Sarah & I spent Memorial Day with her cousin and his lovely family near the little town of Willits in Northern California, and I was surprised to see a great many wildflowers still in bloom as we walked around their property. Linanthus sp.
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Late spring wildflowers in Willits
Posted in Nature, Photography, Wildflowers, tagged spring, willits on 15 June, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Wordless Wednesday: Hiking Hill 88
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Wildflowers, Wordless Wednesday, tagged marin, marin headlands on 9 June, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sunday, 10 January 2010: A week late for our traditional New Years Day hike, Sarah, Elica & I hiked Hill 88 on this blustery, chilly (by west coast standards), foggy winter’s day. Fort Cronkhite
Lake Lagunitas Hike
Posted in Hiking, Nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers on 20 September, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sunday, 28 June 2009: Given that this hike was nearly 3 months ago, I will let the photos tell the story of a lovely little walk Sarah & I did with our friend Linda. We were happy to see a fairly large number of late-season wildflowers blooming among the dry grasses covering the hillsides. Trail
Joshua Tree/SoCal Trip – Part VIII – Mastodon Peak, Cholla Cactus Garden revisited
Posted in Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 27 July, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 (continued from here): We briefly visited the Cottonwood Visitor’s Center, which unsurprisingly had much the same information as the other two park entrance stations, then drove a few more miles to the Cottonwood Oasis, the trailhead for the Mastodon Loop we were going to hike. After talking for a few with [...]
Joshua Tree/SoCal Trip – Part VI – Split Rock, Hidden Valley
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 13 July, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Monday, 27 April 2009 (Continued from here): We were a bit peckish after our pretty drive on Geology Tour Road, and Split Rock looked to have a picnic/day-use area, so we headed there. At road’s end is the namesake rock, true to its name with a big split down its center. We settled into some [...]










