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Sneak Peek at Behind-the-Scenes of Seasons’ Eatings
A handful of you have experienced Seasons’ Eatings with us at The Surgeon’s House but we wanted to give everyone just a teasing glimpse of the behind-the-scenes hustle activity that takes place.
Local Arizona Wine Tastings Right Here
We served as the impromptu backdrop for a fantastic wine tasting that had been won by some new local folks at the last Jerome Humane Society brunch.
Screaming Uncle!
Isn’t it curious that all the great ideas in the world do NOT occur to us at the same time?
Welcome to March, I think?
Magical, mystical, Humbling & Breath-taking . . . and the Buddha remains steadfast.
Inquiring Minds Might Have Wondered . . .?
It is difficult to imagine that there is virtually ANY FEATURE on this planet that my home does NOT offer us but the truth is that 25 years ago there was something missing. Can you see what isn’t there?
The Great Pepper Caper – GO FOOD BANK GO!
We may have leapt tall buildings in a single bound in our FOOD BANK efforts this week but WHAT A HAUL WERE WE PROVIDED! This is what we began with:
An Altered State
Another blessed visit with our friend and guest, Michelle Jones, saw us smack dab in the middle of winter and saying goodbye to our 2022 Forevermore holiday special.
January Busy Work
January is not only acting like winter with cold spells, precipitation spurts of rain and snow, the wind has been bone-gripping so we have directed our attention to indoors tasks that have been overlooked.
The Icing on the Cake
As we test-drive the converted garden garage loft, a patio fence and gate just seemed essential to pull the whole package together.
The View Box
30 years ago, the Master Suite balcony came to me having been covered with tar paper and then various coats of elastomeric.
A Born-again Balcony please
Until recently, we have luckily flown under the radar for quite a number of years in terms of roof repairs.
Home Again Home Again
Back in October we realized to our horror, that our one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime Vicki Day book creation was damaged – horror of horrors!
Homeownership #101 – Part 3
Maybe the forecast of incoming inclement weather lit a fire under us, but at the best we made good use of the weather window we were offered to pour the concrete, do the final stucco patching, and repaint.
Out Out Drat Landing! – Homeownership #101 – Part 2
Day Two of this project saw Joshua with a sledgehammer to remove the remaining concrete and the rotted lumber.
Homeownership #101 – Part 1
I am guessing that perhaps 35-40 years ago in response to someone noticing that all four corners of my home were drooping, Phelps Dodge (then owner) jacked my entire home up and ran steel girders under her – an astonishing and resource-intensive feat from every perspective.
When it rains, it LEAKS
This last abrupt monsoon accompanied by gale-force (no joke) winds wrought havoc in the Master Suite and the garden garage loft. We were seriously in need of an ark! Here is what we found.
That Darned Food Bank Ann . . .
Dale Carnegie had not one living thing on our Ann, manager of the food bank.
APPLEBOY STRIKES AGAIN
Talk about a double-edged sword . . . we had some of the most spectacular monsoons this season and they were accompanied by typically gale-force winds.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
We really try to keep our relationship with ya’ll interesting and intriguing and you know how devoted we are to the stewardship of this grand old gal, The Surgeon’s House.
Carlsons Revisited
To the best of our knowledge and research in compiling This Is Your Life - -The Surgeon’s House, from 1929-1945, my home was occupied by chief surgeon Arthur Charles Carlson.
A Whole darned LOTTA’ Strata
Man, oh man was the serendipity flowing at our Wednesday food bank adventure.
A World of Its Own
Most of you know that I call TSH and the grounds my ‘Coconut Island in the Sky’ and it surely exudes an air of magic and other worldliness.
Who Dun It???
Another remarkable and outrageously fun and creative FIRST for us at The Surgeon’s House was a murder mystery conducted by the group of guests that were staying!
Can you BELIEVE it?
We really put on our Big Girl panties this week with master plumber Bob finishing running the water and gas lines and making all hook-ups ready for us.
And the Beat goes on
We have been pretty diligent albeit plodding in our repair of the garden garage but finishing the painting and minor stucco repairs led to far more visible progress a couple of days down the road.