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❦ 2024-04-03

📸 Day 3 of 30 | card

A special birthday card from a friend who loves the American West as much as I do.

A greeting card stands upright featuring an illustrated Western Meadowlark (Sturnella Neglecta) on the right side with a map of the Western United States in the background.

❦ 2024-04-02

📸 Day 2 of 30 | flowers

Yellow flowers on a desert hillside with cactus, rocks, and other plants.

❦ 2024-04-01

📸 Day 1 of 30 | toy

A Muppet-like man in a push-up position with his mouth wide open.

❦ 2024-03-20

Not All Authority Is the Same

A 2X2 diagram categorizing types of authority into four quadrants with two axes labeled 'Evil to Righteous' and 'Illegitimate to Legitimate.'

❦ 2024-02-15

Walking the dog

❦ 2024-01-29

Selfie-portrait! 🤓🎨 This was a fun change of pace this evening. I liked painting the blue so much I decided to put the cactus in the border instead of the background.

Self portrait watercolor painting of Christopher Chelpka

❦ 2024-01-10

Mexican Gray Wolf laying in a stretch

A Mexican Gray Wolf looking comfy

❦ 2023-12-27

The bats were out at sunset doing BMX tricks. So cool. The artist is Stephen Fairfield. 🚲

Public art of bats riding bikes

❦ 2023-12-22

checking Christmas lights

We haven’t gone full Winterhaven yet, but the new Christmas lights we got from Costco are working great, and we love all the decorations in our neighborhood.

❦ 2023-12-01

Goofy door face

Something that looks like a face on the inside of a car door

My wife found this crazy guy on the inside of our car door. Here are 3 other things I’d like to share.

❦ 2023-10-31

The annual Reformation Day Party was lots of pun.

Sandwiches with a heidelburgers sign Various reformation puns attached to foods

❦ 2023-10-30

Who is Al Seinfeld? Can he still save the world?

picture of an article

❦ 2023-10-18

The new Eegee’s pretzel rueben sandwich is a winner.

Pretzel Rueben sandwich at Eegee’s

❦ 2023-10-05

My daughter’s sculpture of Bilbo with the dwarves in barrels.

A sculpture of Bilbo with the dwarves in barrels.

❦ 2023-09-28

Beyond Bread (Oracle/Ina) went the extra mile for their bike rack. They do the same for their food.

Four places to lock up a bike outside of a restaurant, each looks like the front wheel, fork, stem, and handlebars of a different bicycle

❦ 2023-09-20

📷 blog challenge | Day 20: disruption

On a date with Della when this little guy showed up.

a chipmunk crawls on a lunch table at a restaurant

❦ 2023-09-19

📷 blog challenge | Day 19: edge

A boutonniere made out of paper

❦ 2023-09-18

📷 blog challenge | Day 18: fabric

I got to try this 14’ quilting machine the other day. Amazing.

❦ 2023-09-17

📷 blog challenge | Day 17: intense

A large Tucson Police S.W.A.T. vehicle

❦ 2023-09-16

📷 blog challenge | Day 16: oof!

a cat sitting in an awkward position