February 2020 - Paradise Valley Estates

by Gilberta Pierson

The Shutterbugs

About two years ago, Dick Feaster decided to find out if any of his fellow PVE residents shared his lifelong interest in photography.

by Jim Bonar

Beach Blanket Babylon

It looked like it would be a beautiful day as we boarded the PVE bus to “The City” to see “Beach Blanket Babylon.”

by Mary Ann McKinney

A Day of Delights

A springtime ritual for five neighborhood kids, of which I was one, was our version of “A Walk in The Woods.” There was nothing like a beautiful spring day in our small town of Globe, Arizona.

by Jane Walker

Paradise Valley Estates Staff Enjoy Preview Tour of The Ridge

With The Ridge, Paradise Valley Estates’ new 70-home neighborhood, slated for completion in 2021, the hillside area of campus is a bustling construction zone.

by Ian Lanouette

A Brief History of Valentine’s Day

The internet is a marvelous tool for researching just about any topic that one can imagine. I thought it would be fun to research the origins of Valentine’s Day.

by Vern Chong

Wall of Remembrance – The Collier Trophy

The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.”

by Rosanne Kaufmann

The Thread in My Life

Art has been a long thread in my life. As a child, I liked to draw and look at pictures and paintings in books. I drew all over my brothers’ books and homework assignments.

by Sally Gripman & Jan Heise

The Ohio Picnic

If you have ever lived in Ohio, been to Ohio, flew over Ohio, or can spell O-HI-O, then you will be welcome at our next get together in March 2020.