Cafe a la C'Art

In our quest to keep cool without hiding in our houses, a few of us went to the Tucson Museum of Art this week after having brunch at the charming Cafe a la C'Art next door.

The cafe is in an old adobe building with a series of rooms for indoor seating and a lush courtyard for eating outside (when it's not 105 degrees). We had our cozy room all to ourselves. The high ceilings would have allowed the heat to rise in the days before AC.

The cafe is full of art, like this oil painting with my favorite animal -- bunnies.

"Run Away" by Gail Marcus-Orlen

The courtyard would be enticing, but not on such a hot day.

After we spent a couple of hours in the museum (I didn't get pictures), we drove around the old part of downtown Tucson looking at the established trees and old adobe houses. I was in the back seat so I didn't get good pictures of the houses. But I did a blog post on them here: turquoise-doors-and-pink-walls-in-old.html

Meanwhile, our temps have been above 100 for I don't know how many days (or weeks) and monsoon clouds continue to tease us without delivering rain. These clouds are over Pusch Ridge in the Catalina Mountains from this morning's walk.

Have a colorful day