Baby Starbuck

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Baby mania around here! Casey Starbuck Weeks-Acuna, born on July 6, 2009. We’ve been blessed with the arrival of baby Casey this summer.

Tucson, Starbuck, and Stencil Art

Following the Arizona dog show circuit to the Cañada del Oro Kennel Club Dog Show with another delightful visit to the Old Pueblo. Pretty sure you’ve figured by now, regardless of where we live. Tucson will always be in our hearts. The not-so-small city with the sleepy character, artsy downtown, and adobe barrios is always [...]

It’s dog show season in Southern Arizona

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Yes, it’s dog show season in Southern Arizona. And we just finished the five straight days of Fiesta Cluster dog shows in Scottsdale. Lisa was showing both her own dog, the champion Border Collie Sadie, and Brady. Brady is still earning his championship points. It was a good weekend for both [...]

Herding Fun Day-Arizona

EVENT PHOTOS on my flickr pages

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In conjunction with Molly Wisecarver and Double- M Stockdogs,
the Border Collie Club of Arizona sponsors a
Herding Fun Day
Saturday, December 13, 2008
8:00 AM through 4:00 PM
At Fire & Ice Kennels, Mayer AZ
Events include:
Large Field Ranch Courses, Agility style
If you have been to Molly’s “Ranch Days,” you know [...]

Anyone else tired of this look?

I wonder if 38 year-old Shepard Fairey was aware of the visual phenom he would start when he designed Obama’s iconic posters. The art is a nice mix of Communist propaganda and graffiti stencil styles in muted blues and the Commie red, all in the “big face” trademark of OBEY GIANT. I truly enjoyed its [...]

Tapestry Of Wool And Art

In early October I received an invitation to an art Opening at the Heard Museum’s Berlin Gallery, the museum’s two-year-old commercial venture. Aside the from the museum shop that is. The invite came in the form of e-mail from artist Marla Allison and a subsequent post-card from the gallery. I met Marla during this year’s [...]

Comida Chingona

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With the smell of politics in the air we are compelled to support the Calexico/Giffords ticket for congress with a 48-hour campaign road-trip. First a stop at Martin’s on Fourth Avenue for a fuel-up before the event just up the street at the Rialto theatre.

Dinner for me was a chicken mole [...]

Dogshow Weekend Near Prescott, Arizona

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Another dog show weekend for us. Saturday and Sunday were spent in higher country of Chino Valley. A nice way of trading in the 100+ degree weekend for the cool 80s. A friend, Molly, let us spend the night at her ranch to save us the 2-hour trip down to The [...]

Dog Show Time!

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Dog show weekend in Santa Barbara, California. Lisa and I, accompanied by our three dogs and a guest dog trekked out to SB for a three-day dog show weekend. We all crammed into the ‘88 Isuzu Trooper for the 7-hour drive to the west coast city. We stayed with friend Sonja [...]

Ryan Singer Pays a Visit

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My friend Ryan Singer stopped by to have a couple of his paintings photographed. I do that for him whenever I can to keep a record of his work and to distribute to publications. One of those paintings was this beautiful portrait. This image just doesn’t do it justice. As in [...]