tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040851132722813232024-03-18T09:11:28.018-07:00True Nature StoriesTrue nature stories and photography by John W. Wall, mostly from public lands near my home in San Francisco, and with special attention to the biodiversity and landscapes of Mt. Tamalpais.John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comBlogger686125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-80315429529690027372024-03-18T09:10:00.000-07:002024-03-18T09:10:55.027-07:00Carrizo Plain in March Past<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNmMcclTDg3GVbjz93mgsuHq7eUWlV0Q6LGBSt5PtJ5PuGu38NlhN8yf64qNSIQ7GBKzLHZ88HNQZmQzyk22tyPa7gTJWEe18XB8fXF2FlbdNGoASdYtpIVN-YnxpqyVCEV4LU78VPdCZ3lNelWh9Km2jyjRze1qss8oVsU0r1kqZu7xuEohZ0j9OzQBM/s1344/031010-68.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1344" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNmMcclTDg3GVbjz93mgsuHq7eUWlV0Q6LGBSt5PtJ5PuGu38NlhN8yf64qNSIQ7GBKzLHZ88HNQZmQzyk22tyPa7gTJWEe18XB8fXF2FlbdNGoASdYtpIVN-YnxpqyVCEV4LU78VPdCZ3lNelWh9Km2jyjRze1qss8oVsU0r1kqZu7xuEohZ0j9OzQBM/w640-h428/031010-68.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Yellow Carpet (3/10/2010)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Back in the days before social media took off, you could have Carrizo Plain pretty much to yourself, especially in March before the peak bloom. Back then I usually couldn't get time off from work at the optimum times, so I'd go when I could. Last year was the first time I was able to time my trip, passing through <a href="https://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2023/04/carrizo-plain.html" target="_blank">once with my wife</a> on our way to San Diego, then returning <a href="https://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2023/04/return-to-carrizo-plain.html" target="_blank">on my own</a> later in the month. I'm still undecided as to whether I'll go down this year, but in the meantime I thought I'd share some March scenes from the olden days....</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j0Rylt_SsnHsPlNXFv6STUnS8FPU89qFESXZw5MF9vwYhcpxbA0-COmXvZedl-_Uj7M0f1ZEEOwpgf3iqgw47PSKwEv2inhsNyzuqeCL_8n1bHTWFK_fUuEgwyOslKbtx-k5Kl7h9EOEXtrVfRGzW3KeNPHA_X1ETX-LJs5y6M3YKbQG9A4ZHDq-_H5p/s1364/030305-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1364" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j0Rylt_SsnHsPlNXFv6STUnS8FPU89qFESXZw5MF9vwYhcpxbA0-COmXvZedl-_Uj7M0f1ZEEOwpgf3iqgw47PSKwEv2inhsNyzuqeCL_8n1bHTWFK_fUuEgwyOslKbtx-k5Kl7h9EOEXtrVfRGzW3KeNPHA_X1ETX-LJs5y6M3YKbQG9A4ZHDq-_H5p/w640-h422/030305-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the view toward the Caliente Range from Soda Lake Road...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZiUWv15JAGCSJETaCxcd9NLfDHGo_UA6HVuyFM_8ALfkUjiHAq6U0CaEln8EqZKTTYDNEs5jB2sPsAGRReHyquafJ01YcBPbXpCqXxttT1zvYSWLVfc1yyTKu46lNOjamcichb-DjGzUg7DLf2Xuvx9bn1WnpJPlFF9sWcvFTiBwwZJdzV2npYX0aU2F/s1348/030305-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1348" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZiUWv15JAGCSJETaCxcd9NLfDHGo_UA6HVuyFM_8ALfkUjiHAq6U0CaEln8EqZKTTYDNEs5jB2sPsAGRReHyquafJ01YcBPbXpCqXxttT1zvYSWLVfc1yyTKu46lNOjamcichb-DjGzUg7DLf2Xuvx9bn1WnpJPlFF9sWcvFTiBwwZJdzV2npYX0aU2F/w640-h428/030305-07.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and this was the view in the other direction, toward the Temblor Range (both 3/3/2005).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAAzEo3DkJih0mp89SARTDwYF1qG6n0pYOLuXmYvk5i4e5Kcd-4EwyEtv0araG183R3p0QB4fF54W6s48ofHpObfbDmypG4iJa8kVve626KCTvcqlilw5bqDztTeR0lhBaBC8mfnmUWGAWRO9sKwno_ez0DVocL8Y3vjSn1yYVeU5fawR79eo7C6hNnqH/s1369/030305-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1369" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAAzEo3DkJih0mp89SARTDwYF1qG6n0pYOLuXmYvk5i4e5Kcd-4EwyEtv0araG183R3p0QB4fF54W6s48ofHpObfbDmypG4iJa8kVve626KCTvcqlilw5bqDztTeR0lhBaBC8mfnmUWGAWRO9sKwno_ez0DVocL8Y3vjSn1yYVeU5fawR79eo7C6hNnqH/w640-h420/030305-09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not that I've been out there a lot, but I used to reliably see pronghorn before the big solar farms were built. I thought for sure I'd see some last year with so much forage available, but nope. (Photo from 3/3/05).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnBv0VLGpGq4ED6TA9xoCo7NUz3v80hpMo6Djyn9znnJzjYN0xzN_B2P80hKRIiIKBNdVHaWflqiw6OR3WdXgBqDOSnnF4i5JnZA3UaeoHqM5wf8k92cFhsB99S16Zl4pUImVPCecv0w_DJV3Ru-EKJPH2YKMlfPF6_1aEa-Xi0BaAxAEBp4tBhf4BTEU/s900/031010-80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnBv0VLGpGq4ED6TA9xoCo7NUz3v80hpMo6Djyn9znnJzjYN0xzN_B2P80hKRIiIKBNdVHaWflqiw6OR3WdXgBqDOSnnF4i5JnZA3UaeoHqM5wf8k92cFhsB99S16Zl4pUImVPCecv0w_DJV3Ru-EKJPH2YKMlfPF6_1aEa-Xi0BaAxAEBp4tBhf4BTEU/w428-h640/031010-80.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is from 3/10/2010, and I don't believe the sign is still there. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0NPFX2t4U89jvhX67edlFzn9Z64f1WK7PJ1-5PwAluOeQAUiaXws8K2nRMOVAHLN1DZei9nhWU-yUDx4qk5V8O9ylv60cpb6lVqBToX01u0W5FZoX5UToxNAsHoB8ioFTtmQUIntZSATHEKJgHXClU2lgQOCx73ekFtqqwv_6VEnaTipHQSZRkkF4zEA/s900/030305-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0NPFX2t4U89jvhX67edlFzn9Z64f1WK7PJ1-5PwAluOeQAUiaXws8K2nRMOVAHLN1DZei9nhWU-yUDx4qk5V8O9ylv60cpb6lVqBToX01u0W5FZoX5UToxNAsHoB8ioFTtmQUIntZSATHEKJgHXClU2lgQOCx73ekFtqqwv_6VEnaTipHQSZRkkF4zEA/w420-h640/030305-13.jpg" width="420" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meadowlarks: the sound of Carrizo Plain in March (3/3/05).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FC046_Ow8MDDOoDsfXFqe6KVonK7iO2WKa3D1e5J0ChtX0YZGhyQsEDuPO7R2ZgucZWjSFs5rBdlqZb7oquqj4aOppRSPojlExdm08vMXX4D3uKGRsBWf0Q7GbepamP7fTMWzpoQa64bzIStc5pKXXa8pr2DpxKOsG9su0lJB_0Qf-rvK77GnFvDM7Sl/s1369/030305-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1369" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FC046_Ow8MDDOoDsfXFqe6KVonK7iO2WKa3D1e5J0ChtX0YZGhyQsEDuPO7R2ZgucZWjSFs5rBdlqZb7oquqj4aOppRSPojlExdm08vMXX4D3uKGRsBWf0Q7GbepamP7fTMWzpoQa64bzIStc5pKXXa8pr2DpxKOsG9su0lJB_0Qf-rvK77GnFvDM7Sl/w640-h420/030305-15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fiddleneck back when I shot this (3/3/05) was heavy around Soda Lake, but not elsewhere on the plain. Last year I was surprised to see how far and wide it had spread.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n-4sL98bsmiiqJ8q7UprGSc7PiG2SPTXX79AIUZMT39MIh5kGt43E0NhdKUu1GSV0SGENu1baUxcEMYWcOrPHgPjs_gt4xQek_dGrUY9Tove5c9jsoIZp1yAdApw_gexJHWUL9i-Jo4M8OyDb4g9MaAeYYpPhEHMg7WgM50O1jnpywjiXzjs1Vw4_Q-o/s900/031104-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n-4sL98bsmiiqJ8q7UprGSc7PiG2SPTXX79AIUZMT39MIh5kGt43E0NhdKUu1GSV0SGENu1baUxcEMYWcOrPHgPjs_gt4xQek_dGrUY9Tove5c9jsoIZp1yAdApw_gexJHWUL9i-Jo4M8OyDb4g9MaAeYYpPhEHMg7WgM50O1jnpywjiXzjs1Vw4_Q-o/w428-h640/031104-02.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiddleneck sunrise (3/11/2004).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7PQoGcfC5dL1jhcY7KzkmQWdTcVQXIemtgKEarDH9EZv8iEd_j0D32I7-fufKR_hjy0c3rg22aztRe1lBooUEvPFbFXsEdQb6oikqSYC6qu_A4uxRLJbz62I2tqfS3clerCrYrEq8rp3iX4TBwvy9taDGMZCTltsMiAC9wETGKpnAGkBcGRa_u6yPv-s/s1319/030305-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1319" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7PQoGcfC5dL1jhcY7KzkmQWdTcVQXIemtgKEarDH9EZv8iEd_j0D32I7-fufKR_hjy0c3rg22aztRe1lBooUEvPFbFXsEdQb6oikqSYC6qu_A4uxRLJbz62I2tqfS3clerCrYrEq8rp3iX4TBwvy9taDGMZCTltsMiAC9wETGKpnAGkBcGRa_u6yPv-s/w640-h436/030305-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back then (3/3/05) it felt like I had arrived at peak bloom. I'd never seen such a large-scale profusion of wildflowers before.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYr5viy-zR-hv_DOhA4sgffsLEsdvDLcAIz00do5DRYjpWOlr-f5GYvc9gnnoTL8WWryljeI4FDUdFhzVNqUlA0HCsIs4s9OM_3sG6_tedIUzCMxjLstIvEaY9nPkNVIWaYkA7upHLJzcyqN7VDx7wu_uTs9PY4_zGzoNHeZCvrUOTB0xZyTQ4yaOnstv/s1352/030305-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1352" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYr5viy-zR-hv_DOhA4sgffsLEsdvDLcAIz00do5DRYjpWOlr-f5GYvc9gnnoTL8WWryljeI4FDUdFhzVNqUlA0HCsIs4s9OM_3sG6_tedIUzCMxjLstIvEaY9nPkNVIWaYkA7upHLJzcyqN7VDx7wu_uTs9PY4_zGzoNHeZCvrUOTB0xZyTQ4yaOnstv/w640-h426/030305-27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like to see what I still own after so many years. The Jeep is long gone, but that cooler was already about 11 years old back then (3/3/05), and I still have it. I also still have the Marmot jacket, but the camp chair broke just last year while camping at Sonora Pass.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4BjTz_VeOmJc4EFpji6V7Zss2eXvH4g-dRpdYH1o5w6JDgsTAG7wE_IYsN9CLc5dyURdSe2C-WchYjG19127Bz_Q6kH3Jaum6JjdGmXJHJD7r-d11pZeILzUuKWFR13yMEcvoJ4R_rbG-J_90lIa8RTzv-vZqUPR2VxeDNV35bzmck9qIVwNy8RXBMzF/s1344/031010-45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1344" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4BjTz_VeOmJc4EFpji6V7Zss2eXvH4g-dRpdYH1o5w6JDgsTAG7wE_IYsN9CLc5dyURdSe2C-WchYjG19127Bz_Q6kH3Jaum6JjdGmXJHJD7r-d11pZeILzUuKWFR13yMEcvoJ4R_rbG-J_90lIa8RTzv-vZqUPR2VxeDNV35bzmck9qIVwNy8RXBMzF/w640-h428/031010-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is "Cheerful as a Daisy" a thing (3/10/2010)?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-44764078872139528672024-03-16T12:46:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:46:09.137-07:00Wind Blown<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WoPTcqXtqAjJB1BrOhs3kBnHt50CvGHcMR-h6xZP6FepKFFI_-8mxWRtnWRqXchCYahEe50SCOXWptSYkgEQXg5f84dSUfBIANhj_UeoUwu0GAR5d9GkWElgbKq6u6mqpFgGHPLQzmW2fcR1NuYxq2XKokHYpQ0byOB8qyyrtomET4PRmpd_qFdlkFfU/s1349/031624-10HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WoPTcqXtqAjJB1BrOhs3kBnHt50CvGHcMR-h6xZP6FepKFFI_-8mxWRtnWRqXchCYahEe50SCOXWptSYkgEQXg5f84dSUfBIANhj_UeoUwu0GAR5d9GkWElgbKq6u6mqpFgGHPLQzmW2fcR1NuYxq2XKokHYpQ0byOB8qyyrtomET4PRmpd_qFdlkFfU/w640-h426/031624-10HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abbotts Lagoon Sunrise</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">After all those windy days I was eager to get out to the dunes around Abbotts Lagoon to see if I could find any of the Pt. Reyes Wallflowers (<i>Erysimum concinnum</i>) that I photographed back in March 2010. I'd checked my <a href="https://www.windy.com/spot/location/37.8052/-122.5037?38.118,-122.986,11,m:eIGacKg" target="_blank">Windy</a> app and saw that it wasn't going to be dead calm, which was unfortunate. But I was still disappointed when I arrived at the parking lot and heard the wind howling just a little bit in the pre-dawn darkness. </p><p style="text-align: left;">As it turned out, I need not have concerned myself about the wind since there weren't any wildflowers to photograph anyway. The bright spot of my morning turned out to be watching a family of river otters swim by as they moved from the seaward part of the lagoon to the inland part. They spooked a great blue heron into flight as it was hunting near the bridge. The heron had <i>not </i>spooked earlier when I crossed the bridge, but a GBH does not mess around with a family of voracious otters.