This Month in Military History: Fifteen Stars and Fifteen Stripes

Come Join the Fun of Stained Glass!

Woodshop Makes Music

It’s Christmas in July at the Material Girls Studio

Fine Arts Guild’s New Approach to Summer Painting

Robson Ranch Heroes

Nancy Glass This cleanup project began when the Adopt a Highway project here at Robson Ranch was canceled due to COVID. The trash was building up along Jimmie Kerr Blvd., so at the beginning of December, I went out to pick up trash. It can be done with no contact with anyone else. My original goal was to…

Monsoon 2021: What You Should Know

Marilu Trainor Sean Benedict, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) Phoenix office, shares information about the upcoming 2021 Monsoon season in Arizona. Q: Tell us about the upcoming monsoon season in Arizona? The North American Monsoon System (NAMS), which includes Arizona, is based on a calendar system. NAMS runs from June 15 through Sept.…

The Color Wheel and Color Mixing

Watercolor paint-mixing

Deborah Dougless With Nancy Friedman and Nils Johnson using all liquid paints, especially for our Sonoran Desert Plants, two small groups that were socially distanced met on May 12 and were introduced to the color wheel. Participants learned about the primary, secondary, and tertiary relationships between colors. They also learned about hue—adding white to lighten a color; shade—adding…

New for the Fine Arts Guild: Watercolor Spotlight Thursdays

Controlling their water in watercolor painting with the help of Terry Helmstetter are (left to right): Karen Cutrell, Terry, Karen Kulling, Susan Halley, Doreen Beers, and Louie Cano.

Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Director On March 18, the Fine Arts Guild started Watercolor Spotlight Thursdays during which members with watercolor supplies met to paint selected subjects with Don Helmstetter as their mentor. On the first trial day, the room was filled to our 10-person COVID-limited capacity. Those participating the first Thursday were Doreen Beers, Susan Halley, Margie Calhoun,…

Respiratory Wellness With Essential Oils

JoAnne Gaudioso Numerous studies show that certain essential oils may ease respiratory symptoms from allergies, pollution, a cough, or a cold by soothing the throat, fighting bacteria, acting as a decongestant, increasing expectoration, and soothing inflamed mucus membranes. Essential oils such as eucalyptus, rosemary, and peppermint are historically known to help clear and strengthen the respiratory…

Vagabonds Visit Willcox

Jill and David Riker The Vagabonds RV Club spent a four-day, fun-filled rally in Willcox, Ariz. Willcox is in the heart of Arizona wine country, so we had a great time exploring many wineries. Friday afternoon we did a group wine tasting at Birds and Barrels Vineyards on their beautiful patio overlooking the vineyards. Andy’s Tex-Mex…