as Savie and I were walking thru the train park where some of the local artist, homeless, locals like to hang out. This little kid, maybe about 6-7 years old, asked his dad what the homeless guy was doing. Dad tells him
"Oh he's homeless son, those kinds of people are always in little towns like this."

OH REALLY?!?!? You don't have homeless people in whatever town you came from? Everyone that leaves in your area has a job and a home? Two parent households? Great schools? No drop-outs? I don't agree with parents telling kids this when they are visiting another town, it's like going to someones house and talking about their house or cooking or backyard. That is just rude. True in his defense, he probably didn't realize that a local was standing so close or that he was talking that loud.

My other complaint about tourist is that they have a bad habit of standing in the middle of the street and read a map. I understand they don't know where they are going and are enjoying the scenic views but get on the sidewalk or step to one side. It's really not safe to do that here. There are a lot of blind turns and people (read tourist) don't drive the speed limit so standing out away from cars is not a safe practice.

Ok I think I am ready to get off my soapbox now, thanks for listening to my rant.

Sky Watch Friday

It's Friday and time to watch the sky. I have a good one and a bad one this week but that's ok.

Here is the good picture

And here is the Bad

There is a fire burning here in town and so far no one has been hurt, thank goodness.


Don't forget to stop in at Tom's place where Sky Watch Friday is being hosted.

Bad news......update

Well it's almost 10:30pm here and I've watched the last of the news. I can't see the fire anymore from my house (I don't know if that's a good thing or not) but at least the wind has died down. It was pretty windy this afternoon but it's suppose to dye down to about 5-10 MPH. Here are a few pictures that I took from my house (you can click on them to make them HUGE)


The news said it was up to 500 acres and people have been evacuated from the area. It's not a good night here.

Bad News in Bisbee

Well today was a bad day. I got up plenty early and had plenty of time to get ready to go into town so Savie could get her picture taken with the Easter Bunny but I just could not get myself into gear. So we didn't manage to get out here until 11 am, which is a good 2 hours later than I wanted to. As we were driving out of town, up the canyon I noticed a small fire burning up in the canyon. Now remember most of the town is set in a canyon somewhere which is why we will never live in 'Ol Bisbee, no parking and I am afraid of heights. I was hoping that it would be under control and went about my day. Made it to the mall pretty fast, got her picture taken with the Easter Bunny without any crying (Yeah for Savie!!!!!!) and then drove to the Farmer's Market. It wasn't as good as the Bisbee one but it was ok. (Got lots of good stuff, I will try and post links to then later on) Anyhoo drove back thru the canyon on the way home and say that the fire was getting bigger. I feel really bad for the people that live up there. There are a lot of house in the canyons and the roads are really narrow, I mean I can barely drive my Suburban up there.
Well it's 8:20 pm and the fire is still going. The local news (coming from a station that is a 2 hr drive from here) said at 5pm that it was up to 200 acres, there were 100 local firefighters working on the blaze (which includes volunteers) and more were on the way. I will be back on later to post some pictures and a update. I can see the fire from our living room window. It's a bad day here in Bisbee.

Thirteen Thursday

13 Things I love about Bisbee

1. It's got that small town quality.
2. I know my neighbor's.
   
3. Going to the Dr's is kinda fun
4. You can "drop in" on friends and not worry about being a pain
5. The mailman isn't afraid of my dog
6. I know my UPS guy
7. I don't have to worry about leaving my dog when I'm out of town for the day.
8. My landlord is very nice, so nice that I don't feel really bad about stopping by his work to tell him something is wrong at the house.
9. It's a quiet neighborhood
10. You know most of the kids, and parents, that your kid hangs out with.
11. Most of the jobs are "word of mouth".
    
12. Most of the ladies at the bank know us and I can go in with a friends lamb.
    
13. It's a great place to live, lol.