When my brain woke up at 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning, it tossed and turned a wide range of need-to-dos: scheduling a work project actually outside…
The melon’s parents grew on a commercial farm, likely in Yuma. It was delivered to Basha’s or Albertson’s, then consumed by my family, sometime in…
Eclectic. Wild. Scattered. Littered with the kids’ toys and gardening projects unfinished. I love my yard and also admit to zooming in on favorite plants…
Arms of scarlet globemallow wave from the flower bed my son started last year on Earth Day. Bright pink Parry’s penstemon flowers polka-dot my field of view. Flicks…
I confess: I made a trip to Lowe’s to buy a car-load of potting soil on Saturday instead of staying home. It was a chosen,…
We’ve been eating breakfast outside, my kids and me. It’s a summer tradition that got bumped up to spring this year since the schools closed. …
Good morning! We’re all trying new things at home this week, right? With my Nature to You public activities cancelled, I am using this time…
They’ll remember the ladybugs. Surprising, appearing at their fingertips, camouflaged yellow among the dry, yellow coriander. The planned lesson on seed collecting turned into ten…
The palo verdes blooming all around Tucson have cast a spell over me again. I couldn’t help but smile stuck in traffic on the freeway,…
In Tucson, the first day of spring on the calendar can go by unnoticed, minor. The weather became gorgeous (with a few lion-like interruptions) back…