Greeting! Hello! Hi! Hola! Bonjour!

Please excuse my absence . . . I’ve been busy Christmassing!  Sunday we spent a beautiful day at the Mill Avenue Art Festival near ASU.

For those of you in snowy conditions, I will reframe from revealing the temperature.  Let’s just say it was sunny blue blue blue.

 There were interesting people to meet,

yet I found myself fascinated with the local architecture

and contrast.

   **sigh**  I need a bunny.

 A big, giant bunny.

 And one of these in my yard.

Oh, I most definitely need this!

  Sunken entries and inverted buildings,

And lot of sparkling glass.

Interesting signs,

   Signs from my era,

and more shiny glass and angles.

A Mountain.

No, really, A Mountain!

The Tempe Normal School class of 1918 was responsible for installing the first letter on Tempe Butte. When the school changed its name to Tempe State Teachers College in 1925, students retained one side of the "N" to form the stem of the "T."

The school changed its name to Arizona State Teachers College, and in 1938, the letter "A" was installed on the butte. In 1952, a bomb blast destroyed the letter. The present "A" stands 60 feet tall and was built of reinforced steel and concrete in 1955.

Guarding the "A"
Each year, during the week leading up to the ASU vs. UofA football game, the Student Alumni Association coordinates the guarding of our beloved gold "A" from being painted by UofA students.

 

Oh my, he IS handsome in red.

So now ya know!

About Sunday.

Saturday is another story for another day!

I hope to catch up with all of my beloveds this week.

**blows kisses**