(Click the photos for larger versions.) Congratulations to Sam who was the first person to correctly surmise the identity of this month’s mystery animal. The Javelina or Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) is native to the Americas, from the southwestern U.S. all the way down to Argentina. Though it looks an awful lot like a pig [...]
OK, I admit it, I am a weather wimp! According to National Weather Service it has been at least a week since we have seen 70s here in southern Arizona. I can’t change the weather but I can take heart in the fact that I am not alone in my winter weather wimpishness. To see [...]
The last leg of our summer trip found us in familiar territory: southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Several members of my family moved out to the San Simon Valley over a dozen years ago and we love visiting them; not only for their wonderful company but for the gorgeous views. The rhyolitic Chiricahua Mountains [...]
At first I doubted that we’d be able to drag ourselves away from our newly acquired property for a few months this summer. After all we are so excited about it and there is so much to do! But then something happened that encouraged us on our way: it got hot! Right around the first [...]
Finally, we have a chance to tell you why we’ve been in one place for so long. As many of you may know Lance and I have long dreamed of owning a spot of land where we could someday have a garden, chickens, and maybe even goats. A place where we would expand on our [...]
Wow! It’s been a while since our last update. Some of you have wondered what happened to us, well, everything is fine—we’ve just been extremely busy (more about that soon). I’ll pick the story up right where we left it, the end of Spring. We took advantage of the last of the coolish weather here [...]
This month’s challenge was a fun one—everyone who guessed got it right! Thanks to everyone who took a shot at it. And the winner is…Rich, who was the first to correctly identify our mystery critter as a Cactus Wren. I know two things about Cactus Wrens: one, they are the largest wren in North America; [...]
Though Spring is winding down here in southern Arizona, it’s not over yet and we’ve been enjoying as much of it as possible. It is a time of year to savor since May ushers in the start of another of this area’s five seasons1, Dry Summer. It has been an unusual Spring so far, one [...]
This April was a tough month, not only did it contain the dreaded tax day but it was also saddled with an admittedly difficult Travel Challenge. We knew this one would be tricky! Waterfowl are abundant at Sweetwater Wetlands here in Tucson during the winter. In final count the total number of birds in the [...]
I was really looking forward to Saturday, March 28th. Not only was I signed up for a free, in-depth tour of Romero Ruins at Catalina State Park (near where I grew up) but I also had family from Ohio flying in to town. Now, you may be wondering where Lance has been during the last [...]
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