Still Good Advice~

21 FEBRUARY 2012

Spring seating ~

If you want the quickest way possible to perk up a drab patio & yard, add some of these colorful plastic chairs for a cheerful lift! Spring will be here before you know it so get ready for those patio parties and say "Welcome" with a chair bouquet.

Local Tucson Taste ~ Chef Ryan Clark

Chef Ryan Clark ryan@chefryanclark.com | chefclark.com MISO ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUTS

INGREDIENTS: 4 cups brussels sprouts, halved, stem removed 8 cloves of garlic, halved 4 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp miso paste 2 tbsp brown sugar 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar 1 tbsp dijon mustard 1/2 lemon, zested salt and pepper as needed

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl toss the brussels sprouts and garlic with the olive oil and salt and pepper. Spread out on a baking sheet and roast in the oven for 12-15 minutes until caramelized and tender. While the brussels sprouts are roasting add the remaining ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix to combine to make the miso glaze. Once the brussels sprouts are roasted and still hot add them into the mixing bowl and coat with the miso glaze by stirring until evenly dispersed. Serve immediately.

Durable Desert Dwellers ~

Two of our desert dwellers are captured here - the frisky and engaging little antelope ground squirrel and the barrel cactus.
Photo courtesy of Ken Wilcox. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope that your day is filled with love and chocolate! 

With spring comes bugs - BIG bugs!

OK, OK, I know that spiders aren't bugs (they are arachnids) but "Big Arachnids" didn't have quite the same ring to it. Here is another imaginative piece of residential yard art (well, in this case - ROOF ART) spotted by a follower. Note the golf club legs! This is the same house that has the robot mailbox and the dragons.... I guess the guy is an ex-golfer! Good way to reuse and recycle!

Photo courtesy of David Aber. 

There goes the neighborhood!

Check out these wacky dragons as yard art! FUN!

Photo courtesy of David Aber. 

Today's the Last Day!

If you have been meaning to drive down to Tubac for the wonderful annual Festival of the Arts, today is your last chance. From 10am - 5pm enjoy music and art in a quaint village setting.  Drive South on I-10 and take Exit #34 for Tubac.