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP80z8eIGzs4hA2AibKb71T2FNeP8Iu3fKdrCnkc2iOK2Ph8EDMkYvFcfqwZIvt0FJHRC1O_Y-Iq-M2u7a3Lb4fJBDnXlD_WHCnfH3xTgOEkqk7B4VZ5jXA5GLSHvyyKuQ9X4J9XJFxLcs9g5FTwt1yuQK9pE4Hf1lJi6E6WRVlKgB5Q5YOKljeIwNFIp/s900/031624-04HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP80z8eIGzs4hA2AibKb71T2FNeP8Iu3fKdrCnkc2iOK2Ph8EDMkYvFcfqwZIvt0FJHRC1O_Y-Iq-M2u7a3Lb4fJBDnXlD_WHCnfH3xTgOEkqk7B4VZ5jXA5GLSHvyyKuQ9X4J9XJFxLcs9g5FTwt1yuQK9pE4Hf1lJi6E6WRVlKgB5Q5YOKljeIwNFIp/w428-h640/031624-04HDR.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="text-align: center;">The freshly wind-scoured sand dunes already had several sets of animal tracks crossing here and there. One disturbance looked like it might have been made by a bird landing and sweeping the sand with its wings, as if it had been going after prey. Nearby was a tiny dead mole lying on top of the sand. I wondered why it hadn't been eaten.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRHR4GVQA-3F5nwEOWccJV_rJNMIWY-rYhSQncIOhUyp80jEazel_g0QmKYz1t00l5C7k0IAyV8uyfAdoYo15kFTRiuEgEBgEEA0zxosIOkv2MCpxD5TK97PH3qKct46y0UVpWFIgNb1tUulmfaliZNZ9x94secIU6l5fKTMNkaV3GCXDYyaBeZ0zIJmV/s900/032810-05ENF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRHR4GVQA-3F5nwEOWccJV_rJNMIWY-rYhSQncIOhUyp80jEazel_g0QmKYz1t00l5C7k0IAyV8uyfAdoYo15kFTRiuEgEBgEEA0zxosIOkv2MCpxD5TK97PH3qKct46y0UVpWFIgNb1tUulmfaliZNZ9x94secIU6l5fKTMNkaV3GCXDYyaBeZ0zIJmV/w426-h640/032810-05ENF.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point Reyes Wallflower on a calm morning at Abbotts Lagoon in March 2010.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlv15Lzx14ilTrZsQ2mUyCbfHTllzzJAhUKUb9WVOsBR1q3IyPVaaTfv_71aONsdyWVQYX1GF4o5JVs1RpCWRpj6pv2YsdFHWCQ4EIo7yRSvEF3wxswyGLMlgk3u7QV-ix0jKERCL78ff089mP2LFQ7GraYN-H3GK8LzSkLZJddhDOcvhGpXkK0TxB13K/s1200/031624_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlv15Lzx14ilTrZsQ2mUyCbfHTllzzJAhUKUb9WVOsBR1q3IyPVaaTfv_71aONsdyWVQYX1GF4o5JVs1RpCWRpj6pv2YsdFHWCQ4EIo7yRSvEF3wxswyGLMlgk3u7QV-ix0jKERCL78ff089mP2LFQ7GraYN-H3GK8LzSkLZJddhDOcvhGpXkK0TxB13K/w640-h480/031624_0014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The otters swam underwater as they approached and passed beneath the bridge, but finally showed themselves at least briefly.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySgkGOJSg3FvaJHG9fe-WvXKqn6GML-wRuUpa2ZT2xihFe_TTBhPrei-BNPEjNY0V9T_CmbTLiAb5Ewbkwff6QbBJdxp9pkOAmHOy5HqU9PGgs5y2EURpDhWiayETZuYMRuUvzQ7zbadglDDb6wz0jZ50OCYECYPiK1OBTYZy1cRLSHUbzL7-E71ZFpkZ/s1199/031624_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1199" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySgkGOJSg3FvaJHG9fe-WvXKqn6GML-wRuUpa2ZT2xihFe_TTBhPrei-BNPEjNY0V9T_CmbTLiAb5Ewbkwff6QbBJdxp9pkOAmHOy5HqU9PGgs5y2EURpDhWiayETZuYMRuUvzQ7zbadglDDb6wz0jZ50OCYECYPiK1OBTYZy1cRLSHUbzL7-E71ZFpkZ/w640-h480/031624_0016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hoped they would get out on the dunes and play, but they did not. There are five otters in this shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2wHzMS-eZqETkJqUV4ddxiZscbVmiPLulMRNRhjwfj3DPGBSJrJ1CwD65TErVNyLendlQh1Vwa6CwvX3DrSE2ei5VS-A6wgUUa4uBvhQCzCHoJe9kneAY-XasKIUDrUWC-yHEQUng-VToWUKdp6VIUahTIEoZvtp8dibpFYzjiN5fdaQVwv5LHJ3aQ7Y/s1200/031624_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2wHzMS-eZqETkJqUV4ddxiZscbVmiPLulMRNRhjwfj3DPGBSJrJ1CwD65TErVNyLendlQh1Vwa6CwvX3DrSE2ei5VS-A6wgUUa4uBvhQCzCHoJe9kneAY-XasKIUDrUWC-yHEQUng-VToWUKdp6VIUahTIEoZvtp8dibpFYzjiN5fdaQVwv5LHJ3aQ7Y/w640-h480/031624_0017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moocows in the Morning</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpTQteFycwhsG_2qqY24c-N9KNHTU20vwrp0h8R2f2dOg9nK5PXHf0hdVk3GRWvZgV17CPjTFVPD9S1IpfyyCagLyhWdS-eqfRDiI3lXGnW2amekOAAc-Tcztui7K7A8DuljN2k31PWmU057N1MfCaY9YIZc694gWRJ623nxHgeBBcByrl4BOOll3VYw1/s1200/031624_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpTQteFycwhsG_2qqY24c-N9KNHTU20vwrp0h8R2f2dOg9nK5PXHf0hdVk3GRWvZgV17CPjTFVPD9S1IpfyyCagLyhWdS-eqfRDiI3lXGnW2amekOAAc-Tcztui7K7A8DuljN2k31PWmU057N1MfCaY9YIZc694gWRJ623nxHgeBBcByrl4BOOll3VYw1/w640-h480/031624_0018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composite shot of a flicker that took off from its coyote brush perch.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZId5mWI_Nc9qy3hS6HUHpO6NnJQfSGTfDniK1dbU8KxcNW7_QNGtLRLl7tHkxVVufyepPpWBC6q4_9YWo6jJQkElJ27VuVgwUGGmncEkn5DuCvKDwvZekXmjsNR_cx1ob0OhUQw_8wqSUG8a_pqa9HGwtl4oYrcDZA1NlrZEA5GQtwGM4OhyphenhyphenNQO32V0H/s1200/031624_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZId5mWI_Nc9qy3hS6HUHpO6NnJQfSGTfDniK1dbU8KxcNW7_QNGtLRLl7tHkxVVufyepPpWBC6q4_9YWo6jJQkElJ27VuVgwUGGmncEkn5DuCvKDwvZekXmjsNR_cx1ob0OhUQw_8wqSUG8a_pqa9HGwtl4oYrcDZA1NlrZEA5GQtwGM4OhyphenhyphenNQO32V0H/w640-h480/031624_0025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of spotted towhees were belting out their sunrise songs.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-65999279236678464812024-03-14T13:36:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:36:22.779-07:00Around the Horn<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqClad30-JLhhwkrLYF667zHlC-C451vXzprPQ_aGI0RCQP771cxGeB7AOyMXUeX3X_NEZ6K5FA3q7jSubDHQNxKy6Xf0_8og_lteW8yfqhWJqLEWBha_-aia2bMi99EcGJzrfFa6ipYZZGKoLwHtN8NGIwSM4j_m9JV0GQfFQyHlOEjz_XPZK1us6gZrc/s1200/031424_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqClad30-JLhhwkrLYF667zHlC-C451vXzprPQ_aGI0RCQP771cxGeB7AOyMXUeX3X_NEZ6K5FA3q7jSubDHQNxKy6Xf0_8og_lteW8yfqhWJqLEWBha_-aia2bMi99EcGJzrfFa6ipYZZGKoLwHtN8NGIwSM4j_m9JV0GQfFQyHlOEjz_XPZK1us6gZrc/w640-h480/031424_0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bison on the Move</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJlGqLjQ2zeEwG5flepcfYnV6E_yKFWyUaXu-THK0tVZ2XEo2KQs2eogC0EP870vKUeNVbu_ub_FTpFPLFyymfUnnmwiXAfv7XFLEKZ35gA-cVoQuxsN0e0ZcAuOG7AKuniOdr-eHpBBqrT2npQsdBL-AA9sClfza7VZut10kswpzCSQVgKedX0hPA8xS/s1200/031424_0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJlGqLjQ2zeEwG5flepcfYnV6E_yKFWyUaXu-THK0tVZ2XEo2KQs2eogC0EP870vKUeNVbu_ub_FTpFPLFyymfUnnmwiXAfv7XFLEKZ35gA-cVoQuxsN0e0ZcAuOG7AKuniOdr-eHpBBqrT2npQsdBL-AA9sClfza7VZut10kswpzCSQVgKedX0hPA8xS/w640-h480/031424_0008.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bison were all grazing out in the field, so I stopped my bike, only to have them all suddenly start moving toward the feeding pens. Apparently their regular feed is preferable to the available field greens.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ldCe1m2G7XN_lxzzH-1cnSw6tLSBrXMNcwvSOnz_TjMzpO3f2a3zixlg7mrdoZjWeY4woBDlah7Q91AVxkKqjpYdGbRjzGKvXZR0k5f2cmkz98xuQHmqYo851keeS7HeboZwu3R5kHQYqNad1fCQqALKktfpIDqDgTf63Qkz01sFpqxbnySEWUJOTIY/s900/031424_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ldCe1m2G7XN_lxzzH-1cnSw6tLSBrXMNcwvSOnz_TjMzpO3f2a3zixlg7mrdoZjWeY4woBDlah7Q91AVxkKqjpYdGbRjzGKvXZR0k5f2cmkz98xuQHmqYo851keeS7HeboZwu3R5kHQYqNad1fCQqALKktfpIDqDgTf63Qkz01sFpqxbnySEWUJOTIY/w480-h640/031424_0011.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dutch Windmill with tulips in the Queen Wilhelmina Garden.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1UtlejsBJvMd9K6cYGZES9mVLExpCzJ64qf6Chz0AZXA0fdfhMtwIrWARvOObMtYIdYxtbTRMqC-C3J9sljK1la72X72u8sgzfD6xPlCFEiJXYlw3CngP7fi2zZAuDfhoXvdjfUan0RX6anI22aYO2dYKmjOkkq_HF0F8NbYtUpBhvJB7RklhgtqAC1m/s1197/031424_0027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1197" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1UtlejsBJvMd9K6cYGZES9mVLExpCzJ64qf6Chz0AZXA0fdfhMtwIrWARvOObMtYIdYxtbTRMqC-C3J9sljK1la72X72u8sgzfD6xPlCFEiJXYlw3CngP7fi2zZAuDfhoXvdjfUan0RX6anI22aYO2dYKmjOkkq_HF0F8NbYtUpBhvJB7RklhgtqAC1m/w640-h482/031424_0027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Coast Guard was taking advantage of the hazardous weather conditions today by practicing ocean rescues. The chopper, an Airbus MH-65D Dolphin, had to maintain its position in the wind while lowering a rescue swimmer to the water (the orange thing is the "victim" that was summarily tossed out of the chopper into the sea).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz7FkPgSYCgHu9Iu0YC88afVdawMl7STfZRr3pPbQpCm_oNcd85z3EWrsFO5E16D201MjrIVcJ2WcPWdb7jZTSjHCzAM4DtGjivOzPEt3LxjTX-JOgk9CpTmi0fcnLklPw4QBwk-n_S23JJgWQ9-8L96JdCavzYj11wFc6TCFzrC6h0kZd165AECKSdNE/s1200/031424_0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz7FkPgSYCgHu9Iu0YC88afVdawMl7STfZRr3pPbQpCm_oNcd85z3EWrsFO5E16D201MjrIVcJ2WcPWdb7jZTSjHCzAM4DtGjivOzPEt3LxjTX-JOgk9CpTmi0fcnLklPw4QBwk-n_S23JJgWQ9-8L96JdCavzYj11wFc6TCFzrC6h0kZd165AECKSdNE/w640-h480/031424_0028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wind was blowing around 22 mph with 30 mph gusts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOMbVWw1x5Kwq9SATs0dI3XunHQGgjQAxdqwVuu0cimZrorVRwRko5V634lf2H_wo3t_k2v9budqIQJkFt11m70QCNJyTFq_w8Ym_ddSpuvkn11ZlKuLJVBJbNrzvymWMyGF3pGIPkD5wm9mFmWurGQy-XauNFp5ItYHfjCXEaOIBepPzMeEm8arP2Bt9/s900/031424_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOMbVWw1x5Kwq9SATs0dI3XunHQGgjQAxdqwVuu0cimZrorVRwRko5V634lf2H_wo3t_k2v9budqIQJkFt11m70QCNJyTFq_w8Ym_ddSpuvkn11ZlKuLJVBJbNrzvymWMyGF3pGIPkD5wm9mFmWurGQy-XauNFp5ItYHfjCXEaOIBepPzMeEm8arP2Bt9/w480-h640/031424_0029.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks calm here.... