Undersea Nemo Mural has Surprising Models
It’s official name, according to the artist Joe Pagac, is “Harboring Beauty”. Around Tucson, however, it’s known as the Finding Nemo mural. It takes up …
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, …
2 lady murals and a Dragon named Toby
Tucson has become famous nationally for the spectacular, super-size murals around the city. Commissioned by the City of Tucson, the huge ‘Forget Me Not’ mural …
Gila Monster loves ice cream on this Tucson mural
Muralist Joe Pagac is probably most famous for his whales in the Tucson sunset mural at Grant and Campbell. Although the cowboy cyclist and pals …
Environmental friendly e-bike in Tucson
I stopped in at a nearby Post Office to mail my early-voting-by-mail ballot and out front of the Post Office was this e-bike. Clearly it …
Watching an amazing Romeo and Juliet on YouTube in Tucson
The Independent Shakespeare Company‘s free summer performances in Griffith Park are among the top 5 things I loved about living in Los Angeles. I didn’t fully …
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 …
Bighorn wildfire is approaching Tucson
UPDATE: 6 hours after I published this on 6/10/2020 the Pima County Emergency Management office notified residents of large parts of the Catalina Foothills and …
No sidewalk? No problem! Walk the streets
Since early March when I decided to seclude myself at home after a day at the races with a scary ending, almost all my exercise …