Sunday, September 14th is the 5th annual Tucson Zoological Society’s “Ice Cream Safari”.
It’s for TZS members only, and costs $5 for adults, $3 for kids 2-14, and free for the under-two crowd.
All you can eat ice cream, crafts, face painting, games, jumping castle, giraffe feeding.
The event is from 5-7pm, and the Zoo grounds will stay [...]

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This is a photo I took over a year ago, of our infant son and the Love Dog. I’m so glad I captured this moment.

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Thanks for your comments and emails about the Love Dog. We put him to sleep a few days ago, and it was the saddest thing, but sad in this pure way, sad and peaceful. I have to once again give a shout-out to our vet who is one of the most amazing people I’ve ever [...]

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Open studios this weekend–take your babes to see some art! Thanks to Diana for the information.
And sorry for the quiet week. There’s been a lot going on around here–mainly, the Love Dog isn’t doing so well, and there are decisions to be made in that area.
But we’ll hopefully be more verbose next week. In the [...]

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A very late Earth Day post.
This article by Michael Pollan, from the most recent New York Times magazine, provides a great discussion of the factors that contribute to our current excessive energy consumption and proposes some solutions.
Growing food in Tucson is tough but doable, right? People grow all sorts of food here. I’m just intimidated [...]

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(No, Los Lobos aren’t coming to town. I wish. “Saint Behind the Glass” is the best song evah.)

This Saturday, March 29th, from 3-7pm, come to La Placita Village (110 S. Church Ave.) and celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the reintroduction of the grey wolf to its former habitat in the southwest. We’re not sure [...]

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Let me tell you how much I love our vet. But first I will assure you that anything we rave about on TucsonMama is solely because we are excited–at this point, we’re not selling ads (and if that time comes, you will know it, because, well, there will be ads on the page), and we [...]

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