I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving day today! Here are a couple of quick snaps from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum today, including the very healthy turkey above.Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving day today! Here are a couple of quick snaps from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum today, including the very healthy turkey above.Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tucson Jewish Community Center Sculpture Garden
I really like this sculpture "Serenity" in the Jewish Community Center's (JCC) sculpture garden! Very impressive! I read in the paper that they had a grand opening of the sculpture garden last weekend, and was very fortunate have the time to be able to drop in for a visit today.
To visit, just go in the main building entrance to the front desk and ask to visit their sculpture garden (which is accessed from the inside). I was really glad I stopped by, a lot of impressive art here. Some are permanent collections, some on loan, and a number that will be there for 10 months and then replaced with others. Well worth the stop! Its free (although I left an unsolicited small donation at the front desk on by way out).
Here are a few photos I took along the way... I haven't included everything that's there so there will be some fresh sights should you get a chance to visit.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2009 Tucson All Souls Procession (3/3)
Drummers in the procession provided a strong and lively beat that added a lot to the procession, especially during times when it moved along slowly.

please, please tell me this guy doesn't miss Disco! Disco is dead. Disco get down, and stay down.
biting my political commentary tongue, ow!
looking backward at our procession going through the new 4th Ave underpass as we head downtown toward the site of the grand finale
a lot of photo ops looking out at the bystanders watching along the route...
a very photogenic couple
Looking skyward at members of the locale pyrotechnic theatre group Flam Chen performing while dangling from a large construction crane during the grand finale. [unfortunately the conditions of the finale really challenge my capabilities with my handheld point & shoot camera, so not a lot of pics to share here... sorry 'bout that.]
Remember the Urn full of remembrances? Here it is on fire being hosted skyward by a construction crane into the night sky.I really enjoyed this year's All Souls Procession and can't wait until November 2010 rolls around. I think the non-profit organizers do an incredible job with this event. This is really an amazing event and one that is hard to describe.
[I managed to get some better pictures and a short video of last year's finale which you can find over on my blog here]
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2009 Tucson All Souls Procession (2/3)
Its clear that women have an advantage when it comes to face painting...
A lot of creativity goes into some of the push/pull carts. These two really used their head.
ah, did I mention music? mixed into the crowd were a number of groups playing music such as this young group of mariachis.

every procession needs a chairman and a chairwoman
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What better way to resume blogging after a month off than with a few pics of one of my favorite Tucson events, Sunday night's All Souls Procession? The All Souls Procession is an annual Tucson event inspired by Dia de los Muertos. In recent years it attracts over 20,000 people downtown for a peaceful and non-commercial remembrance of departed loved ones in light hearted and enjoyable way.Ok, on to the pictures, starting with the clown above -- I guess birthdays do bring us one year closer, don't they?
This year's Urn, where people can place a short note of remembrance about a departed loved one. The Urn will be lit on fire and lifted skyward by a large crane during the grand finale later in the night (post #3 of my series).
Lots of people of all ages starting to gather at the starting area of the All Souls Procession. The Procession is held on a Sunday night and later than Dia de los Muertos to put some distance between the very different, more commercial, gore and party centric Halloween holiday).
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
GLOW, unplugged (3/3)
While wandering around the GLOW festival looking at all the illuminated art, it was easy to miss some of the year-round art sitting in the dark along the path. Time to turn on my camera's flash and take a few snaps into the surrounding darkness to see what lurks out there. Turns out, some pretty cool stuff...
more a GLOW in Oracle (2/3)
An unfortunate choice of night for this saucer to land and attempt first contact with earthlings. We didn't realize it wasn't part of the GLOW festival until it lifted off and went skyward... No doubt they thought us rude.GLOW 2009, Oracle, AZ (1/3)
I had a fun time last night at the Triangle L Ranch in Oracle attending GLOW with friends. GLOW is an annual multimedia art event held during a full moon in the town of Oracle (north of Tucson). Dozens of artists set up illuminated art out in the desert and people wander around enjoying the art and live music under the night sky. GLOW is being held October 2 & 3rd this year.
This was really cool, stained glass and cut out metal, about 6 feet tall. This would make a striking entrance to a house entryway!
the way a tea party should be held...
This Mad Hatter's Tea Party looks small in the picture, but was really quite large extending back maybe 20 feet or so into the desert. The stack of tea cups might have been 4 or 5 feet high.
Strange things out in the desert... This large creature was quite tall, kind of looked like a cross between a cat and a man. Quite impressive.Sunday, September 20, 2009
oil & soap & water
A quick experimental photo: top down shot of a little vegetable oil and dish soap in a blue plastic tumbler, lit from the side.Sunday, September 6, 2009
reflections on water
I escaped town today with a short drive up Mt. Lemmon (one of the mountains surrounding Tucson) to listen to bands perform at Music on the Mountain in Summerhaven. The forest was wet from morning rains -- very pleasant for walking around and taking a few snaps before the music began. The rain droplets at the end of pine needles looked like blown glass ornaments.
No passing this puddle in the center line strips of the road. I decided to try my luck at "working the angles" of pothole water reflections. This angle gave a surreal reflection of some pine tree trunks along the road.Back up in Summerhaven it was time to kick the shoes off with the rest of the crowd and listen to some great groups perform, such as the Nathan McEuen Band (above). It was very relaxing sitting under the large tent listening to the tunes, raindrops hitting the tent, and thunder in the sky. Nice.
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