The Tucson Botanical Gardens are open until 9pm every Thursday this summer, starting this week (June 5-Aug 28). They have lots of kid-friendly activities in the works, including an outdoor movie, a treasure hunt, a pajama party, and live music. There’s also a fun dinosaur exhibit going on right now that’s great for [...]

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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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Have you seen any great wildflower displays?
We saw some amazing poppies, and, um, Purple Flowers, and Yellow Flowers.

The pics on the page were taken close to downtown–the first pullout on your right as you go up A Mountain, a three minute walk down the trail.
Glorious!

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We went to the St. Phillip’s Plaza farmers’ market last week (for the first time!) and were impressed by the variety and quality of the goods, especially the produce–and it’s December! Some gorgeous lettuce and delicious tomatoes that were inexplicably described by the seller as tasting “better than a tomato”.  Some really amazing goat cheese, [...]

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Our friend Kelly Watters is a fabulous baker (that’s her pecan pie above, captured deliciously by Josh Schachter –no stock pastry photos here, folks!), and she is making pies to order this holiday season as a way to raise funds for a very cool project. Kelly, market manager for the Community Food Bank, and her [...]

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The seasonal lights abound. This weekend is the start of the Tucson Zoo’s annual “Zoo Lights”.  Lots of pretty sparkly things, hot chocolate, and Santa (so, yeah, it’s more “Christmas” than “Holiday”–but Santa-Christmas, rather than Baby-Jesus-Christmas). The event runs Thursday through Sunday evenings during the month of December, from 6-8pm. The animals aren’t on display [...]

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