Diane Quinn The Women of Quail Creek were treated to a luncheon full of travel dreams on June 27. Each table was set to evoke plans for interesting travels around the globe with festive travel cases filled with travel guides. Travel posters were placed near the entrance so women could have pictures taken surrounded by…
Robert Thoresen The Photography Club of Quail Creek closed out its spring photo shoot travels at the Tucson Botanical Gardens in mid-May (2150 North Alvernon Way). More travels will commence in the fall. TripAdvisor rates the gardens as number 16 of 58 things to do in Tucson. The garden originally dates back to the early…
Diane Quinn Looks of amazement shined on the face of each Mom and expectant Mom as she entered the transformed mess hall of the National Guard 162nd Fighter Wing on July 25. Twenty-eight families, 12 of whom included moms who are in the military themselves, joined The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) for its fifth…
Robert Thoresen A definition is needed for this article. How is reflections defined? Thanks to Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language for assistance. As a verb or noun reflection is an image of somebody or something that appears in a mirror or other reflecting surface (synonyms: mirror image—likeness—echo—image—replication); the process or act of reflecting…
Robert Thoresen April’s contest theme was electronics. Two of the three top finishers took apart circuit boards to create their images. Third place finisher Steve Piepmeier approached this topic from a much larger geopolitical scale. Jim Burkstrand’s first place photo Circuits was taken April 1, 2016. Jim had an old electronic weather station that had stopped…
With approximately 300 people in attendance, The Women of Quail Creek laid a wreath at Green Valley Cemetery during the annual Memorial Day tribute to our nation’s fallen. Peggy McGee represented TWOQC at the annual event and placed a wreath made by TWOQC member Sandi Beach. The event was marked by an F-16 flyover from…