Rillito River: Before and After
Maybe the Rillito should be called the “Little Muddy” since the monsoon started! I had taken photos back on July 2nd of the Rillito River …
Category: Nature in Tucson
Monsoon arrives with splash and crash
The monsoon arrived on Friday with an intense downpour — just like the TV weather folks promised. I think my home was located right under …
Ranching lives in the central Tucson Campus Farm neighborhood
During a recent discussion about potentially selling off the land at the University of Arizona’s Agricultural Center on Campbell Avenue a long-time resident described it …
Yellow season in Tucson
It’s almost as if Mother Nature flipped a switch and all the Palo Verde trees across Arizona burst into bloom a few days ago. On …
Yellow VW Bug loves succulents
Well, if you have an old rusted out VW Bug lying around somewhere, you, too, can transform it into a gigantic yellow planter for succulents …
The Messenger sculpture in east Tucson
Taking a drive out to the Eastside of Tucson finally came up near the top of my To-Do list. So on one relentlessly sunny day …
Cactus Christmas mashup with La Catrina Lady of the Dead
The Tucson Botanical Garden seems to be throwing everything into the mix for this year’s holiday season. They have 3 Christmas trees plus Korean fabric …
Another wild Tucson mural and one that may vanish
Biking across the open desert on this Joe Pagac mural are a rattlesnake, a road runner and a horned lizard hanging on for dear life. …
Rillito Bend mural is wildly more than it appears
Dedicated in March of 2020, the mural to mark a southern side of the Rillito Bend neighborhood was created by a now-retired certified nurse midwife, …
Scary dangerous Phos-Chek drops
One way the Forest Service fights wildfires like the Bighorn fire now on the edge of Tucson is by dropping Phos-Chek, that red stuff you …