By Rob Hallberg Parrots are amazing creatures and most of us know little about them except for their beauty and talking abilities. We have owned Parrots for 25 years and would like to share our knowledge of them. There are hundreds of species of parrots ranging in size from smaller than a parakeet to over 4’ long! They come in all colors from...
By Rob Hallberg As most of us know or suspect, Coffee is more popular in the US than Tea. But that was not always the case. Coffee houses were popular in the 1700’s, but Tea was the most favored drink in the New World until 1773. That year the colonists revolted against the heavy tax placed on Tea by King George III, and the Boston Tea Party would...
By Rob Hallberg As we live and work in Southeast Tucson, we are constantly faced with the road construction challenges on the Houghton/I-10 corridor. There are actually two projects; widening Houghton Road from Valencia to Mary Anne Cleveland and building a new bridge across I-10. Sometimes we feel like we are singled out for this road...
By Rob Hallberg I grew up in the DC area and it often surprises my friends when I reveal that Tucson has flooding problems. Floods in the Desert? They just don’t understand. “Desert” refers to a climate with minimal rainfall so how can we have floods? One problem is caliche, which is a naturally forming soil layer found in much of Tucson. Caliche...
By Rob Hallberg The Tucson area mountains are spectacular and very few US cities can boast they are “surrounded” by them. You can see our mountain ranges from almost any point in the city and in some areas you can see all of them!Most of us know the names of the ranges but not much else. Here is a quick overview:The Santa Catalinas are the highest...
By Rob Hallberg 2020 was the hottest summer on record and all Tucsonan’s are probably wondering what is next. Our winter weather was a little milder than normal, which leads most of us to believe we are in for another hot one. I researched several websites and reports to find what I believe to be the best forecast…but the accuracy of them may not...
