Left in Tucson

Driving is a privilege not a right.  That's why you obtain a license.  On August 23, 2011, while driving back home from running a series of regular errands around T-Town, I got photo flashed at the infamous Speedway and Kolb intersection.  I was about the 4th or 5th car in the flow of the traffic proceeding through the yellow light, when I saw the flash.  I prayed that it hadn't been for me but for the person behind me.  About three weeks later, I learned that flash familiar to all Tucson drivers had been for me.  The proof positive arrived in the mail from the Tucson Police Department; a photo of me behind the wheel of my BMW 325 CI, with hand raised as I swore at myself for being so stupid, along with a ticket for $335.  Ouch! A week later, I received my "invitation" to attend the mandatory Traffic Survival School, an 8-hour class to re-teach me the rules of the road.  While others I know have attended this class and similar ones, once or ...

MBs on Parade - Sept 10, 2011 Chaparral Club drive to Mt. Lemmon Catalina Highway to Mt. Lemmon The best of the best Note the "White Queen" in the far right corner View of sprawling Tucson below City of Tucson with Catalina Highway in foreground City of Tucson - Another angle A good place from which to take that leap.... Jim standing in the wash at Catalina State Park- sans Monsoon rain run-off. Bridge across historic Roosevelt Lake and Dam View of Roosevelt Lake to the south Roosevelt Lake sans boat traffic Rainbow over Tucson - East side Same Rainbow over East Side of Tucson Spring time in Catalina State Park "Great Horny Toad!" at Catalina State Park Same Horned Toad The trail at Catalina State Park Spring time view from trail at Catalina State Park Another spring time view from the same trail The wash (where's Jim?) at Catalina State Park Prickly Pear C...

AS the 2011 Monsoon season in Tucson comes to a close, here some photos of funnel clouds that formed over the city on Saturday afternoon.  Click here.   And here. And here .

What's a haboob, you ask?   See the haboob!  

Nature provides the best fireworks.

Figaro, my fig tree continues to produce figs. I am harvesting them daily! The bowl in the refrigerator was overflowing with these beauties. Jim is not a fan of figs, and I can't eat them all. They are excellent digestive "regulaters," however, I don't wish to eat so many that I spend the whole day in the bathroom :) I discovered several delicious and easy recipes for preserving my crop of figs. Which I will share here. SPICED FIG PRESERVES http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spiced-Fig-Preserves-15606 FIG JAM http://southernfood.about.com/od/jamsjellies/r/r81018i.htm

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