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7P2LV4hugkqFlt8VC0xn4bJbmwHmTEPbZAEVITECbg5xagZe6ll-SU_WBsHBre-urbf14TxXiBCOxlahPqIF872-6NGk0ki1a4g7AEv3wv-Y4lprUhm330j2lCY0JbH9jkrgBTh-TqbEiEfAPTtFcHL2TM8s8U2CKZTq8KQDweBUWfqGTsaZWvg8bM3u/s1200/031424_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7P2LV4hugkqFlt8VC0xn4bJbmwHmTEPbZAEVITECbg5xagZe6ll-SU_WBsHBre-urbf14TxXiBCOxlahPqIF872-6NGk0ki1a4g7AEv3wv-Y4lprUhm330j2lCY0JbH9jkrgBTh-TqbEiEfAPTtFcHL2TM8s8U2CKZTq8KQDweBUWfqGTsaZWvg8bM3u/w640-h480/031424_0035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every time the kingfisher sounded off with its chittering call, it raised its head and tail feathers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDLO2vLT6brjJArYWhi86GJo8VKgn0Io3YZEHwD7KRp1HjDFP9noGb59h6c7BBTp_Ls5PTK25QfxNVImTz6SPAJZLwWsZQSPdeOpxZ_gYitKUeOlY2yZfhHPdv-nQsDzLGpSBV9YXouR0u3tewg7TvfwhiK5wMP8kNH7enep9GRitRg5_ybvTEMMS0Zps/s1200/031424_0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDLO2vLT6brjJArYWhi86GJo8VKgn0Io3YZEHwD7KRp1HjDFP9noGb59h6c7BBTp_Ls5PTK25QfxNVImTz6SPAJZLwWsZQSPdeOpxZ_gYitKUeOlY2yZfhHPdv-nQsDzLGpSBV9YXouR0u3tewg7TvfwhiK5wMP8kNH7enep9GRitRg5_ybvTEMMS0Zps/w640-h480/031424_0037.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An allen's hummingbird landed on a nearby branch while I was watching the kingfisher.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Rp_uaT_NboJaKiG5eEWq_UMRSF0U_8BNhCuqmLDv6DbcJA1h5Ni2dH2aS5Z7Kq5c-Cx1z6-UEcF6IHnd9XquDuBtXnH2QHQuJO9jEJl75pfMJJkNgpfwCDF73MDm_XZbYWZOCc4LGbPdADPWmz0olvdGHeKUnXsTe-wR69yHVqNP81XzzucD0kFYSZA8/s1200/031424_0044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Rp_uaT_NboJaKiG5eEWq_UMRSF0U_8BNhCuqmLDv6DbcJA1h5Ni2dH2aS5Z7Kq5c-Cx1z6-UEcF6IHnd9XquDuBtXnH2QHQuJO9jEJl75pfMJJkNgpfwCDF73MDm_XZbYWZOCc4LGbPdADPWmz0olvdGHeKUnXsTe-wR69yHVqNP81XzzucD0kFYSZA8/w640-h480/031424_0044.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it flew to an even closer lichen-covered branch to do some preening.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VMSOdsYOEiYcnPtcb6vYVUexrHq-bHTQpjFFjVmIGWt-aObzxypCUpM9JBBBq_HWiPkp6rBwM-kK4u8ZVOza4Z3Dkyrj-iSNTYE-brd5Yy0YEXUjZH2tGEzwu4ejPPwekxofFGiWzcDMrNyDcDPTyf1hdOsOx8DrbovBVqufSSeKoImw1F4SbQqIzbyN/s1200/031424_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VMSOdsYOEiYcnPtcb6vYVUexrHq-bHTQpjFFjVmIGWt-aObzxypCUpM9JBBBq_HWiPkp6rBwM-kK4u8ZVOza4Z3Dkyrj-iSNTYE-brd5Yy0YEXUjZH2tGEzwu4ejPPwekxofFGiWzcDMrNyDcDPTyf1hdOsOx8DrbovBVqufSSeKoImw1F4SbQqIzbyN/w640-h480/031424_0045.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flashing the warm-toned gorget.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HZNohioOnOVyYLv2HzfgzKxtmU7Jfem0aFPRv4FmDTGSD5DfiRlgCjLPvqL70Td3mPHIYz36F34vQxMbSEu_9OpiW-1ge97h0io5Xt71AgaZQO2T-moNNq_nps-HZ8rNcRUZlS2D7S4jShFBFmOMW3oVbsezn4xlsmRHu0L5oa7pr4Gs64hKTHRH63P7/s1200/031424_0047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HZNohioOnOVyYLv2HzfgzKxtmU7Jfem0aFPRv4FmDTGSD5DfiRlgCjLPvqL70Td3mPHIYz36F34vQxMbSEu_9OpiW-1ge97h0io5Xt71AgaZQO2T-moNNq_nps-HZ8rNcRUZlS2D7S4jShFBFmOMW3oVbsezn4xlsmRHu0L5oa7pr4Gs64hKTHRH63P7/w640-h480/031424_0047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more preening.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ384phtX24VDKaEUkoH94yGJNInl7qOYnn6wpHHd41bIr7A5cHYrRLy2gvRzJpbePPIk8ggPRF2q1x76GAcght9ik6VidZ8cc5QX9PP9jRbWsdXIla6C1i5u7BHUn8wfN1Tm1MfZKo2SDWEIntXWoLm9j1RbjWIwJzjmn_ycJfe64orZY5xqjzqefGP9/s1200/031424_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ384phtX24VDKaEUkoH94yGJNInl7qOYnn6wpHHd41bIr7A5cHYrRLy2gvRzJpbePPIk8ggPRF2q1x76GAcght9ik6VidZ8cc5QX9PP9jRbWsdXIla6C1i5u7BHUn8wfN1Tm1MfZKo2SDWEIntXWoLm9j1RbjWIwJzjmn_ycJfe64orZY5xqjzqefGP9/w640-h480/031424_0053.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Metson Lake GBH was in attendance and took occasional interest in passing minnows, without actually taking a stab at anything in the few minutes I spent watching.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS3fgsVSeVDTlWeX_5cypCawLVNujpT7Yiu809ZrpKoXe8ERnQ9fEAmKmMluZ5wSvf5dLYXtpdUjTfZFC6J9VQqCAygO8LD9-FhTFuZg4_eqvY-nbb1RkyqecVBi2u9Mm2ZkqyQ1d2-RCHBb14_0hRrOQi-yR9bm5EKy0TMG7FTY51E9uKLOWymGYYTYD/s900/031424_0055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS3fgsVSeVDTlWeX_5cypCawLVNujpT7Yiu809ZrpKoXe8ERnQ9fEAmKmMluZ5wSvf5dLYXtpdUjTfZFC6J9VQqCAygO8LD9-FhTFuZg4_eqvY-nbb1RkyqecVBi2u9Mm2ZkqyQ1d2-RCHBb14_0hRrOQi-yR9bm5EKy0TMG7FTY51E9uKLOWymGYYTYD/w480-h640/031424_0055.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But mostly it appeared to just be hanging out in the sunshine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-86654410885211330222024-03-11T12:26:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:26:09.759-07:00Unruffled<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCzciISzsEuI9MhvR1mTOJUnkh4SWh44TojVVfZ-SocP8mG3v3fQzBAj5dC0HPbeV2Lf_lqH52gyrxJjQUADeOy-PLPUw1jFEEWVfofeVZKFQwBxlSIowLHRmtnctgNuZUnMmlEsvRIyvbfd0_8mXXdR9JyTqGDsMevzvFdefbYrPmo5yWvlt1QGIGntp/s1200/031124_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCzciISzsEuI9MhvR1mTOJUnkh4SWh44TojVVfZ-SocP8mG3v3fQzBAj5dC0HPbeV2Lf_lqH52gyrxJjQUADeOy-PLPUw1jFEEWVfofeVZKFQwBxlSIowLHRmtnctgNuZUnMmlEsvRIyvbfd0_8mXXdR9JyTqGDsMevzvFdefbYrPmo5yWvlt1QGIGntp/w640-h480/031124_0014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat at Ocean Beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">According to NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, the swells are running 12-14 feet today. I noticed the waves were breaking farther out than usual when I did my walk this morning, and I was glad I'd brought my camera when I later biked down to the beach. I figured there wouldn't be any surfers out in that huge chaos, but the Coast Guard evidentally saw the hazardous conditions as a perfect training opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84bkEQcHs_1UGOKHw_SCP6qmhRtY34gwEtOtnZQ6a2EzEBhZlp_9_PPp1MdxwyCcPkt7VfaphFajCws3TTcOVPRM40PqjOQnTY-K9z1IUxk0sLf-JazxOQQ_ql34uQpY1k98833hODyWvu8kqeEEp9-P7XbcOQP0ucYC1JAOa-IdyF0yFbyaFTynQbP1t/s1200/031124_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84bkEQcHs_1UGOKHw_SCP6qmhRtY34gwEtOtnZQ6a2EzEBhZlp_9_PPp1MdxwyCcPkt7VfaphFajCws3TTcOVPRM40PqjOQnTY-K9z1IUxk0sLf-JazxOQQ_ql34uQpY1k98833hODyWvu8kqeEEp9-P7XbcOQP0ucYC1JAOa-IdyF0yFbyaFTynQbP1t/w640-h480/031124_0012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice day for a splash in the ocean.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fft3gmPq0cwwudZu7l4Ou-G6SGTuVMZRRj3mzQvQXKchG-7JmuD8utoT4GRQjB9OrPSyR9szTTf9iBUB5Sf4ThLCP0yeKPcrv18pNuQpfy5lGCw9E1HZZd6ZgX_txaR-0j0e5LGtim09RDV__SQFYMsAQZfkb2WC5N4YISf9XM-cgyxKk65-ZzEr-rFX/s1200/031124_0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fft3gmPq0cwwudZu7l4Ou-G6SGTuVMZRRj3mzQvQXKchG-7JmuD8utoT4GRQjB9OrPSyR9szTTf9iBUB5Sf4ThLCP0yeKPcrv18pNuQpfy5lGCw9E1HZZd6ZgX_txaR-0j0e5LGtim09RDV__SQFYMsAQZfkb2WC5N4YISf9XM-cgyxKk65-ZzEr-rFX/w640-h480/031124_0013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing to see if these boats are, in fact, unsinkable.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg247RyxfQrRDkQ2Ja1_HJ4eOhBbJcgguljrAdLjVWMXyKK0CjHvvqNQ_RIhPWgXeZcy1LccdG5hu7QLJUgbPK6qRDP3wfSWkZR1TTGFBTgqkaW1fh9SL3MT0JAUXvcvHX-wuYAqH-M4HjnvP2w_mklwYNWlPQRpdJjqQ5vB2O-BiTIU941pcZmXPLcxl8w/s1200/031124_0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg247RyxfQrRDkQ2Ja1_HJ4eOhBbJcgguljrAdLjVWMXyKK0CjHvvqNQ_RIhPWgXeZcy1LccdG5hu7QLJUgbPK6qRDP3wfSWkZR1TTGFBTgqkaW1fh9SL3MT0JAUXvcvHX-wuYAqH-M4HjnvP2w_mklwYNWlPQRpdJjqQ5vB2O-BiTIU941pcZmXPLcxl8w/w640-h480/031124_0019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unruffled</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ_NlWIZlMkU6c2irX1X-ljS8aLA8zeDZg0ZZmXXGw2iA08pY6IqtSjz74zZQFfFtPw7GPb3RxCwB-VmGKKexxiFsbrNIJOGvpE8IUx6286nS1ywdiZPQyrASPd84qprf5N6niB8-2fg-cortl7Qc88Oj9zNxCsuCVI6-esuKZL1AMZOEV-Krsf1dz6Hb/s1200/031124_0024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ_NlWIZlMkU6c2irX1X-ljS8aLA8zeDZg0ZZmXXGw2iA08pY6IqtSjz74zZQFfFtPw7GPb3RxCwB-VmGKKexxiFsbrNIJOGvpE8IUx6286nS1ywdiZPQyrASPd84qprf5N6niB8-2fg-cortl7Qc88Oj9zNxCsuCVI6-esuKZL1AMZOEV-Krsf1dz6Hb/w640-h480/031124_0024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruffled<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjW7Xgq-l23_lRv2xPudUUWSQRidruR9bYgJy9Y9D5l11IDcZ5q1t4QbxZPzbEJQ4rAJBlS0rxLQc8mxa-ufwIwqGZoVilaPpyiuFGZkyyMt0OQZ5137ukLObdUeVU2cw67Tj0HoKKdmOCZ_zajBAQqhLN-C4gmF_jZhbVUIZhcYCxALVWGtLestg5B32/s1200/031124_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjW7Xgq-l23_lRv2xPudUUWSQRidruR9bYgJy9Y9D5l11IDcZ5q1t4QbxZPzbEJQ4rAJBlS0rxLQc8mxa-ufwIwqGZoVilaPpyiuFGZkyyMt0OQZ5137ukLObdUeVU2cw67Tj0HoKKdmOCZ_zajBAQqhLN-C4gmF_jZhbVUIZhcYCxALVWGtLestg5B32/w640-h480/031124_0025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unruffled</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><div><span style="text-align: center;">I noticed the other day that the dynamic duo of red-tailed hawks who like to hang out atop the Murphy Windmill are perching closer together than usual. Are they a mating pair, or siblings?</span><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p></div>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-67930206214391822582024-03-08T13:07:00.000-08:002024-03-08T13:07:29.067-08:00Spontaneity vs. Planning<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGTU6d5e9uMV6XNwJSOSwty7ZGcINQ03DT7UGBguE90cgq-ev40xBqF9cnE8jJ9tYmfnvotLT0U99SmehcmHuKc2qldIuEjBVNmGK8AEr7mqEDr5_l81t4GPTx0HamOC2RVcR-CnCpizuVweHawU0rCoR11K4oHBZKfqm5OHQtJjWmZ_fxP6T23H3NaGh/s1200/030724_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGTU6d5e9uMV6XNwJSOSwty7ZGcINQ03DT7UGBguE90cgq-ev40xBqF9cnE8jJ9tYmfnvotLT0U99SmehcmHuKc2qldIuEjBVNmGK8AEr7mqEDr5_l81t4GPTx0HamOC2RVcR-CnCpizuVweHawU0rCoR11K4oHBZKfqm5OHQtJjWmZ_fxP6T23H3NaGh/w640-h480/030724_0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Half-Dozen Deer, Mt. Tamalpais</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I was hoping to do some tidepooling on Thursday after checking up on my trail cams. I'd checked the tide tables and saw that Duxbury Reef would have a good minus tide around 3 p.m. What I forgot to check was the wind forecast. If I had checked, I'd have waited until today to go.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Even on Thursday, there was almost no wind on Bolinas Ridge, where the day was spectacularly beautiful. The ocean in front of Stinson Beach also looked fairly calm, but there were whitecaps on the ocean in front of Bolinas, on the side where the reef is. I thought about just heading home, but since I had all day I drove on down the mountain, on the tiny chance that tidepooling might still be possible.