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= SPRING 2010
Poppies, Primrose and Penstemons
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Globe-Miami Wildflowers By Paul Wolterbeek
Botanists predict the spring of 2010 should be a memorable year for wildflowers, but even in lean years Globe-Miami attracts photographers in search of vernal color. Why? Poppies, for one – robust patches of goldpoppies usually appear by late February
bordering
highway
60, beautifying the otherwise industrial
drive
through
Claypool. The bright yellow flowers
Photo by Paul Wolterbeek
here outlast those in Pinal County, blooming through May in a good year. Plan a day-trip or a weekend getaway to Globe-Miami in March,
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April, or May when the flowers are typically at their peak. Scenic roads leading here are worth the drive, and higher elevation means you’ll see roadside poppies and other spring ephemerals long after they have browned and gone to seed at lower elevations. Highway 60 heading east from the Valley and Highway 77 driving north from Tucson are two of the best wildflower drives in Arizona. Phoenix residents gain more than 2,000 feet in elevation driving to Globe, and have the chance to see chaparral species such as the delicate pink manzanita flowers which line the roadside as you drive through Tonto
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National Forest during March (look for evergreen sumac, patches of Gooddings verbena and fragrant Ceanothus as well). Approaching from Tucson? Watch for the white and pink variants of Globemallow Wildflowers, Continued on page 23
Photo by Pete Rednek Phoenix Camera Club*
Mexican Food – A Family Tradition
T
he Globe-Miami area is legendary for it’s Mexican food. There is even a Facebook page called “I love Globe-Miami Mexican Food!” with a following of 1,381 members and counting. So what’s the magic all about? It can largely be found by tracing the roots of
family recipes back to four sisters who, collectively, laid the foundation for generations of children
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and grand children to earn a living, send kids to college, and feed people ‘comfort food’ which was both memorable - and affordable. First came Josefina Rodriguez Picazo was born in the tiny town of Marfa, Texas. According to her obituary in the Arizona Republic in 2000 when she died at the age of 91, Picazo had been just a child “...when her father, who ran a small bar and restaurant, was shot and killed and the family lost everything. To help make ends meet, Picazo left school after the third grade. In 1924, the family moved to Miami, where Picazo helped her mother and sister run a boarding house in Turkey Shoot canyon, east of town. When Picazo was 17, her mother arranged a marriage to a local tailor, who she considered something of a catch. It didn’t last long, though, A Family Tradition, Continued on page 20
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