Catching Up With the LeRoys

Yes, we're still here, thanks for asking! It's time to catch up a little on what we've been doing, which has not been travelling.

First and most important, you may remember that Suzy had bariatric surgery last January. This is Suzy before the surgery.

Then in May we showed you "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," after a loss of 76 pounds.

Well, here we now, just more than six months after surgery, and the loss is 103 pounds!

On another thread, we introduced you to the family of quail that was born on our back porch. Many folks asked for updates on the quail. This is "Our Family" now. Only six youngsters are left, but they are healthy and happy.

Lots of other families come to our place for food as well.

Another new thread: we recently left a comment with Al of the Bayfield Bunch that we had recently planted a bunch of stuff in our yard, and Al wanted pictures. This is a Trichocereus hybrid, the last item we planted. It's about to burst into bloom.

How about this Trichlobivia hybrid, with its friend Grouch?

Or the new Lantana (left) and Red Bird of Paradise (right)?

Here are a couple of shots of our cactus garden. I keep hoping we don't find anything else to plant here!

We bought a Desert Willow tree for the front yard, had it delivered and planted for us. Danny of the Civano Nursery did a splendid job.

The Desert WIllow flowers look almost like miniature orchids.

There are lots more pictures of cactus, quail, plants, and the tree in our web album called Suzy and Cactus. But we want to leave you with this early sunrise recently, on a day in ... Our Life on Wheels.