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The wind blew my hat off as I walked down the trail to the beach. You could still look at tidepools, and maybe even see something through the turbulent and murky water, but there was no point trying to do any photography. </p><p style="text-align: left;">No big deal. A spontaneous trip to Duxbury Reef that doesn't work out, I can live with. Plus it was a nice day for a drive.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Last week I'd been planning to head down to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to hopefully catch some early desert wildflower action, but as my departure date neared, the forecast turned to "blowing dust" and gusty winds. I wasn't going to drive more than a thousand miles round trip to get skunked by the wind, so I didn't go. This coming week looks promising though, so I'm looking forward to getting back down there for the first time since 2010. I can hardly believe it's been so long!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj6C-AatZjCQN-QGjblbj6wd8vTKWUaPRYa8pn9OxdXUKkkR_qkMsKqsX1pYuX8sYGmQFyqwVy9ejjbPO7dQl2AN-muFOe_HLztwjbugcvoK_nS4IUrsPY6asT62JkQymkFD2QyZfAUqS_LesveNFkVeIjOi68TeOHdAM3C6JpbeBlhm4cOgRlbIp-MDX/s1200/030724_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj6C-AatZjCQN-QGjblbj6wd8vTKWUaPRYa8pn9OxdXUKkkR_qkMsKqsX1pYuX8sYGmQFyqwVy9ejjbPO7dQl2AN-muFOe_HLztwjbugcvoK_nS4IUrsPY6asT62JkQymkFD2QyZfAUqS_LesveNFkVeIjOi68TeOHdAM3C6JpbeBlhm4cOgRlbIp-MDX/w640-h480/030724_0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had my DSLR gear, but the only pictures I took were with the FZ80 during my hike to the trail cams.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauaA0s-gM7sMGSlnZzWMxhKJUMR8eTPtOfXV2udr_beQPGNf_IU0x3Cy0Aj-Z0jyBTKu6bqzwwWjy_lRSXSeBJm8TByJGIOOQBZA46LfmQxdqRSSQ_6phxVHt_MbuHtej9tbMuyzJy2g6LUsvjOvcOF9mfiQSqrchTlU0KF4fscqSGr8zRsHeQWGXJewc/s1200/030724_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauaA0s-gM7sMGSlnZzWMxhKJUMR8eTPtOfXV2udr_beQPGNf_IU0x3Cy0Aj-Z0jyBTKu6bqzwwWjy_lRSXSeBJm8TByJGIOOQBZA46LfmQxdqRSSQ_6phxVHt_MbuHtej9tbMuyzJy2g6LUsvjOvcOF9mfiQSqrchTlU0KF4fscqSGr8zRsHeQWGXJewc/w640-h480/030724_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I managed to get off one frame of this varied thrush with a bay nut in its beak before it flew away. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYetkgMa5p0GoTHQxAv2BTifaBCAw18W1UefSzGcx2ZXgWnz7KA9x_s7fciFMuAvBWsxvBkNTR3hDAMhyphenhyphenYhiyLNbvm6-5u74JqsVZtMwMVObolftXsYosG0lU0hVbaIhiQD9m2QAUQLZcci-DFz3Hf-3NeeBUQ2cOge7laI-wIUgDhgemlOVsbLP28jgw4/s900/030724_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="900" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYetkgMa5p0GoTHQxAv2BTifaBCAw18W1UefSzGcx2ZXgWnz7KA9x_s7fciFMuAvBWsxvBkNTR3hDAMhyphenhyphenYhiyLNbvm6-5u74JqsVZtMwMVObolftXsYosG0lU0hVbaIhiQD9m2QAUQLZcci-DFz3Hf-3NeeBUQ2cOge7laI-wIUgDhgemlOVsbLP28jgw4/w640-h268/030724_0007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bear's head fungus was still alive!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTbZAtCxptnfcRhEnOtYE5SPfS5KrBJhF6153Yi7GW9OmF1mYsA3fYziFXARrnFot5iySyTpWrS3_BMO8qkjOMLBHvMBl4Xarwa5chyphenhyphenoJnH0On2ard6m0x3pEPt4qqTmxQ6FzouZ_nmBbjzqqgPigt2hulBe5-MwuDRibRG_o3phDNy-MGjpN4-4PnhKW/s1200/030724_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTbZAtCxptnfcRhEnOtYE5SPfS5KrBJhF6153Yi7GW9OmF1mYsA3fYziFXARrnFot5iySyTpWrS3_BMO8qkjOMLBHvMBl4Xarwa5chyphenhyphenoJnH0On2ard6m0x3pEPt4qqTmxQ6FzouZ_nmBbjzqqgPigt2hulBe5-MwuDRibRG_o3phDNy-MGjpN4-4PnhKW/w640-h480/030724_0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muddy water and howling wind at Duxbury Reef.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-85781917763660037552024-03-06T14:15:00.000-08:002024-03-06T14:15:54.895-08:00Grab Bag<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW5gEB6PZKBmxzXDbZVJlB2DGB_mUKBe34Snzf4xsnFauMoMjs5bhNXhFmdi4R2qTkb-nhJI1jQpaKJaWCQjyb3c9bhf8wDKYyl0mY6U4q4_qUhHUplY3i6jmyWEvDNIxeBw28yb_sPhMEULNaQ3YsibCXy9s7gx14QBrpcvHpAScgwVEariwfbgZ3oyI/s1200/030624_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW5gEB6PZKBmxzXDbZVJlB2DGB_mUKBe34Snzf4xsnFauMoMjs5bhNXhFmdi4R2qTkb-nhJI1jQpaKJaWCQjyb3c9bhf8wDKYyl0mY6U4q4_qUhHUplY3i6jmyWEvDNIxeBw28yb_sPhMEULNaQ3YsibCXy9s7gx14QBrpcvHpAScgwVEariwfbgZ3oyI/w640-h480/030624_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mellow Swell at Ocean Beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The ocean looked strange today. A combination of high tide and almost no wind left a fairly glassy surface, and each small swell looked like a kind of liquid jewel swirling toward the beach. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1EkRBqfDEtuH0FcmGXXadP-wkjcZ7KT87KoApuQkL0dVijFLeMQN-3sZj7XKRrdNFTMTqNmRYrVWyshlWVdIQyWauPdX2fE8xPIKzEsfkTobv6VAol0M59YfrkwyXeSl2J6tIR0NziA-6XxuFaOkROaJghOKwuUkcyKgQqMDgnr7A0Be9eGlyeG8aboS/s1200/030624_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1EkRBqfDEtuH0FcmGXXadP-wkjcZ7KT87KoApuQkL0dVijFLeMQN-3sZj7XKRrdNFTMTqNmRYrVWyshlWVdIQyWauPdX2fE8xPIKzEsfkTobv6VAol0M59YfrkwyXeSl2J6tIR0NziA-6XxuFaOkROaJghOKwuUkcyKgQqMDgnr7A0Be9eGlyeG8aboS/w640-h480/030624_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going Long</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_4n-qmUI-ZN0e-JzadZtFdCHbWdHNv_5gDmVvZJu2RMS6sln_KJaeDnydbru2iOWeqyNNbkb3JFPsbF_JO11EwnHHZBiXsahBLaz12cIrGz42YXCf-J3rX0BAaN8nue7foggKadxcz_3n4TuXjIf3MjCrQ8ZWKf3xyKQOfp92eiif34HMx8rxwvTyAsu/s1200/030624_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_4n-qmUI-ZN0e-JzadZtFdCHbWdHNv_5gDmVvZJu2RMS6sln_KJaeDnydbru2iOWeqyNNbkb3JFPsbF_JO11EwnHHZBiXsahBLaz12cIrGz42YXCf-J3rX0BAaN8nue7foggKadxcz_3n4TuXjIf3MjCrQ8ZWKf3xyKQOfp92eiif34HMx8rxwvTyAsu/w640-h480/030624_0005.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short Take</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3Y4_dLz4KQN8tm7s9QQH84bUcIW23VVfy3E0MMG87sPtsEl3JL51QBljuIyjObeydky3fyS2lJpRpW2ldzYj-aiQgSVbQUF_5PJY6YZzQ0oqSqFVVTcc9r71U1IltHVVqdFVgruc31EE_yhJu_Q3DcJ11lDZdfF76qawNxN29Dh6VXVH2eFnruFrUN0k/s1200/030524_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3Y4_dLz4KQN8tm7s9QQH84bUcIW23VVfy3E0MMG87sPtsEl3JL51QBljuIyjObeydky3fyS2lJpRpW2ldzYj-aiQgSVbQUF_5PJY6YZzQ0oqSqFVVTcc9r71U1IltHVVqdFVgruc31EE_yhJu_Q3DcJ11lDZdfF76qawNxN29Dh6VXVH2eFnruFrUN0k/w640-h480/030524_0001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuesday's Gone<br />(rear window sunrise, 3/5/24)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7l9dbnhpJS8u_RdJRvOSWI_gWHJCwMb6NlGewAibI3ur3loQGsKGkLr84H-up94yqTUinWptiAaSHqk7Feqyh9Byr_2DUYqVzI7fNBdQJmBhkByKzLkFZsg8cd0BcFIvX8reTT5YOqNwusBHeQ3hHl5ag42yOVyOKXP4w8vI_HcjT4fOUlvrP-K2pbDju/s900/IMG_20240301_100234491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7l9dbnhpJS8u_RdJRvOSWI_gWHJCwMb6NlGewAibI3ur3loQGsKGkLr84H-up94yqTUinWptiAaSHqk7Feqyh9Byr_2DUYqVzI7fNBdQJmBhkByKzLkFZsg8cd0BcFIvX8reTT5YOqNwusBHeQ3hHl5ag42yOVyOKXP4w8vI_HcjT4fOUlvrP-K2pbDju/w474-h640/IMG_20240301_100234491.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miner's Dew</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2RrakS4LfGXBII9SX6ZnLbIzqNBjSh65NavIau-PZqQ8jzytQ62aYjpUqzirsjXVJFNG8quj6aTLZddvlf2gr56M6rSismtK38VVvURhsGDUmo6_vQ8KS0bXtWWI_7-cY-QB8tRWM6kDPtl_3cFdbbxA8bp_2IP5sDd4P7PLBuv-hJvjfT9L-D1Z9HoQ/s900/IMG_20240306_110413063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2RrakS4LfGXBII9SX6ZnLbIzqNBjSh65NavIau-PZqQ8jzytQ62aYjpUqzirsjXVJFNG8quj6aTLZddvlf2gr56M6rSismtK38VVvURhsGDUmo6_vQ8KS0bXtWWI_7-cY-QB8tRWM6kDPtl_3cFdbbxA8bp_2IP5sDd4P7PLBuv-hJvjfT9L-D1Z9HoQ/w474-h640/IMG_20240306_110413063.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Georgia O'Keeffe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-65012180026719313282024-03-03T09:22:00.000-08:002024-03-03T09:22:14.880-08:00Male Rain<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4hl5u9BoodwKTYWW5pOt2aqdWLizXYz8ZK3bih6LGIjQ7BLgb0jWgd9kq0WRlH3AUcAc8JisDSw6h26oXs8dQkZpvtraYH41H4jr5rZzYAmlCTbwvGXdw4mSEb2pANMpDom3UNo-N2bX9oOHJnlJqGdbfxPuZGUbv_L-_IXo6wKD5gcN9_Q2Mdl7AgPW/s797/Yosemite%20High%20030324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="694" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4hl5u9BoodwKTYWW5pOt2aqdWLizXYz8ZK3bih6LGIjQ7BLgb0jWgd9kq0WRlH3AUcAc8JisDSw6h26oXs8dQkZpvtraYH41H4jr5rZzYAmlCTbwvGXdw4mSEb2pANMpDom3UNo-N2bX9oOHJnlJqGdbfxPuZGUbv_L-_IXo6wKD5gcN9_Q2Mdl7AgPW/w557-h640/Yosemite%20High%20030324.jpg" width="557" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yosemite High Country Cam<br />(2/29 & 3/3)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZguPz0Uz2T84PaLJ4xjJ0K0HIWxim776hl_ZLAyRt4alCOvaZ1VdYqoaonaTz6Mil-gteg0jJPnkvKLi08CwqB_NdYUMSxLdvDR5rludzaVJ9wWvBKE1P4YReH2EnB9wjO8BQK1A1UzvIKV-ute-Qol5NXlJewJ4WvibkVjytYq7jPWVAu6hyeX8cSkW/s797/Yosemite%20Valley%20030324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="694" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZguPz0Uz2T84PaLJ4xjJ0K0HIWxim776hl_ZLAyRt4alCOvaZ1VdYqoaonaTz6Mil-gteg0jJPnkvKLi08CwqB_NdYUMSxLdvDR5rludzaVJ9wWvBKE1P4YReH2EnB9wjO8BQK1A1UzvIKV-ute-Qol5NXlJewJ4WvibkVjytYq7jPWVAu6hyeX8cSkW/w558-h640/Yosemite%20Valley%20030324.jpg" width="558" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yosemite Valley Cam<br />(2/29 & 3/3)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It doesn't look like Yosemite got as much snow as they expected. I've seen the High Country cam's view completely obliterated before, and Yosemite Valley appears to have gotten little more than a respectable dusting.<div><br /></div><div>I first read about <a href="https://ehillerman.unm.edu/node/1781#sthash.x4Sg7wXR.dpbs" target="_blank">male rain and female rain</a> back in the early '90s in books by Doug Boyd, especially <i>Rolling Thunder</i> and <i>Mad Bear</i>, and then later in reading Tony Hillerman's Navajo mystery novels featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. <div><br /></div><div>As I looked out the windows at the rain pouring down in the last day or two, I couldn't help thinking it looked like a male rain for a change. We've been getting lots of little showers this rainy season, but nothing like the deluge we just experienced. Of course, I don't consider it a <i>real </i>deluge until it blows out the manhole cover just up the street, which we've only seen two or three times in the 20+ years we've lived here. </div><div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='535' height='445' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxVh6YD8XQppAPejcoUK0euglNSmTZ01gg5Fn3T-hyIv3mO15vOr2-sXQMSnUY0--q6sIP25YVapkpwE3DnXA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rainy Day Timelapse</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p></div></div></div>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-37293466685729342592024-03-01T14:11:00.000-08:002024-03-01T14:11:32.029-08:00Blowin' in the Wind<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q32Xrrem8AJzE6QYAahETylK41m3h2Y6rvEPVw4JONDCImVFPGgxarPfHQvelTWWDMKMsXBwjyv_sM43aM5OmYIxsiK1GYGeGJOh1EH_OdVNWYymP-wo3cotPMBeXPkiElBZngFQWUUcZLnLt-eJcIJLqW1MUyeFbL67ScEtyD0Wsnmfj7-gTob_n2Xe/s1200/030124_0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q32Xrrem8AJzE6QYAahETylK41m3h2Y6rvEPVw4JONDCImVFPGgxarPfHQvelTWWDMKMsXBwjyv_sM43aM5OmYIxsiK1GYGeGJOh1EH_OdVNWYymP-wo3cotPMBeXPkiElBZngFQWUUcZLnLt-eJcIJLqW1MUyeFbL67ScEtyD0Wsnmfj7-gTob_n2Xe/w640-h480/030124_0028.