It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood--the neighborhood of the plaza...........

I'm off to work in the Bienvenidos booth--and on this day I was interviewed by a reporter from THE NEW MEXICAN and ended up on the front page! (above the fold!).............

A visit to Sylvia's outstanding garden....................

Her garden is timed for constant bloom, and on this day, the daylilies were most beautiful!...............

A gorgeous specimen!--the flower, not the finger--nor the ring.......................

Some of Sisi's daylillies are almost six feet high.......................

We are all fascinated by this exotic plant..................

All of the red blooms in this formation look like a firebird in flight......................

A merry gaggle of flowers................

These ones remind me of women wearing their Sunday-go-to church hats.......................

But none tops this specimen for fascination...........................

One of my sentimental favorites--the zinnia...............

A portrait of a master gardener...............

In this shot, Sisi is symbolically being crushed by a heavy blossom. The amount of work that it takes to keep up such a large and varied garden is truly overpowering...................

In a display of true narcissism, I photograph the Newspaper boxes with my photo on the front page--above the fold..................

Nothing says summer like pretty girls, convertibles and CALIFORNIA. Photo courtesy of one of Binky's Facebook friends.................

Baby Binks with some of her pals.......................

A very, very nice photo of long time friend Orlando Romero that appeared in a local Santa Fe Magazine..................

Courtesy of the Albuquerque girls--Pattie and Kelly--shots of the new Snow Leopards at the Rio Grande Zoo...........................

They are adorable....................

And snow leopards are Dwight's favorite animal--except for Winston, Mei Toy, Solange, Topaz and Tallulah...............................

Did I mention, these guys are ADORABLE!.............

And a great summer is being had by all!