January 1- June 19, 2016 - Apache Junction, AZ
The New Year was welcomed by a coyote in our backyard on the morning of January 19 th . Rex had let the dogs out into the yard earlier and was getting ready to let them out again when he noticed this beautiful coyote standing by the fence. We watched it for over 30 minutes and had a hard time getting hit to leave. Rex opened the side gate and we made a lot of noise – the coyote finally got tired of us and left through the gate. We had seen coyotes in our community before but were a little surprised that they would jump the fence into the back yard. We are more cautious when we let the dogs out now. February was not a good month health wise as Rex started experiencing chest pains when we got home from tai chi class on February 3 rd . We had to call an ambulance and he was admitted to Banner Heart Hospital after they discovered he had a coronary artery blockage. On the 4 th he had a stent placed in his left descending artery. He came home of the 5 th and