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howlin'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Not to rub it in or anything, but this morning I once again found myself feeling deeply grateful to be able to go for walks and bike rides instead of going to work. My walk took me over Parnassus Heights to Cole Valley, up and down the Haight, into the gardens and woodlands of Golden Gate Park, then back home through the Inner Sunset. Then it was back through the park for the bike ride, with a side trip to the old Cliff House to savor the awesome meeting of wind and wave. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I was looking for a title for this post and came up with something probably too obvious. However, I looked up <a href="https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/blowin-wind/" target="_blank">the lyrics</a> and was struck by the fact that Dylan's song, written in 1962, could have been written for today. Some things never change. <i>Ars longa, vita brevis</i>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIsLEirIaFG9nO4n08MqmQkPqL7NF840AsUdicNPpe5gua2OCmkmBO-4V1Pd6CKYq9yS5z3Yl2URx1oXUVpGRDQN93DhxmqS3dhChiTLhyphenhyphenhbfThjvA8BrMS_OVzMs6SMAY0lNRM0W6UkEsBNWKoBokk_Tr2R7bhi90Z-ZDZFBS80Wb9hQWdNnrSrv70KO/s1200/030124_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIsLEirIaFG9nO4n08MqmQkPqL7NF840AsUdicNPpe5gua2OCmkmBO-4V1Pd6CKYq9yS5z3Yl2URx1oXUVpGRDQN93DhxmqS3dhChiTLhyphenhyphenhbfThjvA8BrMS_OVzMs6SMAY0lNRM0W6UkEsBNWKoBokk_Tr2R7bhi90Z-ZDZFBS80Wb9hQWdNnrSrv70KO/w640-h480/030124_0007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toil and Trouble</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8ku59OZ9op6ICA_CIS7nULILnsoQdwnECYJsFh0NmJLo7oSPTNNntbE9_3YA2jwsbC2o6o0VGVsOTtSAW3EzMo3Ga6AAHBuVMiotVsoJ8sOIu-RCrgxvkES5_ENAPXIb3wKX7sGscS2-KGVgEexyNyOvrGTTCynxwi85JLaeWIanOR7mIYWHK_VwOmce/s1200/030124_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8ku59OZ9op6ICA_CIS7nULILnsoQdwnECYJsFh0NmJLo7oSPTNNntbE9_3YA2jwsbC2o6o0VGVsOTtSAW3EzMo3Ga6AAHBuVMiotVsoJ8sOIu-RCrgxvkES5_ENAPXIb3wKX7sGscS2-KGVgEexyNyOvrGTTCynxwi85JLaeWIanOR7mIYWHK_VwOmce/w640-h480/030124_0025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sudsy Scoter</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOlMOd8ihAWKo41lFINAm6R6-zMTN2QXZqEN80nujI9QbQkKOcIDzRhTA1oSkhBQAj3OoJx85NGoVss8mO1EJayd4WMGecolM6g5m17bSJlyxgVO7VmHErWot3br2wH1yW73CSPCAu_1ODBt45jnMVgDoAvwMVHNki8tU1uIvD6PsrxGUu2weqGi3aTyt/s1200/030124_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOlMOd8ihAWKo41lFINAm6R6-zMTN2QXZqEN80nujI9QbQkKOcIDzRhTA1oSkhBQAj3OoJx85NGoVss8mO1EJayd4WMGecolM6g5m17bSJlyxgVO7VmHErWot3br2wH1yW73CSPCAu_1ODBt45jnMVgDoAvwMVHNki8tU1uIvD6PsrxGUu2weqGi3aTyt/w640-h480/030124_0029.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The perspective from the back deck of the old Cliff House always puts the high point of Seal Rocks even with the horizon. I think I'd like to be higher up, to put the horizon above the peak. Someday the old Cliff House will open up again and I'll be able to do that, maybe while enjoying a burger and a beer.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv33YEl9_ho1vn9218JHRJijAHkydQRy1Y1hf-9lIPrEaYD9zl7TqTm7JuLLw_8Y2C7T_lpb7arKX6P9BNx15n_NILInqu4oPBa6ruRWr4PxntxZWSh499FD48sw_n7T0acFOQwAlaT9biDJaND40_cuemZIwKr1-jTBOtu6jYNMVK5HxGD8USQnb35S1C/s1200/030124_0031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv33YEl9_ho1vn9218JHRJijAHkydQRy1Y1hf-9lIPrEaYD9zl7TqTm7JuLLw_8Y2C7T_lpb7arKX6P9BNx15n_NILInqu4oPBa6ruRWr4PxntxZWSh499FD48sw_n7T0acFOQwAlaT9biDJaND40_cuemZIwKr1-jTBOtu6jYNMVK5HxGD8USQnb35S1C/w640-h480/030124_0031.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OBSF</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhpDLqKqltQmBxK7vmKzXoNZQDvL8R_oBNvlQ6mTMfkiaHArvGfaEougHo5il_w5daY4VV2itdjZS9PmsZkPha8gSd3oOE10oeCoD5zuPua-ct9oKT4h5P3siN1OHteXWf4dnTjKeIbjwClBWRHv1Cc0ZbEA4lmjNsl5gps4cCNee-FVqSEY7eQLUqEAF/s900/030124_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhpDLqKqltQmBxK7vmKzXoNZQDvL8R_oBNvlQ6mTMfkiaHArvGfaEougHo5il_w5daY4VV2itdjZS9PmsZkPha8gSd3oOE10oeCoD5zuPua-ct9oKT4h5P3siN1OHteXWf4dnTjKeIbjwClBWRHv1Cc0ZbEA4lmjNsl5gps4cCNee-FVqSEY7eQLUqEAF/w480-h640/030124_0034.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday Crowd</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8ItOzrBJFg03bdPpOprGU9xTsQkn2ko5iYhKYDX3jtiziPyWetAUZC6bJIVgYWXH_vukzruK1YVRNRGBcT1hxkmE6A0qrCzNOG8c2diqpuDmN7WcBPjzD1NfXO7Rp90FeHS0j4Vv2-a_vDFcBhK17giZdecfS_5IGUQAgGPq0rVZu7NrPWLo0DOJQf8P/s1200/030124_0042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8ItOzrBJFg03bdPpOprGU9xTsQkn2ko5iYhKYDX3jtiziPyWetAUZC6bJIVgYWXH_vukzruK1YVRNRGBcT1hxkmE6A0qrCzNOG8c2diqpuDmN7WcBPjzD1NfXO7Rp90FeHS0j4Vv2-a_vDFcBhK17giZdecfS_5IGUQAgGPq0rVZu7NrPWLo0DOJQf8P/w640-h480/030124_0042.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willets outnumbered people today.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaUtbg0c_3rSg2SSoc66s24Nbu8cKSZknOD4BPDSK_2iPkVwsPK8sSeB-eyGKtocDR4OTGkeKQw46BE7vQxI0UMAYVikkSCDd2r6ZUn4M4wOcqVSoejAP0COv8dVbI6ec4paNfc4uM4shJIF_C0aa1hVpp43s0puoF_vPCaDF5KdqiuwZ75P1apUzYalz/s1200/030124_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaUtbg0c_3rSg2SSoc66s24Nbu8cKSZknOD4BPDSK_2iPkVwsPK8sSeB-eyGKtocDR4OTGkeKQw46BE7vQxI0UMAYVikkSCDd2r6ZUn4M4wOcqVSoejAP0COv8dVbI6ec4paNfc4uM4shJIF_C0aa1hVpp43s0puoF_vPCaDF5KdqiuwZ75P1apUzYalz/w640-h480/030124_0046.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was good to see them back again.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F-B_6Q8t_i1Yhseu88_tBKbPf-OHM7Hvc0kVrdEztehyE2Utm78cbrVnw5bfLhpukuWqFgydr4IgWasZ9bzOSc3IL-G44h5XEPXsqXNzj2PJ18kpOWP9u1AboPW327H3mH0C7QVL9VwIi78oiYWC-gX8I-T_cG_F-hkVphiwQe1tROXDT1so_aCzWfs6/s1600/030124_0001-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F-B_6Q8t_i1Yhseu88_tBKbPf-OHM7Hvc0kVrdEztehyE2Utm78cbrVnw5bfLhpukuWqFgydr4IgWasZ9bzOSc3IL-G44h5XEPXsqXNzj2PJ18kpOWP9u1AboPW327H3mH0C7QVL9VwIi78oiYWC-gX8I-T_cG_F-hkVphiwQe1tROXDT1so_aCzWfs6/w640-h360/030124_0001-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screenshot from this morning's sunrise timelapse.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='533' height='444' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-o08PEACb3oLOPfHlv3Yic5MHGZiZ-PYPKu5YwyTEL4teH23gzlUUW1zFRA3fPivHck3Kza9VIXiLKJ63QQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunrise Timelapse, 3/1/24</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-42824125376616496222024-02-29T18:00:00.000-08:002024-02-29T18:00:00.457-08:00Tree Houseleek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiZDKSuvyBVeZQPtxksyvy8l_FdZjQoLP29qAQREAuE__NkdcWCW0FMqg2hjOLQG5X3sg8CNQn6aKP4fKasJE4UMJgGuE5KV0h9B296J9j6bKhwyjvLrGiS_FVq21eyzK8Z4B44-XIsHH5UxY_beErvtDlIKegtDnrZx4DoqBrfnZWTT5L_ymGhRWS5UT/s1300/2024-0229%20Aeonium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1300" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiZDKSuvyBVeZQPtxksyvy8l_FdZjQoLP29qAQREAuE__NkdcWCW0FMqg2hjOLQG5X3sg8CNQn6aKP4fKasJE4UMJgGuE5KV0h9B296J9j6bKhwyjvLrGiS_FVq21eyzK8Z4B44-XIsHH5UxY_beErvtDlIKegtDnrZx4DoqBrfnZWTT5L_ymGhRWS5UT/w640-h444/2024-0229%20Aeonium.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Dressed in rain gear and pressing down on my ballcap to keep it from blowing away on this blustery Leap Day, I almost walked right past these blooming yellow plants without noticing something different about them.... Besides the September shot above, they're also in a picture from early December, and they weren't blooming then, either.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Apparently these natives of the Canary Islands are in the genus <i>Aeonium</i> (Greek for "ageless"), and these are probably <i>A. arboreum</i> or <i>A. canariense</i>. On Wikipedia they are given the oh-so-common name of tree houseleeks: the Anglo-Saxon word <i>leac </i>means <i>plant</i>, so they are basically called Tree Houseplants. They're in the Crassulaceae, same as our <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPsFbPH0q0sNW45a8znQNMde1UdCSCtal9Y5pdrGqKf-vuF_-Tr8b0qhDOejQuwPOaTpkIVEBd9sTGPGzQhGjaNWsIljIkzb18lXGdSryoLCGI8hgZ64-Xpq5PRbdArk2_tNLe1mRbPo/s1600/060002-02.jpg" target="_blank">stonecrops</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-5101763473693712502024-02-28T15:29:00.000-08:002024-02-28T15:29:32.212-08:00Spring Bling<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXdYFrXgJBGGAAEt6z0YhYKxTjvUpQ4kZxlMTs0Sb_9Mnk_al4UKjdXhl28a5gsypPF_M4qbinpVigcS_QHMl7x-sRnCtNkbuCfH7evbjuK_NwbeFlmRQvO0ki-NW3w9K-sZYZR33KjAU4hN3Zg_vWIYaQKyQOTuo8s2Ahkw7Br-kUlQYl5ThXRAYarcM/s1349/022824-01STK10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXdYFrXgJBGGAAEt6z0YhYKxTjvUpQ4kZxlMTs0Sb_9Mnk_al4UKjdXhl28a5gsypPF_M4qbinpVigcS_QHMl7x-sRnCtNkbuCfH7evbjuK_NwbeFlmRQvO0ki-NW3w9K-sZYZR33KjAU4hN3Zg_vWIYaQKyQOTuo8s2Ahkw7Br-kUlQYl5ThXRAYarcM/w640-h426/022824-01STK10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shooting Stars</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Spring is still almost three weeks away, and I guess we're going to get some heavy winter snows in the Sierra this weekend, but a few of my favorite early-season Mt. Tam wildflowers make it seem like spring is already here. I felt a little guilty to actually drive all the way up there just to snap a few photos with the DSLR, but it won't happen again (at least, not until next time). </p><p style="text-align: left;">I also swapped out the two trail camera memory cards and gathered a few more male hazel flowers in the hope of dusting some of their pollen on the female flowers of our backyard hazel. After I clipped a few of the open catkins I shook the branches and sent a beautiful golden cloud of pollen drifting on a very light breeze. If only I could get a cloud like that to drift past my homegrown plant. </p><p style="text-align: left;">When I hiked the short distance out to one of my favorite spots for finding calypso orchids, shooting stars, and Indian warrior (or warrior's plume, <i>Pedicularis densiflora</i>), I found a very changed landscape. There's been so much forest thinning going on (as a precaution against fire) that I found mostly fallen trees and slash piles along the forest edges where I'd expected to find wildflowers. Thankfully I still managed to find the few special species I was looking for. