Ken Marich We all know how hard it is to celebrate the holidays without family members around the table. My daughter, Debbie Wallace, created a solution. She used family photographs, enlarged the heads to life-sized and mounted them on wood paint mixing sticks. When these photos arrived, Barb and I mounted the sticks to our…
Sheilah Britton Your SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to join us for an online Community Education program with Kim Matsushino of the Tucson Audubon Society on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. Kim will speak on Creating Beneficial Habitats for Birds and Pollinators. Kim Matsushino is a native Tucsonan who grew up…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Ranch Community Outreach (SBCO) had originally planned to host our very popular annual Home Tour on April 4, 2020, but the coronavirus had other plans. Like many other groups, we had to postpone this event. This past fall we thought moving the event to April 10, 2021, would allow sufficient time…
Sheilah Britton The image of plump, colorful fruit against a background of verdant green foliage leaves a lasting impression on any visitor to the Southwest who has left a white, snow-covered universe in the midst of winter. There is something slightly liberating about being able to pick fruit from a tree in your backyard, peel…
Mary Jo Bellner-Swartzberg Much has been written about Valentine’s Day over the centuries. Shrouded in mystery, Valentine’s Day has the vestiges of Roman, Catholic, and pagan traditions. History has indicated that Valentine greetings date back to the Middle Ages. It may not surprise anyone that Valentine’s Day is big business—in 2019 Americans spent $20.7 billion for Valentine’s…
Electronic Clutter Getting You Down? Carol Kiker The time has come to go through your drawers and cabinets and pull out those unused, outdated electronics that are taking up space. Dump them in your car and bring all that “stuff” to this community-wide recycling event. Not only are you cleaning out your house, but you are…