Monday, January 11, 2010

The Pony Espresso and Leaving On a Jet Plane

(Fair warning: go make yourself a snack - this is a long post with lots of pictures!)

Well, It's about time I posted some pictures from my daughter's visit - she came to see me on her holiday from college just after Christmas and we had such a grand time!

The day after she arrived we drove out to Wickenburg and had lunch and coffee at the Pony Espresso cafe. Can you tell we enjoyed our food?



And here is the beautiful bronze in front of the Desert Caballero Museum - which I highly recommend seeing whenever you are out this way!



The whole town is filled with western art, and I especially like this frieze on the front of the Municipal center:



The next day we had our Christmas with some nice little gifts and decorated our gingerbread house "surfer style" Dude. Gingerbread men can surf, too!



We also enjoyed a nice little hike on the High Desert Trail here in town, and all the colors and textures in the rocks, plants and views.






One more day exploring Prescott together - town of coffee shops, antiques and some frosty snow on the ground! We took the chill off with some hazelnut lattes at the Raven Cafe and enjoyed the artsy atmosphere on the outdoor patio upstairs.


Last day together we walked around the property at home and took a few more snaps before a fond farewell...




The best gift of all...




5 comments:

Claire said...

oh thats the sweetest post!
Your daughter looks so much like you! looks like you had a fab xmas.
xx

Lolita Haze said...

What a great post!

Roxy (aka Hamilton Honey) said...

Thanks, Girls! Yes, we had a great time together - we always do. It's pretty hard to believe she's all gown up and off on her own!

Anonymous said...

You look like sisters

Roxy (aka Hamilton Honey) said...

Thank you! She's my girl, allright!