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm curious to see what's going to happen with all the girdled trees. Will they die and become the well-used pantries of acorn woodpeckers? Homes to beetle larvae for pileated woodpeckers to dig out? A source of nesting holes for red-breasted nuthatches? I hope so.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU-0w9sNQe8e6aGUhWS4DiEcp7YjQLdOAd9GyCtQzv_q79Eaf45echy-slgUzXf8el8RNpq2Qd3oH2mb07uJ7F0iuWPgtuwPJDIm-ZuP-95OI8y39TSLYmjfZ7djjEkFm0GzsZvPvnLHpX6OTTBKaN3gQQgqC6uMPbJtnrgZ5GTAlQ1GbTzFot801wtDY/s900/022824-11STK19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU-0w9sNQe8e6aGUhWS4DiEcp7YjQLdOAd9GyCtQzv_q79Eaf45echy-slgUzXf8el8RNpq2Qd3oH2mb07uJ7F0iuWPgtuwPJDIm-ZuP-95OI8y39TSLYmjfZ7djjEkFm0GzsZvPvnLHpX6OTTBKaN3gQQgqC6uMPbJtnrgZ5GTAlQ1GbTzFot801wtDY/w428-h640/022824-11STK19.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petals, Wavy & Flat</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SFeln4nMg8E2vh2B3e81RSJ7RGiOPuJKtprwJjNxPSDgAsjrB9ZrDrgi9yDcyW1X2BN5cTmwxae-fJ68IJDynmd7Fr2R5H_SCY2AuXPWGaQ0oOxvYKuQv4iRghoAZwViBve7StRdy5FgdsXLy8QUkcyB32YuNvrU1AHowq489br-RSv0oY4rQ3hk6DWG/s900/022824-30STK20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SFeln4nMg8E2vh2B3e81RSJ7RGiOPuJKtprwJjNxPSDgAsjrB9ZrDrgi9yDcyW1X2BN5cTmwxae-fJ68IJDynmd7Fr2R5H_SCY2AuXPWGaQ0oOxvYKuQv4iRghoAZwViBve7StRdy5FgdsXLy8QUkcyB32YuNvrU1AHowq489br-RSv0oY4rQ3hk6DWG/w428-h640/022824-30STK20.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like Indian paintbrush, Indian warrior is a hemiparasite, meaning it likes to parasitize the roots of other plants, but can live without doing so.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvvcRWYGNZuXTBSMpC5d0qSrSk5BdnVgEhYW5hURlXLtR-0_l7g-Tek8l8os98P9pgOXV173xVR_eKfWABpz8s0KeUMPXDFzrM8KefK25wtZ1PhcNCdJxdA_w5ibRM-grBHWsV8Pr-qgp0fbEeHSjLw4RH9Pb896FrkO6RIU6Ul2dD0pQrdb9akMmY6Tf/s900/022824-50STK11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvvcRWYGNZuXTBSMpC5d0qSrSk5BdnVgEhYW5hURlXLtR-0_l7g-Tek8l8os98P9pgOXV173xVR_eKfWABpz8s0KeUMPXDFzrM8KefK25wtZ1PhcNCdJxdA_w5ibRM-grBHWsV8Pr-qgp0fbEeHSjLw4RH9Pb896FrkO6RIU6Ul2dD0pQrdb9akMmY6Tf/w428-h640/022824-50STK11.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume)" target="_blank">Calscape</a> says it likes to parasitize members of the heath family, such as madrone.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnMiSksyo9SLLQCRCKw5jpQybEoSf-AgBJ5nwWSOnjnKHIXveNQLazI5Y1NRJ-cKeuPYvNxn1PIyd9ZiDLhBoqX0Aio7T43a08craalkbiHvGBsTewRltv2yzC2cS0LzRGkzvp2JQ2s-DvOiD0b7bemSPQn83oGqXtBR3Ur404WeOEV-Lf7BiVlSgGzXP/s1348/022824-61STK21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1348" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnMiSksyo9SLLQCRCKw5jpQybEoSf-AgBJ5nwWSOnjnKHIXveNQLazI5Y1NRJ-cKeuPYvNxn1PIyd9ZiDLhBoqX0Aio7T43a08craalkbiHvGBsTewRltv2yzC2cS0LzRGkzvp2JQ2s-DvOiD0b7bemSPQn83oGqXtBR3Ur404WeOEV-Lf7BiVlSgGzXP/w640-h428/022824-61STK21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like a jubilant opera star, the fairy slipper (<i>Calypso bulbosa</i>) appears to sing its heart out.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9Isx-fKmEW6xEccMcstsv6WA3iyysJVxqofZEbwcrvFUejco9ZIYvhgWjV7AdPzKQ1DzRq6U12CJcUCg3xll_uwF_rjckHNon0MYEmmxlurTD58Zwa1DEA1iClsxk2-sDAM-plUnvFacJgtHKpM6CFEZkJQY8FLhSa1ymy8Bcn-dmVv223qBCzoPdLdB/s1348/022824-82STK14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1348" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9Isx-fKmEW6xEccMcstsv6WA3iyysJVxqofZEbwcrvFUejco9ZIYvhgWjV7AdPzKQ1DzRq6U12CJcUCg3xll_uwF_rjckHNon0MYEmmxlurTD58Zwa1DEA1iClsxk2-sDAM-plUnvFacJgtHKpM6CFEZkJQY8FLhSa1ymy8Bcn-dmVv223qBCzoPdLdB/w640-h428/022824-82STK14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny sprouts of <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56842-Sanicula-tuberosa" target="_blank">turkey pea</a> (<i>Sanicula tuberosa</i>) were coming up among serpentine gravels.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNmzS-h9r8zIqDEiqnReY0rBjaVRKObyEUi2Y4bCzQpvvte6WTpsET-VdcqyMNXzyegj9QsgLRrm4X_5cCCFqgQhu7-6jGLL7IJc206qSE42SnP_Og3sDH6XQIfQ0O58C3zdIsxD0I5ej-i283Z-MCfQ7Q5BejHOdlZGJHkmqYdAXaLj1xDj7VXZnAgKW/s1349/022824-98.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNmzS-h9r8zIqDEiqnReY0rBjaVRKObyEUi2Y4bCzQpvvte6WTpsET-VdcqyMNXzyegj9QsgLRrm4X_5cCCFqgQhu7-6jGLL7IJc206qSE42SnP_Og3sDH6XQIfQ0O58C3zdIsxD0I5ej-i283Z-MCfQ7Q5BejHOdlZGJHkmqYdAXaLj1xDj7VXZnAgKW/w640-h426/022824-98.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB_StgyTvyS-8rRPsL0s6jXdRJWh79Io9asa_KBvXiMmTeNoZ9XP7V0b87eh_hCoWDGtkjCKgYZkP-CQQ72IpAfqkaXpXCZvEaIQ31cAgY0Ae73fLUbzwrWQTBq8pHRftFMeiZohDjM0sM8fdDA1HbFKCRo52Lsql-vjZVWehxrd7qHBoF9l5AW0GuDD7/s900/022824-99.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB_StgyTvyS-8rRPsL0s6jXdRJWh79Io9asa_KBvXiMmTeNoZ9XP7V0b87eh_hCoWDGtkjCKgYZkP-CQQ72IpAfqkaXpXCZvEaIQ31cAgY0Ae73fLUbzwrWQTBq8pHRftFMeiZohDjM0sM8fdDA1HbFKCRo52Lsql-vjZVWehxrd7qHBoF9l5AW0GuDD7/w428-h640/022824-99.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water flows have gone down quite a bit, and the forest floor has been drying out and getting crunchy again. Just in time for another deluge of rain. Bring it!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-7SexJb3wrYRUVT6vF94ZX5bj1VtGj29cZyuu-FS_QsZjwMrFEqKdEbU2ygRyvEJyTXEt_5-58KoIGzxFtk6lBB3ZrmHU2j29-0KJZxlTYz5B-AX7hVj_kAdVIFAsRzBsBxjAF6WleP-iHD_KL5dNWIl1biuhO7Gv0qA_K8nCC1ptxNqHc040A9whhtl/s1348/022824-112STK12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1348" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-7SexJb3wrYRUVT6vF94ZX5bj1VtGj29cZyuu-FS_QsZjwMrFEqKdEbU2ygRyvEJyTXEt_5-58KoIGzxFtk6lBB3ZrmHU2j29-0KJZxlTYz5B-AX7hVj_kAdVIFAsRzBsBxjAF6WleP-iHD_KL5dNWIl1biuhO7Gv0qA_K8nCC1ptxNqHc040A9whhtl/w640-h428/022824-112STK12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pacific Trillium</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8DfUFG3Zq5UzFCg10gD0Zn6daWoniR-UA9Y9PO4lodBHwipKMNMEN02HgGOlqPX93DxXfKomUjq-9drVliVPPELOdBcxvAppzA-fORq4EW0BSMRTLdOe4PhKJkPS_7QXgvu7rlbws6dMheO3wzJjhN6hNVKQthL0v896jYGv_1FGQwxQpX7JGF5c1U2g/s1600/022624-149-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8DfUFG3Zq5UzFCg10gD0Zn6daWoniR-UA9Y9PO4lodBHwipKMNMEN02HgGOlqPX93DxXfKomUjq-9drVliVPPELOdBcxvAppzA-fORq4EW0BSMRTLdOe4PhKJkPS_7QXgvu7rlbws6dMheO3wzJjhN6hNVKQthL0v896jYGv_1FGQwxQpX7JGF5c1U2g/w640-h360/022624-149-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bobcat Composite</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='553' height='460' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBFiCTGz1wMnNHI4iwk9JjNg80q21yUBxe63w2Z3UVx6yPONM0o3aAD36WwDQsePZEpKNf9-UE8HiledNWKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bobcat must have been brushing up against the trail camera when it first set it off. A fox and a coyote also made an appearance this week, in addition to numerous turkeys and deer.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-43450583526435132662024-02-27T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-27T06:00:00.162-08:00Metson Lake Heron<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipf-vkAWu-X3wueALp_IHwj2PSOctWXA6oRDEaRyRYq_gDKZeLtVthFjlecmBqA8RiVAsJA-H3OyXXFcpEXdqEidnpTZcmf1LCqj_8YlJv0Zlyd-NBrIIvvmTi-tAlo241STr2JWNDZiBbl5cqS9uuapRV8UQ9Oi0IUxDzATFkt9lPYx3KQF0ZEHOkXHh-/s1200/022624_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipf-vkAWu-X3wueALp_IHwj2PSOctWXA6oRDEaRyRYq_gDKZeLtVthFjlecmBqA8RiVAsJA-H3OyXXFcpEXdqEidnpTZcmf1LCqj_8YlJv0Zlyd-NBrIIvvmTi-tAlo241STr2JWNDZiBbl5cqS9uuapRV8UQ9Oi0IUxDzATFkt9lPYx3KQF0ZEHOkXHh-/w640-h480/022624_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Heron at Attention</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The great blue heron was in its usual spot within a scramble of branches when I biked past Metson Lake yesterday, so I took a little break to watch from a park bench on the edge of the lake. I first noticed <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IiWj2tMWlQmDnfdeRRcuDkIUR5NVwj6T3LRhOszcsfsKNEz4Zq4I5BVCvqhV9pAsgsn0NLYXE8_JOTwCTWyeNKrL68Ugh-CP1cdeMY_5D8nfStydEa5nD7tTzbUdolSG5vVW4YKmflaAl6MaRyGUDyJO342kCj1i7QqFxhW4qOeTToi3JWKPwUFhjw/w640-h480/IMG_20230203_MetsonLake.jpg" target="_blank">the fallen tree on 2/3/23</a>, and only recently began to see the occasional heron in there. It appeared to be resting and preening for the most part, although it did briefly show interest in something that swam by near its feet. I also saw a heron back (after a long absence in the wake of the Feb. 4 wind storm) in one of the nesting trees at Blue Heron Lake on the way home.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpHY8vphg6vCWbvyinyq90J9-bxRdVX1JsjuLIc4CA4-viAJAyy8E8xnvUEetHNVBdWsFgYe7bYjVUJThjmZyqFc5138eg7GBBJlgnyXNBL6sb78Ku6Dsu3KePNdz__-RvLdRmJjvyprEoZ_Lq8ha8nDVoOOyUEQHVNbOnADda0ixv5xD8BQOz9yN9mTF/s1200/022624_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpHY8vphg6vCWbvyinyq90J9-bxRdVX1JsjuLIc4CA4-viAJAyy8E8xnvUEetHNVBdWsFgYe7bYjVUJThjmZyqFc5138eg7GBBJlgnyXNBL6sb78Ku6Dsu3KePNdz__-RvLdRmJjvyprEoZ_Lq8ha8nDVoOOyUEQHVNbOnADda0ixv5xD8BQOz9yN9mTF/w640-h480/022624_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preening the Wing</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuP4JrhW4EaZlicP4KV4DsFlGJjP15LW_NjNDEvKC97ZKh_JM1PobKRaMjVPdEI95bbnCaPHWutG5H__c2bopsTa6L-YINj-kEYCRyO2QbXDhRfJYPGilcrusU4I47BaF9dtbCcv9u30WougA4QuxVxNEtpBX-1SCx0J5uUv65rHSufFuTZiSm8IE2lJd/s1200/022624_0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuP4JrhW4EaZlicP4KV4DsFlGJjP15LW_NjNDEvKC97ZKh_JM1PobKRaMjVPdEI95bbnCaPHWutG5H__c2bopsTa6L-YINj-kEYCRyO2QbXDhRfJYPGilcrusU4I47BaF9dtbCcv9u30WougA4QuxVxNEtpBX-1SCx0J5uUv65rHSufFuTZiSm8IE2lJd/w640-h480/022624_0008.