6/4/09 One of Those Months, Attack Eagle & Cotton Candy

Ever have one of those months where you think you’re on top of things, keeping your metaphor- ical vehicle between the lines, but your metaphorical steering wheel falls off into your lap, the road becomes a roller coaster, the only advice you get is bad, seatbelts aren’t working, you start dreaming about elves, and whatever you do to try to prove you’re not crazy just makes you look crazier and crazier? Oh, well, uh … me neither.

Hey, how fun is that image to the left? My buddy, Jon, created that one by combining several images, including one of me standing in front of an eagle statue at Gold King Mine in Jerome. I was pretending the statue was attacking me. Yeah, I'm just a kid, really. You can't take me anywhere. ;)

Actually, May was another great month for Sedona Green Gallery & Gifts. No complaints on that front -- and if you catch me complaining, grab me by the shoulders and shake me back to my senses because the new location has been brilliant for us. There’s still a lot to do to get the store exactly where I want it to be in terms of sales and product, but no complaints allowed at this point. Now we're into June. Here comes the summer. Let's see how it goes.

Lizard, lizard, lizard: So many lizards dashing around Sedona’s Uptown Mall fountain at the back of the plaza! Several times a day, I’ll walk out to the large, rock fountain just to watch the lizards scuttle and dart rock-to-rock. That’s one of my favorite things about early summer in Northern Arizona: lizards.

You should smell Sedona in March and early June. The honey suckles are blooming, and the air smells like a cotton candy factory. Ummmmmmm. On top of that, the prickly pear cactus pads are loaded with yellow blooms. The javelinas have full, round bellies. Everything is alive this month. Green, purple and white. March and June are wonderful months in Northern AZ. If it’s too late for you to visit us this month, mark it on your calendar for next year.

I’ll be off work several days this month. Visitors and … things I want to do. Nevertheless, if you’re visiting Sedona, and planning to swing by Sedona Green Gallery & Gifts, you’ll get a special treat: Zen Jen will be in charge of the store on most days I’m gone; and she’s much prettier than I am.

Short blog this week. The store is full of customers, and I have to do that thing I do. Blog more at y’all soon. - Mike