NOV 18, 25.. RAIN.. IN SUNNY ARIZONA?

 This afternoon, as I was out and about, I couldn't help but notice that the skies were very dark.

I said to myself .. "The skies look like Rain Skies. I think I will shoot a few photos showing that not all of our days here in Arizona are sunny."

Do you all agree that the below are "Rain Skies?"

The next photo below looks up our street. You can see the very dark skies in the background.

The below photo looks at the dark skies behind our next door neighbors home.

After snapping the above photo, I was home and went indoors.

Then suddenly I heard rain outside. Out I went and snapped the below photos of our Courtyard in front our apartment.

Our parking lot behind our apartment.

Looking out front at our truck and the street.

After the rain ended, I went out to the store. When I returned I snapped the below photo looking up our street. 

Rain? Here in sunny Arizona? You betcha!

Smiling, Cap and Patti

I have got to say to Ginny .. "Thanks so very much Ginny for all of the assistance you gave me helping me to download the above photos!"

NOV 10, 25.. ARIZONA and ALASKA..BEGINNING OF WINTER 2025-26..

As all of you who follow us on our dotnet website (babakaps.net) know, Patti and I are fortunate to be spending another winter down here in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

The photos below show you current scenes in Anchorage, Alaska (snow), and Arizona (sun).

How about our Anchorage Suburban!

Last October the 31st.

Now look at him.

Down here in Arizona, many people, if not most, call we Winter Visitors "Snowbirds".

This is incorrect. 

"Snowbirds" would seek snow and go North. 

We are "Sunbirds" down here seeking the sun.

When I explain this to local residents, they all agree.

Cap and Patti your very own, extremely happy, "Sunbirds".

OCT 28, 25.. TACO TUESDAY..

I just love Google.

So I Googled "Taco Tuesday" to see if Taco Tuesday truly is a legitimate saying.

Here is what I found..

One popular theory suggests that a restaurant in California, possibly Taco John's, coined the term "Taco Tuesday" as a catchy way to attract customers. The phrase soon gained traction, and other eateries began adopting it to boost their sales.

There you have it.

TACO TUESDAY.. 

This past Tuesday, October the 28th, Patti and I decided to try out a local Taco eatery that we have heard about.

The proper name of our local taco eatery is not GANJA GUYS.

Its proper name is EL JEFE TACO JOINT. 

Looking out at our Chevrolet Suburban from our table.

As you look down at the next three photos, please notice how small (Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny) the Taco was.

A very nice photo of "Our Patti".

We split a Spicy Chicken Taco (in the foreground) and Chips and Dip (in the background).

At $5.50 for the Taco and $7.50 for the Chips and Dip we felt it was "overpriced" for what we got.

Below is a close up look at the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Taco.

No. We don't plan to return to the EL JEFE TACO JOINT.

Cap and Patti

Bye The Way, below is a photo of Nachos at Carlos O'Brian's in Scottsdale, Arizona. Yes we paid a tad more but..

OCT 18, 25.. AUTUMN LEAVES IN ANCHORAGE..

It's now Autumn 2025 up here in Anchorage. 

Autumn everywhere is so beautiful.

Soon (early November) Patti and I will "fly away to Arizona" to spend winter there.

Before we two "fly away" we wanted to show you our local landscape contractor's annual project of clearing up and removing our Autumn Leaves.

Taa Daa..

Here we go!

Leaves? Did we say Leaves? We most certainly have leaves after our local trees have finished "shedding their green summer leaves".

Step One for our local landscaping contractor, is to move the leaves into several collection areas.

Yes Oh Yes Indeed. It is a "very loud project"!

Now the leaves have been gathered into several smaller collections.

Now the process of gathering the leaves up and removing them from our Green Strip begins. 

This is "quite a process".

Now they move the leaves onto the flat, open, tarpaulin.

Now they are taking this load of leaves out to the front of our building.

At the front of our building, a special truck awaits the loads of leaves.

Whewie! As you can see, this is some job!

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Last year Gullible asked us:

I wonder what happens to the leaves after they leave your area?

It depends 100% upon who owns the truck. The Municipality of Anchorage (MofA) or a private contractor hired by the MofA.

The MofA work crews dispose of them in various city owned dump sites, from ordinary sanitary land fill areas to other city owned dumps.

The private contractors are free to dispose of the leaves as they wish provided they do not break MofA Ordinances governing dumps.

Due to MofA Ordinances, the leaves are not used for mulch because of the odor that would arise therefrom.

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The job is now finished for another year!

Cap and Patti and Ginny down in Laughlin, Nevada, who assisted us in downloading the photos!!