Idea for a CD cover.

Ever been to a cyclocross race? This one happened in Tucson’s Himmel Park in early 1998. (Hard to believe it’s been that long!) Part of the fun is watching the riders jump over things while holding on to their bikes. Perfect theme for a postcard…

This past Saturday, Habitat for Humanity Tucson started construction of its eighth Women Build home. The event drew approximately 100 women volunteers to the Habitat build site at Corazon del Pueblo. Once there, they got down to work with hammers…

and saws…

Then they put all the pieces together and raised the walls…

This one was created for a Creative Postcard Club assignment. We were given the task of designing a card that would promote our hometown.

This past Sunday, I stopped by the Main Library in Downtown Tucson. Just a week ago, the library plaza had been filled with artists and their admirers. The occasion was the 3rd Annual Tucson Madonnari Chalk Art Festival.

Even though the crowds have departed, the chalk art remains…

“Diamond” Jim Hewitt is a musician, music producer, and web applications developer from Oracle, Arizona. He periodically sends e-mails announcing upcoming gigs. The last one included a promo of his Tucson Folk Festival appearance, and it ended with admonition, “Be there or be trapezoidal!”

How could I refuse an invitation like that?

Jim was playing with the Blue Prairie Dogs, a group that has been together for around 15 years. The Dogs play family-friendly Western music, and they filled the “house” at the Folk Festival’s outdoor Museum of Art Stage.

Guitarist “Cactus” Dan Oved (left) with fiddler “Diamond” Jim Hewitt (right)

Bassist Doc Whitmore

“Diamond” Jim Hewitt on mandolin

Late last year, I worked with the University of Arizona Herbarium on a website makeover. The new site is up and running, so log on and learn about the Herbarium’s research collection of over 400,000 dried plant specimens.

Much of the UA Herbarium collection comes from the Sonoran Desert region and adjacent areas of the arid southwestern United States and northwesten Mexico.

This one started out as a photograph I took while watching the 1996 El Tour de Tucson bike race.

This past Saturday, chalk artists and onlookers turned the Main Library’s Jacome Plaza into an open air gallery. The occasion was the 3rd Annual Tucson Madonnari Chalk Art Festival. Skilled artists and their apprentices painted large, contemporary and traditional style murals in chalk…

While the artists painted, Orquestra la Unica played salsa…

and the University of Arizona’s Ritmos Latinos club danced…

This past weekend provided a visual feast for those who see the bicycle as art. From Tucson’s Bicycle Swap Meet and Alley Cat Bike Scavenger hunt, we have…