Fun

Catching Birds

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Raptor Free Flight Volunteer

Goofing around at Tubac Center of the Arts

Black-throated Magpie Jay, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Hand-Painted Cards

Whether it is a postcard exchange with PaperWorks or creating original one-of-a-kind notecards for Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum or Tubac Center for the Arts, I spend my volunteer time painting small works.

Bird Note cards come with a Feather bookmark (Vermillion Flycatcher

Hiking and Camping

Sometimes I hike alone and sometimes with others. Often I sketch while hiking. Usually I paint while camping. Life’s pleasures.

Hauling water into the wilderness for wildlife

I’m never too elderly to participate in Junior Ranger activities! Summer 2025 just before the North Rim Lodge at the Grand Canyon burned to the ground in the Dragon-Bravo Wildfire

Catching rain water for painting under the ramada on a rainy day at Patagonia Lake State Park

Hucklebuck Tournaments

A favorite past-time while camping or killing time. Winner gets to draw the champion – sorry loser drawings! Tee Hee!

The dancing fiddler wins. The bluegrass banjo is singing the blues.

He wins. Happy and Sad pig dogs – Too fat for their own good.

Mini Collage

Isn’t tearing paper and sticking it down satisfying?

“Meandering the Canyons” – Watercolor Collage

Sharing my Time and Talent

Whether I am teaching, presenting, or volunteering my time at the Ironwood Gallery or the Art Gallery for Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, I enjoy my interactions with others.