Useful Trivia

This is the main commercial district of Tucson Arizona in 1887. Here you see Congress Street looking west toward the...

  This critter is also known as a hornworm and can devastate a tomato plant overnight. It grows into a...

Historians disagree about the meaning and source of name Arizona. Historian James H. McClintock notes that the name was probably...

This Great Blue Heron landed briefly on a friends chimney Saturday afternoon. If herons are here there must be fish...

The frogs were sunning themselves in the riparian exhibit at the Desert Museum last week.

This is Rowdy The RoadRunner. Photo taken last week. He looks startled. No way. Just mugging for my camera. All...

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These white cows are affectionately known as "The Girls" in Arivaca, Arizona. Headed down the main street they appear to...

The night-blooming Cereus, the native Arizona kind, typically blooms only one day a year. When I say, one day a...

These are two of my favorite photos.  It gets hot here and even the snakes need a break. As luck...