Event Photography: Happy Birthday Tucson
August 15th, 2011On August 20, 1775, a bouncing baby city was born. Its name? Tucson.
It's been 236 years, and the Old Pueblo still has quite a bit of bounce. It was certainly in evidence at one of the biggest events in the month-long celebration of Tucson's Birthday.
The big event? 2nd Saturdays Downtown, which brings tens of thousands of people into the heart of our city.
Since this is Tucson throwing a big party, you need to have plenty of local music. Here's the band Widow's Hill performing at the entrance to the Ronstadt Transit Center...
Of course, no party would be complete without people showing up in unusual costumes...
And there has to be dancing. In this case, break dancing by the members of Les Avenge, who set up shop outside the Rialto Theatre...
Tip: You can view more event photography in my portfolio and on this blog. I am also available for event photography assignments in Tucson, Arizona, and elsewhere. I specialize in concerts, festivals, parades, political rallies, and sporting events. To check availability and to request a proposal, please e-mail me or call 520-690-1888.
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Photo Essay: Building Garden Basins
August 12th, 2011Well, the monsoons have been with us for more than a month, and count me as unimpressed. I was hoping for giant storms with lots of rain, loud thunder, and bright lightning.
And I'm still hoping.
So far, our rainfall has been scanty, and the sound and light shows have been lackluster.
In the meantime, fall is creeping ever closer, and that means garden time. I mentioned in an earlier post that my two garden basins were allowing water to pool around the edges, rather than in the center. In the sunken garden game, that's a no-no.
The first part of my garden repair project involved finding materials for lining the edges of the basins.
Fortunately, there's a nearby vacant lot in the path of an upcoming road widening project. This lot has all sorts of busted-up concrete, and it's free for the taking. The official name for this stuff is "urbanite." Here it is, awaiting installation in the basins...
I was planning to dig out both basins in one day, but reality intruded. The big basin turned out to be more than enough work.
Said work was made all the more difficult by my neglecting to soak the basin with water. That would have made the digging a lot easier. Oh, well. I eventually got the job done...
In addition to getting my gardening space ready for fall, I'm also drying mesquite beans so that they can be ground into flour. They should be ready for the Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta in November...
What's this stuff? It looks like big drops of water falling from the sky...
The good news is that the water's pooling where it's supposed to be. The even better news is that Mother Nature is soaking the basin where I had yet to dig.
No sense in procrastinating any further. I dug out the second basin...
In a few weeks, it will be garden seeding time. Looking forward to it!
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