Spring’s just about to give way to the summer heat. So, time to catch the chuparosa blooms before they fade away…

It’s been an especially good spring for new buds on the cactus. My prickly pear have been quite industrious…

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The aloe that I planted four years ago just can’t contain its enthusiasm. This bud is growing through a crack in my retaining wall…

The iceplant is much more tame — except for the flowers…

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Yesterday was cold, windy, and rainy. Despite the not-so-perfect weather, the annual St. Patrick’s Parade wound its way through Downtown Tucson. The Seven Pipers Society helped lead the way…

Since this was a Tucson parade, it had to include some industrial-strength weirdness. The Mashed Potato Queens were more than happy to oblige…

This puppy found […]

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Yesterday was a great day for a ride, and I’m not just referring to bicycles. I pedaled mine down to Fourth Avenue, where the Tucson Law Enforcement Motorcycle Festival and Swap Meet was raising funds for the Special Olympics and Shop with a Cop.
As one would expect, there was a lot of highly polished chrome…

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Last month, I wrote about a Watershed Management Group project that’s transforming a steep slope on a private property west of Downtown Tucson.
I’m pleased to report that this project is now done. A small, but mighty band of WMG volunteers applied the finishing touches this past Sunday.

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This past Saturday, the Watershed Management Group ran a workshop to install earthworks on an undeveloped urban lot in central Tucson. Participants working with an excavator (shown above) to create large broad basins, raised pathways, and swales.
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Spring is in the air, and that means that Tucson’s Watershed Management Group volunteers are back in action. Here, two shovel-wielding volunteers are helping a local family solve a steep problem
Seems that the west side of their property has a steep slope that does a convincing imitation of a waterfall when there’s a heavy downpour. […]

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Yesterday morning, the Mustangs, Thunderbirds, Fairlanes, and T-birds lined up on Tucson’s Fourth Avenue. The occasion was Fords on Fourth, an all-Ford car show…

Fords on Fourth offered a veritable banquet of treats for those who like to get under the hood…

Or you could see the festivities reflected on this hood…

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