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Tumamoc Sketchbook

Sketched, snapped, or scribbled on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson's sacred mountain.

mesquite beans on the ground
August 15, 2020August 20, 2020

The unbearable lightness of beans

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June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

Summer sketchings

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May 18, 2020May 19, 2020

View from Tumamoc: by Bill Hartmann

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Visualizing Tumamoc Hill in a 3D map form.
April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

Visualizing Tumamoc (Part 2)

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A Pinacate beetle or stinkbug prepares to defend itself on the Tumamoc Road.
April 17, 2020April 18, 2020

All’s Quiet on the Mountain

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Tucson Catalinas storm from Tumamoc Hill by Nick Georgiou
April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

Tumamoc on our mind

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Student's field sketch from Saguaro class
April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

Saguaros: Portraits of Giants.

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3D map sketch of Tumamoc Hill in Tucson Arizona
March 30, 2020March 31, 2020

Visualizing Tumamoc (Part 1)

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March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

March musings in Tumamoc’s shadow

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March 3, 2020March 27, 2020

Brittlebush ascending

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Student in the Tumamoc Art & Science OCurse draws a live desert tortoise
February 19, 2020March 30, 2020

The Spring Tumamoc Art & Science Course

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gila monster sketch by Barbara Terkanian
March 3, 2019March 4, 2019

The New Tumamoc Art & Science Course

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trout_meriwether lewis explorer notebook
May 11, 2018August 29, 2019

Field Notebooks

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pencil sketch for a Sonoran Desert Panorama, by Paul Mirocha
March 28, 2018March 31, 2018

The Tumamoc Art & Science Course

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March 3, 2018August 29, 2019

Scientists who draw: part I

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December 23, 2017

10,000 Years of Field Notes

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iphone screen with tumamoc icon
September 27, 2017October 25, 2017

The Tumamoc Tour mobile phone app

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Sonoran Plant Garden #1, by Paul Mirocha
September 9, 2017

Sideways glances and hidden entanglements

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June 29, 2017June 29, 2017

Bambi sighted on Tumamoc Hill

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November 25, 2016August 29, 2019

A Serial Painter at Large

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fallen saguaro sgp5 on Tuammoc Hill, photo by Paul Mirocha
November 1, 2016August 31, 2017

R.I.P. SGP5

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Leo's saguaro
October 28, 2016October 28, 2016

Tumamoc Sketchbook has a new design

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Bill Singleton painting on Tumamoc Hill, Photo by Paul Mirocha
May 31, 2016August 29, 2019

Operation Desert Storm

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April 9, 2016August 29, 2019

Barbara’s Tiny Notebook

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March 3, 2016August 29, 2019

Sonoran Desert: The Poem

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Journal of the Southwest cover
January 20, 2016August 29, 2019

Tumamoc Hill in Journal of the Southwest

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December 25, 2015July 7, 2019

Invisible Birds

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December 22, 2015August 29, 2019

Happy Saguaro Drawing

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Rain storm from tumamoc hill, photo by Paul Mroha
October 20, 2015August 29, 2019

On Randomness

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September 20, 2015August 29, 2019

What the Ancestors Ate

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August 17, 2015August 29, 2019

Tumamoc Road Signs

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Building 802, Historic desert Lab, by William Hartman
July 15, 2015August 15, 2015

Mondays on the Mountain

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Desert Botanical Lab on Tumamoc Hill 1911
June 17, 2015October 24, 2016

Post Cards from the Lab

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The Desert Lab on Tumamoc Hill at sunset
April 22, 2015June 17, 2015

A Room with a View

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February 15, 2015August 29, 2019

Tumamoc Artists Open at Tohono Chul Gallery

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marlon evans portrait
February 7, 2015February 11, 2015

Marlon Evans: O’odham Poet On Tumamoc Hill

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Scorpion Evuiae, photogram by Chip Hegecock
January 28, 2015February 11, 2015

Tumamoc at Tohono Chul

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January 7, 2015January 8, 2015

Please Protect Tumamoc

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Liminous Mother. 2013. Photo by Paul Mirocha
December 11, 2014December 16, 2014

The Mother of Tumamoc

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November 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Mondays on the Mountain 1

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October 24, 2014August 29, 2019

I Stand with Saguaros

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Harris' Antelope squirrel, illustration by Paul Mirocha
September 9, 2014

Signs of Things to Come

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Como Park lawns. photo by Paul Mirocha
August 7, 2014December 16, 2014

Vacation in Tlalocan

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maY snake procession
June 6, 2014August 29, 2019

It Happened This Way

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May 10, 2014May 10, 2014

A Tumamoc Book Event at Antigone Books

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Saguaro watercolor by barbara terkanian
May 5, 2014

Sonoran Arts Network Reviews Tumamoc Book

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wheat-paste mural on tumamoc water tank
April 14, 2014April 23, 2014

Who’s That Woman on the Water Tower?

