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Category Archives: Nature
Oakland Shoreline Afternoon
The other weekend, a friend of mine had a birthday party at Martin Luther King Shoreline Park. It was a nice party, but it wasn't my party, so I didn't take any photos of it. I did take photos of … Continue reading
Turkeylets
I saw something amazing this morning on the way back from the gym. The trip back is normally a straight freeway ride, but the Highway Patrol was running a “break,” so I got off the freeway at an exit that … Continue reading
Yosemite in March
I finally got (1) all the stuff cleaned up that suddenly appeared and had to be done, and (2) all the photos sorted, processed, labeled and uploaded; and I’m now finally ready to tell you about our weekend in Yosemite, … Continue reading
The Neighborhood Skunk
I am not referring to an unpleasant neighbor; I like my neighbors. The skunk I refer to is furry and black, with a vivid white stripe down his back and along his large fluffy tail. He’s about the size of … Continue reading
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Birds in the Tree
I didn’t get any photos because I was indoors riding the exercise bike. I noticed a commotion in the Chinese hackberry tree that inhabits the parking strip – since the exercise bike is on the second floor, I was looking … Continue reading
New Header and Other Things
I got tired of WordPress’ ice forest. I hope you like the new header photo, I took it this summer. It’s sunset over the Georgia Strait, viewed from our B&B just outside of Lund, B.C. We had an episode of … Continue reading
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It’s Spider Time Again
Autumn is when the spiders come out. Last October I got some nice photos of dew-spangled webs all over the yard. This year I walked out the back door and found this handsome fellow (in both senses!) stringing a web … Continue reading
Odd Week in Las Vegas
My sister has lived in Las Vegas for the last 20 years or so. (A long way from The Strip, I may add; we neither of us gamble; she’s a desert rat, and so is her husband.) She currently can’t … Continue reading
Early June
What is it about early June recently? Two years ago we vacationed in Yellowstone, and on June 3 or 4th, it snowed an inch and a half, more or less. Here we are again on June 4, in northern California, … Continue reading
Action in the Back Yard
This all happened too fast for me to get any photos, I’m sorry to say, but it was hilarious. We have thought for some time that we have a nesting pair of scrub jays in our neighbor’s tree right by … Continue reading