OK, I’ve been lax about posting! Painting can dominate everything––I even forget to eat. Here is a recent project, an acrylic painting of Bartram’s Painted Vulture. I hadn’t heard of it either. Bartram’s Painted Vulture, a bird that formerly inhabited Florida (Acrylic painting by … Continue readingBartram’s Painted Vulture
Yesterday the Chiricahua Gallery in Rodeo, New Mexico, opened its holiday show. We’ve come to the 25th year––the silver anniversary––of our art guild’s founding. We’ve been around for a quarter of the time that Arizona has been a state! The gallery is a not-for-profit cooperative … Continue readingCelebrating the Silver
Overall, the news about the Horseshoe Two Fire is positive. Threat to the Portal area of the Chiricahua Mountains has lessened to the point that residents were allowed to return home this morning. We have all been unloading and unpacking! Wind has subsided greatly, aiding … Continue readingPortaleños Come Home
At tonight’s meeting with the Forest Service and firefighters from the Type 1 fire team, the Rodeo-Portal community learned the team’s current basic strategy for dealing with the Horseshoe Two fire. This fire is a handful, as many are proving to be across the West, … Continue readingThe First of Many Meetings
Yellow Grosbeak on Ocotillo north of Rodeo NM (Photo by Mel Moe) Our neighbor, Mel Moe, called this morning to report that a male Yellow Grosbeak, only rarely seen in the US, visited water in his yard early today. He sent these photos of the … Continue readingA Yellow Grosbeak––Yippee!