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stretching a Leg</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89amZkpmArHb2FRleOkxpsmUcc9hAKTzlPi2FacvoxgMYbafz0QpvfI_4N7RHfFEnVtG_xtMSIoWpgtWFOfhR02rm3N2-UlDV6ND766dS4qaP_j852uRXfmxDoHdRoVWMwKeNfKRCnOvB30zpWXoobxTmv5jVHaFOqHOjM_05pqqI9UJlgn__syXGrbeq/s1200/022624_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89amZkpmArHb2FRleOkxpsmUcc9hAKTzlPi2FacvoxgMYbafz0QpvfI_4N7RHfFEnVtG_xtMSIoWpgtWFOfhR02rm3N2-UlDV6ND766dS4qaP_j852uRXfmxDoHdRoVWMwKeNfKRCnOvB30zpWXoobxTmv5jVHaFOqHOjM_05pqqI9UJlgn__syXGrbeq/w640-h480/022624_0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I heard the clip-clopping of horses behind me as I was about to pack up and leave.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-561633564875186192024-02-26T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-26T08:58:44.388-08:00Beached<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7aW7fIPNLPC1IpiEeo3jjIa6WMTJ-lEW-DjABwIWGNcQmw4Vkkip7QE1jK0Cj3LtysgUXP8UiDDkvVORd-XPVknYM0t2lHmZG_ItBPdEMwuRoubXPMTeSWaWFkmiio3baJCfHp5kRjm871lf6SYdT96eV3onGRQTfI1hlPl0LQT1TdihA9RzB1hslutY/s1200/022524_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7aW7fIPNLPC1IpiEeo3jjIa6WMTJ-lEW-DjABwIWGNcQmw4Vkkip7QE1jK0Cj3LtysgUXP8UiDDkvVORd-XPVknYM0t2lHmZG_ItBPdEMwuRoubXPMTeSWaWFkmiio3baJCfHp5kRjm871lf6SYdT96eV3onGRQTfI1hlPl0LQT1TdihA9RzB1hslutY/w640-h480/022524_0006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scooting Sanderlings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLVwyKI_JlSwVgUqJU9cTPM0qE6uAJpS0z2V9M-oP8AxI0d4NfIoThOB5qcBAr-52waOQrs9a7QsHCjwrImLfsTltyvoy4suKQK5KIkmyUQdlpivNdoOd9R8iYXL-nyJB4bM80DZD1ofl_72W8YrpESUbYKjU5QiLXgIXdWcDwYq9-Q7YoGRQYsvstsfs/s1200/022524_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLVwyKI_JlSwVgUqJU9cTPM0qE6uAJpS0z2V9M-oP8AxI0d4NfIoThOB5qcBAr-52waOQrs9a7QsHCjwrImLfsTltyvoy4suKQK5KIkmyUQdlpivNdoOd9R8iYXL-nyJB4bM80DZD1ofl_72W8YrpESUbYKjU5QiLXgIXdWcDwYq9-Q7YoGRQYsvstsfs/w640-h480/022524_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sanderling steps up to the (dinner) plate.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyclnUIod128FqeiJ52bWTTdv69ERuko4EfZ6vBnjRhvU-VFWc38QRoq0RqEfHMyukN84p8m_xs5o_gl5e6_BYl2o6PY9cG3e8ySTgQVeVIEpGhxkADaF73pSDra4Mc4CY97TvOsvd15hgsRSdPlhyiEZQaoVtYfiDVct_nHmEZFm3rf4A9HvHxCvpmXZ/s1200/022524_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyclnUIod128FqeiJ52bWTTdv69ERuko4EfZ6vBnjRhvU-VFWc38QRoq0RqEfHMyukN84p8m_xs5o_gl5e6_BYl2o6PY9cG3e8ySTgQVeVIEpGhxkADaF73pSDra4Mc4CY97TvOsvd15hgsRSdPlhyiEZQaoVtYfiDVct_nHmEZFm3rf4A9HvHxCvpmXZ/w640-h480/022524_0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing to nab an unsuspecting mole crab.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GpnOs0kD9GdkzoXB36H_nLFdQhGBY9OJFBv4WW8d4nfIZ5VWMzeBQDKP6Sb3l1_bPvMM0yoR5wX-Y57b6V1G7BPeV8hPdpm5HFobaJeRe2zmqb07K4jzLXdFjwNddezO5k41GWaIy0qsr8xlBI42m262eofKJrG1bWSD8sou3-c9-fe1mAiwD9XY9qjO/s1200/022524_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GpnOs0kD9GdkzoXB36H_nLFdQhGBY9OJFBv4WW8d4nfIZ5VWMzeBQDKP6Sb3l1_bPvMM0yoR5wX-Y57b6V1G7BPeV8hPdpm5HFobaJeRe2zmqb07K4jzLXdFjwNddezO5k41GWaIy0qsr8xlBI42m262eofKJrG1bWSD8sou3-c9-fe1mAiwD9XY9qjO/w640-h480/022524_0011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probing Reflections</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM0sS6JXlo3j8j2uod6VGoiMVG1X_gfI5o4r21Cg42pW_x-RHflVE5pg6IIyV7_zQ5o-p3NFvmsk6Lf-iFEfu1n9ukzFxcTnt6FBHYSQzzjjl0VneIJwuu25H-pjsYS55LKFAZAVFFxqZjF2u3LP0Qkdyl7sjhG2R2C5YEoJwTc0xeCPjNy79F6ppX-gm/s1200/022524_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM0sS6JXlo3j8j2uod6VGoiMVG1X_gfI5o4r21Cg42pW_x-RHflVE5pg6IIyV7_zQ5o-p3NFvmsk6Lf-iFEfu1n9ukzFxcTnt6FBHYSQzzjjl0VneIJwuu25H-pjsYS55LKFAZAVFFxqZjF2u3LP0Qkdyl7sjhG2R2C5YEoJwTc0xeCPjNy79F6ppX-gm/w640-h480/022524_0013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few surf scoters suddenly appeared close to shore and gave me a chance to fire off a few frames before they headed back out to deeper water.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x1BNUEgKJQyWCTUnMOqi1Cf8pdwdOpWVCBiFmJPJrzhlDBqmZqSRMh1hom9ZLbLIsCObj0R6CCEAVwmVKF8O3dGL6Vl9OjYRNs6gsGWmLrO3YBUtB3LIcfH10cXGSuKWuNJE0OiU0XTEK-hNxVR14qG4DbOM5VGWavvPa7sCyh6eyK6EsX9DYZ0gjfMq/s1200/022524_0017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x1BNUEgKJQyWCTUnMOqi1Cf8pdwdOpWVCBiFmJPJrzhlDBqmZqSRMh1hom9ZLbLIsCObj0R6CCEAVwmVKF8O3dGL6Vl9OjYRNs6gsGWmLrO3YBUtB3LIcfH10cXGSuKWuNJE0OiU0XTEK-hNxVR14qG4DbOM5VGWavvPa7sCyh6eyK6EsX9DYZ0gjfMq/w640-h480/022524_0017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It sorta looks like the scoter caught something, but it might just be a beakful of sand.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YZCL1n_VkJEzr_7eofzUxUweTvh5nz_2nSHr85_fpcHNuBgGzs-JlMyWAfXe1aa5PLM_2BR_0wXLw_dok3-dLXsiLxhdmTewYI53Cfhg7-y-lgEo4uZmDL3UXQ1m8jtbb2yEbD9YoaD0X2vjXIxkWpmqhcJgCz3zPjMjXNA6kO656woMLY0Tlalugfrr/s1200/022524_0027.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YZCL1n_VkJEzr_7eofzUxUweTvh5nz_2nSHr85_fpcHNuBgGzs-JlMyWAfXe1aa5PLM_2BR_0wXLw_dok3-dLXsiLxhdmTewYI53Cfhg7-y-lgEo4uZmDL3UXQ1m8jtbb2yEbD9YoaD0X2vjXIxkWpmqhcJgCz3zPjMjXNA6kO656woMLY0Tlalugfrr/w640-h480/022524_0027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sea foam was more colorful out of focus.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjiK-eqHyXZUnmtGwJ5baSLez6LcXE1dc0ArOE325GTiXhFWkIvHXm0aRwcogPKmpEjCnIZAdDQLZHW_m8WnoEYPMzadrSQu3fMlHGSJs3QuPyQU1JF0nkkJcJZT_cjyB2t8V9eO5Mi8hIrBaq-vJPSyvL0vMqETKbBZIbb7_UeVrzEfOXh74OmY6Huua/s900/022524_0029.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjiK-eqHyXZUnmtGwJ5baSLez6LcXE1dc0ArOE325GTiXhFWkIvHXm0aRwcogPKmpEjCnIZAdDQLZHW_m8WnoEYPMzadrSQu3fMlHGSJs3QuPyQU1JF0nkkJcJZT_cjyB2t8V9eO5Mi8hIrBaq-vJPSyvL0vMqETKbBZIbb7_UeVrzEfOXh74OmY6Huua/w480-h640/022524_0029.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">River of Clouds</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingirqZZB5X5qYlA2K3U8EXGrpLx_rgfLl1kClCuc7GHFR2j8jXvnilYOKy6qwNe9GU69GRhf9NsyjqGvVeuTz8M7b4s2aHVJAV8H5_FpnBVXHoLOxIfyelxehw2ik6rR-blq7pSoLFzj0fjqZFFKq9YyXfSHYJdnGbdWSJILUYT3d8x334aFgp-2KysKJ/s1200/022524_0031.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingirqZZB5X5qYlA2K3U8EXGrpLx_rgfLl1kClCuc7GHFR2j8jXvnilYOKy6qwNe9GU69GRhf9NsyjqGvVeuTz8M7b4s2aHVJAV8H5_FpnBVXHoLOxIfyelxehw2ik6rR-blq7pSoLFzj0fjqZFFKq9YyXfSHYJdnGbdWSJILUYT3d8x334aFgp-2KysKJ/w640-h480/022524_0031.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little rowboat looks like something you'd rent at Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park. But hopefully you'd get one in better shape.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4F4WcNwaT13lbw3U6-3ZazZtU8PAfhzwOMAPUq0Lki0Zj4tbq6G2xY-DD1dKH2ZVCk4EiTHBSUzMYjnVnm03lqAFJOTGUfZWE1IODF5Ql1Ss2SD5D13inpr8Jx3GhBehELp6C_gLXUK0Nny_ldzsGw_Z687SkbKVIA7S1AOngwnYPd4NuIQGQMPIXlcO/s1200/022524_0035.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4F4WcNwaT13lbw3U6-3ZazZtU8PAfhzwOMAPUq0Lki0Zj4tbq6G2xY-DD1dKH2ZVCk4EiTHBSUzMYjnVnm03lqAFJOTGUfZWE1IODF5Ql1Ss2SD5D13inpr8Jx3GhBehELp6C_gLXUK0Nny_ldzsGw_Z687SkbKVIA7S1AOngwnYPd4NuIQGQMPIXlcO/w640-h480/022524_0035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good ole Mt. Tamalpais<br />(It took a while for the clouds to lift off its peak.)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDSFCDOAUo-hEN6DSJq_VP73vIUPyW1QBrh1ysl0m35J-ARdiHZ0AMypqkKpvzSJ5bWtCd-aIpQMTBa8LL5PDsiUnfngJ0sSCP5t2iKiC80tItJAZJWkCm6ck6_t_xRel-M1vSov2fHwwOxxUARmLskq4xbx3hVbIFj6BF_Nm1y1UUQ-LHJDJb-dO7dCZ/s1200/022524_0036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDSFCDOAUo-hEN6DSJq_VP73vIUPyW1QBrh1ysl0m35J-ARdiHZ0AMypqkKpvzSJ5bWtCd-aIpQMTBa8LL5PDsiUnfngJ0sSCP5t2iKiC80tItJAZJWkCm6ck6_t_xRel-M1vSov2fHwwOxxUARmLskq4xbx3hVbIFj6BF_Nm1y1UUQ-LHJDJb-dO7dCZ/w640-h480/022524_0036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocean Beach on a Sunny Sunday Afternoon (2/25/24)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhOAC8jxD-Q2u0tCMamwBmScsSkIXY-MCGDFsfRfovhjENibdmZBIosBybl7izlBfp5CthIqCbgnHT6kWrDp0I_m_qKi01YHueycy9OB9NeC9EDRpXoZp5UVwdXLhyphenhyphentvwaBVWVFFxcGTBhZ5tdVPqB18-8qndqdonQb4fMf3EorESiCwwBrqtQiKcfG1Q/s1200/022524_0040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhOAC8jxD-Q2u0tCMamwBmScsSkIXY-MCGDFsfRfovhjENibdmZBIosBybl7izlBfp5CthIqCbgnHT6kWrDp0I_m_qKi01YHueycy9OB9NeC9EDRpXoZp5UVwdXLhyphenhyphentvwaBVWVFFxcGTBhZ5tdVPqB18-8qndqdonQb4fMf3EorESiCwwBrqtQiKcfG1Q/w640-h480/022524_0040.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once a month my wife comes down to the beach to do an hour of clean-up of mostly little bits of plastic and short lengths of rope. It adds up to a surprisingly heavy load.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7Euiwv7ADWZSQdkvtd8APewUhkHBCD2u5gDW6dAazMeRXU7V-pVkzroVRMzoJ1jcYHb7CidevgE923xzfgb9RChha6KVKVoxzIx-3gp9Z6_zvkCZyDV6T101I3AnvoKqHx_tz41tfvvVMqHw9qePvhknB2K__S3R5BKazgxWtaOJqNQqnN8yhUwZ4RSv/s1200/022524_0043.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7Euiwv7ADWZSQdkvtd8APewUhkHBCD2u5gDW6dAazMeRXU7V-pVkzroVRMzoJ1jcYHb7CidevgE923xzfgb9RChha6KVKVoxzIx-3gp9Z6_zvkCZyDV6T101I3AnvoKqHx_tz41tfvvVMqHw9qePvhknB2K__S3R5BKazgxWtaOJqNQqnN8yhUwZ4RSv/w640-h480/022524_0043.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This old man and the sea <br />is probably younger than me.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1pM3CU5Rut9pSAn-A5MiOCxgc9aOaHsKTmY-re5HfP4yfjC6FDRMdr59ekpdyBdRyVLtEe52jxa5bqo1qLRxzKTGrjYTcrHS9UpJS00JrcnDBkk0cLd8qujQS6B1ivVc2F5XJSt2xpbi3L9___rtEATSPcK6dDdffdjIR-f1EH9iYiU7H0gCgBjwcQAs/s1200/022524_0046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1pM3CU5Rut9pSAn-A5MiOCxgc9aOaHsKTmY-re5HfP4yfjC6FDRMdr59ekpdyBdRyVLtEe52jxa5bqo1qLRxzKTGrjYTcrHS9UpJS00JrcnDBkk0cLd8qujQS6B1ivVc2F5XJSt2xpbi3L9___rtEATSPcK6dDdffdjIR-f1EH9iYiU7H0gCgBjwcQAs/w640-h480/022524_0046.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Official Coast Guard Fly-by</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARPxdqbDfMCtve0qIazMhgmuDtNMPuDW35NUq4rYKbLS_EAFIDlV5-PyaFoGgoaEARXqBoRRTUlnF7yioecL958WSDWP63pBLxQclEjvYen65zYrvHYz-yc7v_ky2ydCG22gcNolkuQowJbZG5pUMbXZSNgVdbUsSgPCKaDch5E0717c1YwM8nJh2TwOW/s1200/022524_0047.