Welcome to Ripples and Ripples
We are Joanie & Scott, and we are simply sharing primarily our travel experiences, thoughts and ideas…in a sense as all our mentor types.
As in dropping a pebble in a pond,
creating those ripples and ripples…
Joanie
Joanie, FNP (Ret.), prior to becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner was a surgical nurse for over 15 years.
Joanie is extremely talented and creative as an interior designer and an excellent cook…Chef Joanie. Joanie loves to travel and the planning, loves new culture and cuisine, loves to get out and exercise when possible, loves to meet new people, loves to visit and be near dear friends and loving family, and loves being around animals, especially her kitties.
Scott
Scott is an Urban Planner / Landscape Architect practicing sustainable, ecological planning, engineering, incorporating bold, colorful design and art for the health, wellness and enjoyment of all in the outdoor landscape environment, as well as,
for blogging, sales and marketing, Website development and design, photography and content writing,
and, online education, tutoring, coaching.
Former university professor, curriculum developer & coordinator, Academic Chair of Environmental Architecture and Design; Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. Courses written and taught: Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Site Analysis, Design Process, Urban Planning and Design, Professional Practice, AutoCAD for the Landscape Architect, Construction, Student Internship, Portfolio.
Expertise for your Projects:
landscape planning, engineering and design, outdoor living space planning, indoor/outdoor transition space planning and landscape design; hardscape design, grading and drainage engineering and design, irrigation design, planting design…as well as
website development for entrepreneurs and specialty, boutique businesses…photography, video, Photoshop editing, water color and sketches, online education, tutoring and entrepreneurial coaching and mentoring.
Family:
T.C., Scott’s son, UofA graduate, Navy Vet, passionate, great sense of humor, no-holds-barred, active-active-active, all around 5 Star man.
Lynda, Scott’s sister, is happily married, caring for her original real estate clients, very active from reading and writing to hiking and gardening.
Active:
Scott loves being outdoors, loves travel, and has always been very active. Scott enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball in high school, and would have enjoyed being on the golf and swim team, if possible. Scott backpacked and camped all over the Sonoran Desert in central Arizona as an Eagle Scout, primarily the Superstitions, and Matazals, as well as backpacking Rim to Rim, North Rim to South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and several trips down to Havasupai Falls.
Scott had the opportunity to try out for the University of Arizona baseball team in ’76 as the Wildcats were winning championships. Loved playing golf with his Dad, with T.C. and with friends, loved sand volleyball, snow skiing, boating, fishing and water skiing, hiking and biking, and later trained over 10 years in Taekwondo. Along with martial arts, Scott enjoys working out, yoga, pilates, and swimming.