Yes, that is my mom to my right. she came to visit me for the long weekend and i was also able to get the friday and tuesday off, which means that we got to spend five days together. here we are in a photo taken yesterday. i dressed her up in my very first 1880's dress and myself in the other and we went downtown, i think she truly enjoyed swanning about town (as mr. k put it) and having our picture taken, not only by the fartoagrapher, but by many a tourist.

we also had the opportunity, through the american legion, to spend a day with blind vets from tucson. we served them lunch, then we all walked up allen st, saw the shootout at the OK corral museum, took a ride on the stagecoach through town, and had a tour of the historic birdcage theatre. the stories these old gentlemen had to tell... and the amazing transformation- so down when they arrived, but so animated when they left us. i would do it again, in a heartbeat.