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2008

Heaven and Hell in Tucson : September 2008
35 black-and-white and color photos of "heaven and hell in Tucson," including fine art photos of Mision de San Xavier del Bac, St. Augustine Cathedral, and the El Tiradito Shrine.

Colorado New Urbanism : July 2008
Sets of photos of New Urban and green building projects from the Colorado Front Range cities of Denver, Westminster, Longmont, Lakewood, and Boulder:
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Stapleton
55 photos from the redevelopment of the Stapleton International Airport into Stapleton, a series of mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods east of downtown Denver.
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Bradburn Village
41 photos from the new Westminster project that includes Colorado's largest collection of single-family solar homes.
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Prospect New Town
136 photos from the most eclectic New Urban development in the country, and perhaps the oldest in Colorado—Prospect New Town in Longmont.
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Lowry
22 photos of the redeveloped Lowry Air Force Base, primarily of the Gallantry refurbishment of Officer's Row in Lowry, southeast of downtown Denver.
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Belmar
37 photos from the Belmar project in Lakewood, which is a comprehensive urban redevelopment of a shopping mall. This set includes photos both from January 2006 and July 2008.
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Boulder Urbanism and Chautauqua Park
31 photos of Boulder's pedestrian Pearl Street Mall and Chautauqua Park, at the base of the Flatirons.
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Iris Hollow
22 photos from Iris Hollow, a small neighborhood northwest of downtown Boulder that is one of Colorado's first New Urban projects.
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Holiday Neighborhood
53 photos of the Holiday Neighborhood, a redevelopment of the Holiday Drive-In on Boulder's northwestern edge.

Daughters at the Desert Museum : July 2008
33 photos of my daughters at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: first for the Summer Saturday Night and then for the Coati Kids Club "Reptiles and Amphibians" event. Some flower photos, too.

The Maine Coast : June 2008
104 photos from mid-coast Maine, including Camden Harbor, Rockland, Penobscot Bay, Owls Head, Marshall Point, and Reid State Park.

Vermont and New Hampshire : June 2008
27 photos from northern Vermont and New Hampshire (plus two from Maine).

New Hampshire and Vermont : June 2008
84 photos from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, plus central and northern Vermont.

May Zoo Day : May 2008
23 family photographs from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona.

Elgin High Desert Grasslands : May 2008
61 photographs from Mother's Day weekend in the high Chihahua desert grasslands of Elgin, Arizona, fifty miles southeast of Tucson.

Yard Flowers : March 2008
39 late March wildflower, yardscape, and streetscape photographs from the community of Civano in Tucson.

A Night at Kitt Peak National Observatory : March 2008
21 photographs from an afternoon and evening as part of the Kitt Peak National Observatory nightly observing program, fifty miles west of Tucson, Arizona.

Dripping Springs Mountains Wildflowers : March 2008
58 wildflower photos (lots and lots of poppies!) from the Dripping Springs Mountains, and thereabouts, southeast of Phoenix, Arizona.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum : March 2008
16 photos from the Boyce Thompson Arboretum southeast of Phoenix, Arizona.

Superstition Mountains Wildflowers : March 2008
75 wildflower and canyon photos from the Superstition Mountains and Lost Dutchman State Park east of Phoenix, Arizona.

Picacho Peak Spring Wildflowers : March 2008
63 photos of wildflowers and dramatic scenes at Picacho Peak State Park northwest of Tucson, Arizona

Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch : March 2008
12 photos from a quick late morning visit to Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch nortwest of Tucson, Arizona.

Ironwood Forest National Monument Spring Wildflowers : February 2008
39 photos from a lovely spring day at Ironwood Forest National Monument northwest of Tucson, Arizona.

New York City : January - February 2008
72 photos from a literary visit to Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, New York.

Winter Day at the Desert Museum : January 2008
16 photos of a winter Saturday at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum just west of Tucson, Arizona.
2007

Texas Canyon, Arizona : December 2007
62 photos of boulder-strewn Texas Canyon in southeast Arizona, followed by a few sunset shots south of Vail, Arizona.

December Desert : December 2007
11 photos of a cloudy afternoon at Saguaro National Park East outside Tucson, Arizona.

Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico : November 2007
102 photos from Loreto and the new sustainable mixed-use Loreto Bay development in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

At Apple Annie's Orchards : October 2007
20 photos of pumpkin-, pepper-, and apple-picking at Apple Annie's orchards and vegetable patches near Willcox, Arizona.

Critters and the Girls Who Love Them : September 2007
21 photos of wild critters and the girls who love them at Tucson's Agua Caliente Park and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

A Visit to the International Wildlife Museum : September 2007
20 photos from the International Wildlife Museum, a taxidermy-based museum in Tucson, Arizona.

August Blooms—Barrel Cactus, Bird-of-Paradise, and Lantana : August 2007
22 macro photos of southern Arizona barrel cactus, red bird-of-paradise, and lantana.

Architecture and Symbols of Washington, D.C. : June 2007
49 photos—from dawn til dusk—of the monuments, memorials, museums, and architectural (and other) symbols of Washington, D.C.

Gateway Arch : June 2007
10 photos of the Gateway Arch and Jeffersion National Expansion Memorial on the Mississippi River in St. Lous, Missouri.

Desert Wildflower Colors : April 2007
83 photos of Sonoran desert wildflowers (and some not-so-wild flowers), including native species, cacti, and more.

Pima County Fair, Arizona : April 2007
23 late afternoon and evening photos from the annual Pima County Fair, just south of Tucson, Arizona.

Desert Snow : January 2007
14 photos from Southern Arizona's largest snowfall in 20 years. These photos were taken at and near Saguaro National Park East, just east of Tucson.

Alamos, Sonora, Mexico : December 2006 - January 2007
21 photos from the Colonial Sonoran town founded in 1684 and once the hub of the Spanish silver-mining empire.
2006

Professor Valley and the Colorado River, Utah : September - October 2006
40 photos from the Colorado River Convergence held at the Canyonlands Field Institute in Professor Valley, Utah; concluded with a handful of photos rafting the Colorado River.

Gardner Canyon Trail Run : June 2006
15 photos from the first trail run of Simmons's Subaru Outback—to Gardner Canyon, on the west side of the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson, Arizona.

Ben's Bells Studio : February 2006
28 photos from a Girl Scout outing at the Ben's Bells Project studio in Tucson, Arizona. Learn more about Ben's Bells.
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