Nature Photography: One-Inch Rain
This past Tuesday, we had one inch of rain in less than an hour. What does such a big downpour look like? Well, it looks like this in my rain gauge... Now, let's tour the earthworks that were installed...
View ArticleNature Photography: Rain Holiday Ends
Our monsoon season was off to such a promising start. Then it took a one-month holiday. Here in drought-stricken Tucson, we were beginning to wonder what we said that so greatly offended the summer...
View ArticleNature Photography: Half-Inch Rain
So much for trash-talking the clouds. One of them took umbrage and thundered at me. That cloud invited its friends over for a party, and rain it did! Half an inch in less than an hour. After checking...
View ArticleNature Photography: Rain on Hardscape
Mid-afternoon thunderstorm rolls in, ruining my plans to take a nap. Outside, there's the sound of raindrops soaking the hardscape. Like the brick edging around one of my garden basins... And the front...
View ArticleNature Photography: Early Fall Garden
Yes, it's still summer. And, yes, it's still hot as blazes. But September is just a few days away. Which means that it's time to get the early fall garden planted. What's in mine? I'm starting lettuce...
View ArticleNature Photography: Baja Fairy Duster
It's official: Tropical Depression Odile was a No-Deal. After spending several hours weeping over Tucson, she decided that we weren't supportive enough. So, Odile headed east and dumped her sorrows all...
View ArticleNature Photography: Never Give Up
Tucson's long, hot summer of 2014 almost made me give up on container gardening. Take, for example, my hot pepper pots. I watered and watered and watered them. (Why am I doing this?) The pepper flowers...
View ArticleNature Photography: Simon Says…
The remnants of Tropical Storm Simon love Southern Arizona. To the tune of 1.40" in my rain gauge since yesterday afternoon. And it's starting to rain again. Simon, how can we miss you if you won't go...
View ArticleNature Photography: Monsoon Garden in the Fall
Before this summer's monsoon season, I lost an entire barrel of spaghetti squash plants. Borers got to them. So, I re-planted the barrel with O'odham Vayo beans. I watered them. And watered. And...
View ArticleBicycle Photography: First Fall Cyclovia
Cyclovia Tucson used to be one of those annual events. And then it became popular. Very popular. The spring 2014 edition attracted 20,000 people to Tucson's South Side. The first-ever fall Cyclovia...
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