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Plot 10, photograph by Paul Mrocha
April 1, 2014April 7, 2014

March Mondays

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Video-Artists draw on Tumamoc Hill
March 13, 2014April 3, 2014

UA News: TPoE, POG, & TFoB

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February 20, 2014December 6, 2019

This Piece of Earth

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this is not a picture
February 17, 2014February 17, 2014

Talk About Tumamoc, Please

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Tuesday artists on Tuammoc
February 1, 2014February 1, 2014

Tuesday Afternoon

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Cassien painting in desert Lab garden by Bill Singleton
January 23, 2014

Tuesdays on Tumamoc

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meredith saguaro pastel
December 23, 2013December 26, 2013

Our Favorite Saguaro

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December 16, 2013December 21, 2013

Painting Out on Tumamoc #2

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extreme cropping using slide mount
November 21, 2013December 17, 2013

Painting Out on Tumamoc

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Saguaro Landscape, watercolor by Barbara Terkanian
November 7, 2013December 6, 2019

This Piece of Earth

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saguaro-arms photo by paul mirocha
September 18, 2013September 20, 2013

Saguaro Arms

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Cover image for 1st issue of Edible Baja Arizona
August 16, 2013

Edible Baja Arizona

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Saguaro flower stages, pastel by Meredith Milstead.
July 31, 2013August 16, 2013

Meredith Milstead

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Gila monster
July 19, 2013July 19, 2013

Gila Monsters Walk the Hill

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UA Downtown window exhibit
July 10, 2013

Dreaming Down the Rain: The Movie

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July 5, 2013July 5, 2013

Dreaming Down the Rain: 2

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Mosaic of installation in UA Downtown store front.
July 2, 2013

Dreaming Down the Rain

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May 27, 2013June 3, 2013

Dead Plants: Take 2

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scanned winter annual plants from Tumamoc
April 24, 2013May 26, 2013

Knee Flowers

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Gila Monster
April 20, 2013April 20, 2013

Gila Monster!

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From the Remotest Nebulae to Lichens on the Rocks. ? Paul Mirocha
April 11, 2013April 15, 2013

Curating the Cosmos

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Prickly Pear cactus by Barbara Terkanian
March 15, 2013March 15, 2013

Festival of Books

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Plot 8_ Meredith Milstead
March 6, 2013March 13, 2013

Sunday Afternoon

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Matching the study site to repeat photography from the files.
February 22, 2013March 8, 2013

Exploring Unknown Tumamoc

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Snow flurries and Spalding plot number 12
February 21, 2013February 24, 2013

Chasing Rainbows

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January 30, 2013January 31, 2013

Rainbows

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January 27, 2013February 3, 2013

Enchanted by the Sun

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freeze burn ? Paul Mirocha
January 21, 2013March 8, 2013

Freeze Burn

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January 12, 2013January 13, 2013

Contemplative Biology

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Nail used to mark boundary of plot 9
December 15, 2012December 19, 2012

Number Nine

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November 23, 2012

POG Talk: Part 2

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Title slide: Tumamoc: Taking a place apart and putting it back together
November 12, 2012March 19, 2013

POG Talk: Part1

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saguaro flower series botaincal plate
October 18, 2012December 3, 2016

Proximities

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October 13, 2012

Poets Take Action

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Clouds building over the Catalina Mountains, viewed from Tumamoc. Notice the green tint of the mountains.
October 7, 2012

Tlaloc’s Law: Part 2

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September 30, 2012September 30, 2012

Tlaloc’s Law: Part 1

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August 10, 2012August 13, 2012

Monsoons over Downtown

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saguaro flower series botaincal plate
July 30, 2012July 31, 2012

Rainmaker

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gigapan image of downtown Tucson from Tumamoc Hill
July 18, 2012

The Largest Photograph

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Saguaro Landscape, watercolor by Barbara Terkanian
July 14, 2012July 19, 2012

Clouds, a Poem, a Dead Saguaro, and a Painting

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Solstice calendar stone, Tumamoc hill
July 9, 2012January 16, 2014

Tumamoc’s Sun Arrow

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monsoon rain over downtown Tucson from Tumamoc Hill
July 4, 2012July 10, 2012

The Last Photograph

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Meredith Milstead's rattler drawing
June 23, 2012June 26, 2012

We Find a Snake

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Tumamoc Hill from A-mountain after a rain storm
June 19, 2012June 19, 2012

First Monsoon

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Unfinished Gila monster sketch by Paul Mirocha
June 12, 2012August 1, 2012

A pencil: the best of eyes

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snapshot from Gigapan of downtown Tucson from Tumamoc summit
June 10, 2012

More Gigapans

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blacktail rattlesnake, sun with transit of venus
June 6, 2012

Unrelated Things

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Saguaro fruit by Meridith Milstead, pastel
June 4, 2012

On Location

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May 30, 2012

Tumamoc’s First Gigapan

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Plein air watercolor painting by Barb Terkanian
May 28, 2012

Saturday watercolor

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Solar eclipse from Tumamoc Hill, Sunday, May 20, 2012
May 22, 2012May 27, 2012

Solar Eclipse

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Old Desert Lab door and window reflect the hill.
May 9, 2012June 10, 2012

The Patio Garden

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rainstorm over Tucson
May 8, 2012

Seeing

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