MESA REGAL ACTIVITIES and ARTISAN SHOW in ARIZONA

Before going to Las Cruses, we kept busy with the usual activities and visits.

Scrapbooking at Sunlife Resort with Peggy, Esther, and  Keri.
Esther and I went to this park in our area to help  Keri get
a scrapbooking group started.

Jan from Salem Ohio came to Arizona
to visit Esther and Bill.
Gary had worked with Jan in the past
at Lincoln Machine in Salem.

On Friday the 13th, we got a phone call from other Salem Ohio friends (now full timers here in
Arizona), Bob and Donna.  We always enjoy connecting up with them. This time it was at the Apache Junction Elks for dinner and Bill and Esther showed up as well.  Bob and Bill had both retired from GM, so much to talk about.

Bob and Gary

Esther and Donna

Bob and Donna had to dance to "Their song".

Thursday, after coming home from our trip to Las Cruses, we went for Bingo to meet up with other friends.

Jane, second from left and Bill second from right.
Gary on down the table.

Bill and Jane's neighbor, Heather,
and their friend, Dave.

We have missed spending time with Bill and Jane so we also made plans to get together on Sunday for snacks and our usual 5-Crowns card game.

On Saturday we had the Mesa Regal Artisan Show to work.  It is a compiling of all of the many, many arts and crafts activities here in the park. Gary worked the entire show at the display for the Colored Pencil Group.  He started this group when we were here to winter in 2011 and 2012 and it is still going strong.  He was glad to see that!!
I worked the Scrapbooking Group's tables for an hour also.
The woodworking tables were awesome as well as the Quilt Show which filled an entire Hall.  These are just two of the 20 to 30 groups in the park. You never need to be bored when staying here.  In fact, we feel that we were keeping too busy at times.

A picture can not show the minute detail.

Carvings from bark.

Murray, my scrapbooking friend's husband.

More Group's Displays:

Zipper Art Display

Photography Display

Scrapbooking  Display

Scrapbooking,
Audrey and Gary's grandson's album

Scrapbooking,
Audrey's Travel Friends and Relatives album

I just realized that I did not download any photos of the Colored Pencil Art tables.  I will have to go look for them.
Oops! My phone did not download! Not sure what I did wrong the first time.

 I thought this lady's work was unbelievable!  But then I think the same about Gary's  - - to follow.

Cape Blanco in Oregon
where we were hosts for the month
October 2011

I would have taken more pictures, but ran out of time.

And last, our Sunday afternoon snacks and 5-Crowns card games with friends - -

Esther, Jane, Bill, Gary and Bill

Stay tuned for the Church Picnic that we went to following the Artisan Show.  See what I mean about keeping busy.  They are the end of the season here, mostly March. Everyone crowds in their last grand get-together.  And the Street parties!  We only got to one of ours, on Christmas Eve.  The others always conflicted with other things.