A Toast to You ~ Happy Halloween!

On Halloween everyone can find love - even a witch and a ghoul. The pirate/fortune teller bartender is happy to provide bloody drinks & love potions of all types. A nice skull mural behind the bar sets the tone for Halloween romance....

This fun and creepy tableau is on display at Loew's Ventana Canyon Resort - just outside of one of the resort's bars.

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
http://www.loewshotels.com/

(520) 299-2020

A Ghoulish Halloween Marriage in Hell ~

Who says marriage is hell? This dapper skeleton groom is obviously enchanted with his corpse bride. "'Til death do us part" doesn't seem like quite the right vow, though. What do you think?

El Tour de Tucson ~ yard art

This huge metal sculpture graces the front yard of a private home. The circle of cyclists never stops, never gives up... I view it as a salute to all of the participants in Tucson's upcoming "El Tour de Tucson," a world-famous cycling competition that will take place on Sunday, November 21. Tucson is a favorite city for bicyclists and now, with the Tour just weeks away, all of Tucson's bikepaths and roadways are filled with bicyclists in training for the big day: 109 miles in total.

http://www.pbaa.com/!ETT/ETThome.html

Abandon all hope...

Well I suppose you can hardly hope for a cheerful message in a Halloween yard display but this one reminds me of the inscription to the entrance to hell in Dante's Divine Comedy, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Jeez, I wonder what message they'll want to send to Santa in December - crime scene tape that says, "Do not cross"? Trick or treat, kids?

Tucson Groundbreaking ~ A day of health!

I attended a groundbreaking ceremony that was held on the Kino Campus of University Physicians Hospital for a new behaviorial health pavilion and crisis response center. Now the citizens of South Tucson will have a state of the art facility close to home. This collaboration involved Pima County, the voters (who approved the funding bond), the hospital's parent entity (UPH), the Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, and the U of A.

As you would expect, the tent was filled with many beaming elected officials (November 3rd is just a few days away!). The tent was also surrounded by an impressive showing of police & firemen - the first responders who work hand in hand with all hospitals to render emergency health services.

http://www.uph.org/

The Tarantula that Terrorized Tucson ~

Got tarantulas? I can assure you that we definitely grow 'em big here in Tucson. Here you can see two giant arthropods planning an attack. Oddly, tarantulas of this extraordinary size only seem to come out around Halloween time...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula

Roll out the Welcome Pumpkin ~

I love it when homeowners turn their house into a home with the addition of personal touches. In among the many creepy/crawly houses decorated for Halloween, I walked past this one and it seemed so... old fashioned... somehow. This rustic little bench displays a scarecrow with a "Welcome" sign flanked by fall foliage and a cheerful stout pumpkin.