Jeff Wilson The ever-popular sculpture teacher Ane Aune offered her clay pumpkin sculpture class again in celebration of autumn. Ane’s teaching is always inspirational and entertaining. Everyone in the class embellished their pumpkins in some unique way. Birds, flowers, and other interesting things were applied to the pumpkins that increased individuality and character to each…
Jeff Wilson The recent Handmade Pottery class reached new heights by making some of the tallest vases ever made in this very popular class. Instructor Terry Wilson challenged the advanced students to make vase and bottle projects that were three to four times larger than were typically made in the past. Not only were the…
Jeff Wilson Ross Hart, our resident sculpture instructor, taught two successful classes in November. The first was his popular Human and Animal Head class, and the second was a new class called Small Houses. This class focused on making little houses perfect for seasonal decorating. Both classes were well attended and open to people of…
Cindy Watty, President Travel International Club We are offering two river cruises (Egypt and Tulip Serenade), one land tour (Canadian Rockies), and one ocean cruise (Australia/Bali) to all residents (and friends/family) of PebbleCreek. In 2021, we’ll be offering a river cruise in Russia. Cruise the Nile in a manner once reserved for queens and pharaohs.…
Pete Williams On a bright clear Oct. 9 day, ten hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club wandered through a Joshua Tree Forest just north of Wickenburg. Our destination was a single Saguaro living among the Joshua trees. What’s fascinating is that Joshua trees live is the Mohave Desert while Saguaros live in the Sonoran Desert.…
Lynn Warren Hiking in the Superstitions seldom disappoints but having to cope with I-10 commuter traffic causes the hiking club to hike these iconic mountains less frequently than a few years ago. However, on Oct. 14, six PebbleCreek “B” hikers headed east to enjoy one of their favorite hikes, an 8.5-mile hike with roughly 2,200…