{"id":11499,"date":"2025-09-24T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:09:10","slug":"arizona-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/arizona-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ten days ago I was in Tucson at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum for the Camouflage exhibit reception. It was a super fast trip because I have too many pots on the stove (so to speak) right now, but it was a glorious 24 hours. I had been to this museum about 9 years ago, and always wanted to go back. One of the reasons was because of its proximity to the Saguaro National Parkland, but also the museum is set in a huge botanic garden full of desert flora. At the end of summer the gardens are full of blooming cacti, and buzzing with many kinds of pollinators. I was also tickled to see a quail family come skittering out of the underbrush as the sun set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of our great inspiration opportunities is travel, and often it is the landscape and the local flora and fauna that delight us the most. In this case it was a chance to wander through a wonderland of statuesque saguaro, stickery cacti, and the kind of chittering birds who come out as the sun drops along with the temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stayed as the staffed cleaned up after the party, and caught a ride with the director of the art institute. We shared our love of sunset and landscapes so she took me on a scenic back road so we could enjoy the golden hour and the colors of the sky reflected on the red rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here I share some of my photos from that afternoon, and I hope it will inspire you to get out and gather inspiration from the turning colors of the Fall season. Fall landed with a thump on Monday here in Colorado – with up to a foot of snow in the high country – and a dark monsoon rain with overnight temps in the 40s. Today we had a steady soaking rain, and as I drove home, I enjoyed the brilliant golden-greens of the wet landscape that is just starting to turn colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the colors of your season, wherever you are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – Feature Artist & Speaker
Dec 10 – Canadian Quilt Association – Zoom Lecture – Intl Quilt Trends
Feb 2 – SAQA Europe\/Middle East – Zoom Lecture
Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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