Katharina and I went to downtown Phoenix this afternoon to visit the Heard Museum of American Indian Art. Of course, the first thing she’s greeted with is this image of a horse.

This mural has been painted directly on the wall of the large hall after entering the museum. Back in January when we were here for the Yup’ik and Matisse exhibit, this wasn’t here yet.

Katharina wandered through the various exhibits in the museum stopping to read quite a few of the descriptions of the different southwest Native American tribes that are featured here. I’m keeping this brief without too many photos as I need a break from the extensive writing about our near-daily activities that I’ve been describing now for months.

We only stayed a little more than two hours, but I’d say it was enough to fill in some gaps and tell a bit more of the story of the indigenous people that live upon the lands of where we were traveling over the 4th of July holiday.

We are finally having a hot dinner at our place and I’m getting some help from our guest. Caroline and Katharina have eaten at home a few times while I went out for something to eat but we’ve not yet taken the time to cook. You might guess from the ingredients that we are making pasta.