More color with Julia and Jade

Julia and Jade left today, and I'm already missing them badly. 

Even though their last two days here were cloudy and drizzly, we packed in activities. That's them with very colorful lunches at the Eclectic Cafe yesterday. That was after we toured the Botanical Gardens and before we pulled into the parking lot at Sabino Canyon to hike and the rain clouds dumped on us.

So instead of hiking, we headed home and on the way stopped at Ted DeGrazia's Gallery in the Sun to look at his handmade artistic compound of adobe buildings.

Above is his chapel. Below, Julia and Jade check out the kitchen in his adobe home.

DeGrazia, who died in 1982, was an American impressionist painter, sculptor, composer, actor, director, designer, architect, jeweler and lithographer. He's known for his colorful images of Native American children of the Southwest.

Everything has his artistic touch.

Here we are earlier yesterday in all our colors in front of a purple wall at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Update: The botanical gardens just placed fourth in the USA Today Readers" Choice Awards for Best Botanical Garden in the country! 

When it rained, we went inside the tropical butterfly pavilion where this golden butterfly landed on a poinsettia.

The desert garden included this bright green aloe from Botswana (above) and bunny eared prickly pear cacti.

Back home, Jade cooked a delicious vegetable tofu curry over Basmati rice for our last meal together. Come back soon!!!

Have a colorful day