Away from the Arboretum: The Caper

Three Tucson artists play an art prank on an internationally known ceramicist....

Another lovely weekend

Just a few pictures:












See below:
I had the cats out for a supervised outing, and Topher disappeared around the edge of the house. I called him and he wouldn't come (naturally), so I went after him. i heard a sound and thought, "It's too early for cicadas..." and found him face to face with a Western Diamondback Rattler. I really didn't want to kill the snake... and didn't. What does one do with these?

Topher: the Movie

If you're John Edwards and you're reading this, it's not the video I referred to. You'll find that just below. Feel free to watch this too, though!

Opening

Taking a break from patio building and tree planting, Lisa and I actually made it into town for an unusual dinner and art opening....

The Arboretum flowers

Here are three of the blooming highlights of this past weekend:



This is the Blue Palo Verde we call Blue, but he sure looks happy here!





























Mr. Berlandier, the Berlandier Acacia has been blooming for months (through the winter!), but never more enthusiastically than here.




















Though she took a while to get established, our Honeysuckle Vine, Betsy, is going "great guns." We hope to see great things from her this year!

Screw!

Screwby, our screwbean mesquite is leafing out. What a great tree! It's an Arizona native, but not nearly as common as other varieties. I can hardly wait until the beans come out...

Who can resist seed pods like these?

Pix from this weekend