Tucson Photoblog

Art Deco on Stone

Louz — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:00:03 +0000

This is the 1930′s Art Deco building was the reason I stopped to take photos in this neighborhood on Stone. It is currently in use by a who handles “divorces, bonds, child suppport, income tax, accounting” and an insurance agent.

Downtown from Stone

Louz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:00:13 +0000

Looking towards the south side of downtown Tucson from Stone, taken in the evening. Somehow this view seems oddly intimate to me, like approaching a restaurant from a back alley. I like the signs advertising boxing, a car show , something called an “Asian spectacular”, events being held at the Casino del Sol. The AVA Amphitheate r is on the Pasqua Yaqui reservation near Tucson and is associated the gaming casino.

How Many Sculptors Does It Take…….

Louz — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:10:32 +0000

This and some other photos I’ll be putting up this week are from a walk one evening on Stone Avenue just south of downtown Tucson. I sometimes ponder the value of doing this blog but then there is just so much to celebrate in Tucson, like this odd, eclectic and semi-funky neighborhood on Stone.

The title is of course a play on lightbulb jokes. I don’t know how international they are. Here’s a sampling for dog lovers:

Q How many dogs does it take to change a lightbulb?

Border Collie: Just one. And then I’ll replace any wiring that’s not up to code.

Rottweiler: Make me.

Labrador Retriver: Oh, me, me!!!! Pleeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I ? Please, please, please!

German Shepherd: I’ll change it as soon as I lead these people from the dark, check to make sure I haven’t missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation.

Jack Russell Terrier: I’ll just pop it in while I’m bouncing off the walls and furniture.

Spring in the Sonoran Desert

Louz — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:19:46 +0000

One of the common names for this is fairy duster. Its always one of the earliest bloomers, on bare rocky places, and it blooms every year, no matter how dry the winter. I have hopes this year the spring flowers will be amazing because we had a wet winter but too early to tell yet.

Contemplating A Fountain, El Presidio Square

Louz — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:49:05 +0000

Windy Point at Dusk

Louz — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:27:34 +0000

Rainy Night

Louz — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:12:25 +0000

With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round…

Louz — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:56:41 +0000

The title comes from a hymn/the otherwise ordinary street is in the Barrio Historico, looking toward the Tucson Mountains.

Door

Louz — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:40:05 +0000

Courthouse View

Louz — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:57:23 +0000

Old County Courthouse – its central courtyard – in the foreground, one of the City of Tucson office buildings on the right and the Unisource building on the left. A range of architectural styles spanning about 200 years. I wonder if it affects how we think, we who spend time in these cities, to have this kind of both architectural diversity and dissonance going on, like 3 different kinds of music playing at the same time.