SUPERIOR HOME TOUR ART AND ANTIQUE SHOW

It's Sunday morning

That means

Church

Breakfast

and

An Adventure

It has been raining in Arizona for the past few days

Sunday morning was no exception

The GPS took us to Church Street

This front lawn caught my eye

 Cholla painted in bright colours

We arrived in Superior at 8:30

Mass 9:00

We thought we would be putting in time

Wrong!!

As I said

 The GPS took us to Church Street

In the distance we could see 

St. Francis high in the sky

But

We went this way we went that way

We asked for directions

We were under and around Highway 60

A true maze!!!!!

We made it with time to spare

A family of Mom Dad and three girls sat in front of us

Oh My Gosh

Check out the fancy frilly white socks

and

Silver sparkly little heels

Cute or what!!!!!!!!!!

After Mass we climbed in the truck 

We were in search of a place to eat breakfast

We had only gone a few yards when we spotted a Cafe kitty corner to the church

 Joe and I had eaten at a few years ago

We re-parked the truck and headed in

Now the story begins................

First of all Devonna went to the washroom

No toilet paper

No paper towels

Ken ordered a hot tea

Iced tea arrived

Three cups of coffee arrived along with hot tea

Sniff Sniff Sniff

Taste Taste Taste

We asked the waitress if it was flavoured coffee???

Cinnamon Vanilla

Honestly the three of us really tried to drink the coffee

We just couldn't do it

We asked if she might have 'regular' coffee

Not in the restaurant but she would call her sister to bring coffee over to the Cafe

We ordered breakfast

While waiting we were entertained with Mexican music

However

The music was very very loud

One of us slipped into the other room and turned the music down a bit

Much better!!

Must say we were the only people in the Cafe and it seemed forever before breakfast was served

WE ATE IN SHIFTS

I was first with two poached eggs and toast

Next came Joe's meal

We were through by the time Ken's two pancakes arrived on a little bread and butter plate 

He shared a few bites with Devonna and I

Next Devonna's breakfast 

Then

Ken's 'main' breakfast 

We were treated to real coffee

The sister went to Circle K and picked up coffee just for us!!!!!!!!

THANKS

Coffee Mate was on the table

We asked if we might have milk for our coffee

Sure!!!!!!

They were very accommodating and kept apologizing

They just got off to a slow start

Breakfast at Cafe Piedra Roja 

was interesting

Breakfast at Cafe Piedra Roja

was tasty

Will we go back to the Cafe

YOU BET!!!!!

The ladies were very friendly and accommodating

The boys left a big tip!!

When we first arrived at the Cafe we were taken to  another entrance as the main door area was flooded due to the rain

Here you can see where a trench is being dug

Just up the street from the Cafe this road was closed because of the runoff from the mountains

Superior was a mining town

In their day these hotels would have thrived

Want a cold beer????

As we walked the streets we came across these dogs

Both were chained

They were 'happy' to see us and wagged their tails!

Meet Doc

Doc is half Native American 

 He was accepted as a Healer

and only a Healer can obtain this type of Didgeridoo

Pottery was being fired in this small kiln

The Rainbow House

200 N Magma Street

Upon entering the home of Marilee Lasch

A true artsy fartsy woman

Marilee could not get financing to buy the home eight and a half years ago unless she built a kitchen

This is the outcome!

The photo above and below show one large room

The room once upon a time was a daylight garage/shop

A view of Picket Post from her bedroom balcony

Every so often we saw these tall tall trees around and about in Superior

221  223  225 Magma Avenue

The Copper cottages or Casitas 'little houses'

have been part of the Bribiescas family since the 1950s

The cottages have been restored and are rented out

The bathroom sink was replaced with a restaurant kitchen sink

NEAT!!!!!!!!!

This kitty was friendly

and

Meowed  Meowed  Meowed

Finally she let us pet her

76 San Pedro Street

Home of Pete and Shelly Casillas

Four from One, One from Four

A work in progress

# 66

In the early 1920s the ground floor had evolved into four separate houses all joined together

Each had it's own address while the basement level was only divided into two separate sections

The  home belonged to Pete's grandparents

What we saw was only a fraction of the renovations completed

It does not begin to describe the dreams he has for this home

One more puppy 'fix'

475 W East Street

Anna Jeffrey

This is the house that 'she' grew up in

Her Father made the swing set for her

Her Father had multiple callings

He was a machinist by trade

He was a gunsmith

He was a preacher

While in the home I noticed a piano

It is more than 100 years old and came from one of her Dad's churches

I have learned something here......

I need to read the handout before touring the home!

Next time!!!!

When we finished the tour we headed towards Globe to check out the waterfalls

This waterfall is just past the tunnel

Heading home

Weaver's Needle way over there

LIFE IS GOOD