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARPxdqbDfMCtve0qIazMhgmuDtNMPuDW35NUq4rYKbLS_EAFIDlV5-PyaFoGgoaEARXqBoRRTUlnF7yioecL958WSDWP63pBLxQclEjvYen65zYrvHYz-yc7v_ky2ydCG22gcNolkuQowJbZG5pUMbXZSNgVdbUsSgPCKaDch5E0717c1YwM8nJh2TwOW/w640-h480/022524_0047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nature's Coast Guard Fly-by</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwpAG5c890j7qe0MHgunOgBUS6m0biznvasUuUmQ4D9tDPAoY-38ucpFrgs0Tl6UvEkmr8DtIRg9N3DBAJkjhlOXeAR-tqgJW0SFq3QRs0-g6wT6RQGJ0SeieF3scyq2tpAo2qoYBru7T-NdRGFOOGGFuEOtiq4Qbpn3EyyFYuieRTSOQ6qS369UtOEW4/s1200/022524_0050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwpAG5c890j7qe0MHgunOgBUS6m0biznvasUuUmQ4D9tDPAoY-38ucpFrgs0Tl6UvEkmr8DtIRg9N3DBAJkjhlOXeAR-tqgJW0SFq3QRs0-g6wT6RQGJ0SeieF3scyq2tpAo2qoYBru7T-NdRGFOOGGFuEOtiq4Qbpn3EyyFYuieRTSOQ6qS369UtOEW4/w640-h480/022524_0050.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raven Shadow</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNX1Y3AuAJAUcKJnKtHHwtprgg59ju7uwPZk8F3JIGl-woZR1itLqIZvvW_80VPqL1RDjj5zI06Rev5_RlVIaPMafj6lQjbJDkXNEvXdw3z-BNm3mBJc8fsi_r0-ZlCBdRwhrDGIE7UtekqYZuvL6a77TZC1V0a5WA3IbmDIuwEmhzwa2PTcuWoHhO38V/s1200/022524_0055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNX1Y3AuAJAUcKJnKtHHwtprgg59ju7uwPZk8F3JIGl-woZR1itLqIZvvW_80VPqL1RDjj5zI06Rev5_RlVIaPMafj6lQjbJDkXNEvXdw3z-BNm3mBJc8fsi_r0-ZlCBdRwhrDGIE7UtekqYZuvL6a77TZC1V0a5WA3IbmDIuwEmhzwa2PTcuWoHhO38V/w640-h480/022524_0055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crude oil tanker Sapphira heads out to sea, with Mt. Tam in the distance. I only noticed later that a pair of boogie-boarders was having a kiss before paddling out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='550' height='457' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwjkY-wETZ6mwk4MV7PXO15MqSoPglsyS7OjxPkZudT5N-lbXvgF8v51tgV1hReqhpyHPXEKYY_SWskNfIcBg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sanderlings on the Move</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-38117483813416198672024-02-25T16:29:00.000-08:002024-02-25T16:29:45.345-08:00Full Metal Moon<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBmO_-5aBhzwA52fEyJLB-Mn9B1WjygWp4A2q4nU4ulF3oEvtLwemIMGovwlrtz7vUAmYKIs9hXl_T2cgzILxrCJq0Ev5n_bVjsjg-61NxmOLYyQOOufMZIe6T56g1JiDLbouCGaxZqZaly_ERAnJYSLel5mpZpx-vUveRkWRBrHF7h_wjgIYKTAdxFmT/s1200/022324_0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBmO_-5aBhzwA52fEyJLB-Mn9B1WjygWp4A2q4nU4ulF3oEvtLwemIMGovwlrtz7vUAmYKIs9hXl_T2cgzILxrCJq0Ev5n_bVjsjg-61NxmOLYyQOOufMZIe6T56g1JiDLbouCGaxZqZaly_ERAnJYSLel5mpZpx-vUveRkWRBrHF7h_wjgIYKTAdxFmT/w640-h480/022324_0064.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full Moon Rising Behind Sutro Tower (2/23/24)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-78475293237173660642024-02-22T15:30:00.000-08:002024-02-27T13:18:49.404-08:00Mountain Run<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkSbSRuy8CNRAeSrllMbDhA7aRp3j2E-cPq-83xRL7j4yOeIqKo-ZEfGN9wcVfQblH_JHtiIGyemehvx-SiKRoAXC3RGtKGFwWnGkCzwhe1bLJkypuX0_d0I3aBFAPLpoP29BVUnR-ygMGDJaSVSscmAlvduq7y3TKkasU2idipuHCpS7HvCj-nwaZPtE/s1349/022224-05x.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkSbSRuy8CNRAeSrllMbDhA7aRp3j2E-cPq-83xRL7j4yOeIqKo-ZEfGN9wcVfQblH_JHtiIGyemehvx-SiKRoAXC3RGtKGFwWnGkCzwhe1bLJkypuX0_d0I3aBFAPLpoP29BVUnR-ygMGDJaSVSscmAlvduq7y3TKkasU2idipuHCpS7HvCj-nwaZPtE/w640-h426/022224-05x.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milk Maids</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Today I drove up to Mt. Tam once again to gather hazel pollen from some trees I had in mind, but I couldn't reach them due to Fairfax-Bolinas Road being closed. Even as I drove up there I was looking forward to bicycling again, and as it happened I found a great hazel area right along Panoramic Highway that I could easily have collected pollen from during a bike ride. So it goes, as Kurt Vonnegut used to say. (I just watched a documentary about Vonnegut, <i><a href="https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/13799154" target="_blank">Unstuck in Time</a></i>, last night.)</p><p style="text-align: left;">Since I had the car, I brought along my DSLR gear, but I hardly used it despite seeing blooms of Indian warrior, calypso orchid, and trillium. All three can be highly photogenic, but the Indian warrior was in too difficult and unsafe a spot to photograph, the calypsos were all brooding, half-open and bent downward, and the trillium were also nodding as though half-asleep.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Before I found the hazel on Panoramic Highway I'd planned to have a look down along Redwood Creek in Frank Valley (where Muir Woods is). I used to hike into the hills from down there quite a lot back in the day, when it was still sleepy down there, with few cars or hikers, and you could walk into Muir Woods without a reservation. Now, most of the parking areas west of Muir Woods are gone or signed "No Parking - $99 Fine." The old main trail through Frank Valley appears to have been decommissioned. Even the beautifully funky, lichen-crusted <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJRcW2sIVm8s4N0aH36kEUaCuCA9faGRs3JVuMsoXWMDqmCk_Qk2zPBLvdx8t1e-6tPK99EcVE6RbxGAhML8afmycFry9lyKK4cyxQ-EAW_s8mODEEGcXXpS52CqaQWT3Bk5vAvbfMnfL/s1600/101616-81.jpg" target="_blank">old bridge</a> that crossed the creek has been removed. [UPDATE: It <a href="https://publicworks.marincounty.org/frank-valley-road-near-muir-woods-national-monument/" target="_blank">looks like</a> they're going to replace the bridge as part of general road work slated for Frank Valley.]</p><p style="text-align: left;">The bridge was near a couple of old California buckeye trees next to the road. Years go I collected a few seeds from those trees and tossed them into a vacant lot near my home, and now there is a small, lone buckeye growing there. It leafs out every year, but I've never seen it produce seeds. Anyway, I was surprised to see that someone had screwed a metal plate into one of the buckeyes, reading "Beckett Briggs" and dated 2022. I googled the name, figuring it was a botanist, to no avail. So now I wonder if it's just some kind of graffiti, akin to carving initials into a tree.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrzrKgIzcHNgt02DfD16TudESWSZNYXuUaHSLv09UwVucqUiA6rk4GIsbdjEofs22E25uHVKx-v5dy7v7l462Y7maTOdUrkPdg7h8I7bb0Daah-tFT6mWgNelKHblPYDyzj7zFocVt_BJllnYUMfMhtyFTGX5W54MyrDRluubQrCioHrhahg8xS0YtSzo/s900/022224-07.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrzrKgIzcHNgt02DfD16TudESWSZNYXuUaHSLv09UwVucqUiA6rk4GIsbdjEofs22E25uHVKx-v5dy7v7l462Y7maTOdUrkPdg7h8I7bb0Daah-tFT6mWgNelKHblPYDyzj7zFocVt_BJllnYUMfMhtyFTGX5W54MyrDRluubQrCioHrhahg8xS0YtSzo/w428-h640/022224-07.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mossy Madrone</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1W1XKDfo0ySx-dQZDe9yZ4UYLffEMLXcHWz39jQvmy7niLr6oJK1GtaJ6Of6z5hQkFwfPVFZXtj-NsS208b9T3lha5FE6pJlyn-c5PBOUiy-7Zrd5aPIAO4pLcDsH3Yz71yEAXyAPEt5VPiVUXli1U-MM3IHRdtw4dPZnd6dhsbZV9XnDwp2OlZsM5vV/s1349/022224-12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1W1XKDfo0ySx-dQZDe9yZ4UYLffEMLXcHWz39jQvmy7niLr6oJK1GtaJ6Of6z5hQkFwfPVFZXtj-NsS208b9T3lha5FE6pJlyn-c5PBOUiy-7Zrd5aPIAO4pLcDsH3Yz71yEAXyAPEt5VPiVUXli1U-MM3IHRdtw4dPZnd6dhsbZV9XnDwp2OlZsM5vV/w640-h426/022224-12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moss Fingerlings</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWx8iDSP8biFjldcDK2CuLuDhEL0ufepHa0worXCj9QRDjoncr0xweoFn9ygEKwh1J-q79jUM-JXX-royLjbe47DG-P3lsY1jf6UgeKjcvu0ZcCZ2d28ULQ3AQgKIpmjsLobKWNF6LttcF8HRUjv2HXDhYR_0VJTEC9B62QlBbklRqQBxjxFbkQu9Cw9B/s1200/IMG_20240222_114735661.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWx8iDSP8biFjldcDK2CuLuDhEL0ufepHa0worXCj9QRDjoncr0xweoFn9ygEKwh1J-q79jUM-JXX-royLjbe47DG-P3lsY1jf6UgeKjcvu0ZcCZ2d28ULQ3AQgKIpmjsLobKWNF6LttcF8HRUjv2HXDhYR_0VJTEC9B62QlBbklRqQBxjxFbkQu9Cw9B/w640-h480/IMG_20240222_114735661.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Science Project or Graffiti?</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBqg82CqkIjsDe0XXKHTYpwbRELBcpEUgxCZx44DgwmVUvS1CKKf90ybn4ayZnqEWTzLrh4JBrzdVNfMvaUVMJnR0U6z3-T9AZaSvj_b9gq4ZH5NwgyKLSxd-Ql5ASV-h2MNMO4j6qKaxDB6vM8bodjjEO9Sff-gsOrCP6SJgobOpXOVTQLblCObyu6wF/s900/IMG_20240222_114750912_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBqg82CqkIjsDe0XXKHTYpwbRELBcpEUgxCZx44DgwmVUvS1CKKf90ybn4ayZnqEWTzLrh4JBrzdVNfMvaUVMJnR0U6z3-T9AZaSvj_b9gq4ZH5NwgyKLSxd-Ql5ASV-h2MNMO4j6qKaxDB6vM8bodjjEO9Sff-gsOrCP6SJgobOpXOVTQLblCObyu6wF/w480-h640/IMG_20240222_114750912_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the old buckeyes along Frank Valley Road. I haven't noticed leaves sprouting on the wild buckeyes yet, but the big one in Strybing Arboretum is already leafing out.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCeXVYHBtAMV1OefNHm8y2XR3C6YOr7607W6Se6nrw6XsMMUUeL7bZqyY1_qcdOjo02ejlWsyPfPSFlO-3zQ9WyypemD-7kNLQbmUzCkWAx6txUw4qKTTVHCgvOKMd8DSSRwNkFsEyFmjih7IfWjgcypuEe98kH4FBPM1smFvU8a5SrI8ljGp1X6t9m3J/s1957/IMG_20240222_095605526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1957" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCeXVYHBtAMV1OefNHm8y2XR3C6YOr7607W6Se6nrw6XsMMUUeL7bZqyY1_qcdOjo02ejlWsyPfPSFlO-3zQ9WyypemD-7kNLQbmUzCkWAx6txUw4qKTTVHCgvOKMd8DSSRwNkFsEyFmjih7IfWjgcypuEe98kH4FBPM1smFvU8a5SrI8ljGp1X6t9m3J/w640-h294/IMG_20240222_095605526.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just when I thought this log on the way to the trail cams was done sprouting new growths of bear's head fungus, this is what I find today.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoOFEc-mhe_R82qzNZZ5zpPvXDn8uYTgN2bZanTv5J4DkoXSh1hv-BbNUtPMlDorYdkvsUlRG-XRW9ZUL2tl9qEEv51pWHiEee9YqVtrxosJkdPltD4tkA43FoPiIfttcJLDTIDSx9lG89MeNGmr-H-BzE-3CXy5J87kLHhU_h5o6Ro0KGKTLyNDXf8cv/s1600/021524_0037-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoOFEc-mhe_R82qzNZZ5zpPvXDn8uYTgN2bZanTv5J4DkoXSh1hv-BbNUtPMlDorYdkvsUlRG-XRW9ZUL2tl9qEEv51pWHiEee9YqVtrxosJkdPltD4tkA43FoPiIfttcJLDTIDSx9lG89MeNGmr-H-BzE-3CXy5J87kLHhU_h5o6Ro0KGKTLyNDXf8cv/w640-h360/021524_0037-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of deer and turkeys on the two cams over the last week...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8c36hpshGnoiR8brih10PjT5WGyyQofIXI_vvgbIJbiTC4w4m-jLmneZ5OEUJw9DAsG3-HO81T4KngXi7gItmn4p4mCQMM1NmYcW39sOb6ztCxJtTBYIFzsfqj7yrCw0eUPQ-5_GHSdIwPh6OP01Hpd0BlKcW3Ky3GfPAHCB2lOkefBq5-FVAt1inRpf/s1600/022024_0017-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8c36hpshGnoiR8brih10PjT5WGyyQofIXI_vvgbIJbiTC4w4m-jLmneZ5OEUJw9DAsG3-HO81T4KngXi7gItmn4p4mCQMM1NmYcW39sOb6ztCxJtTBYIFzsfqj7yrCw0eUPQ-5_GHSdIwPh6OP01Hpd0BlKcW3Ky3GfPAHCB2lOkefBq5-FVAt1inRpf/w640-h360/022024_0017-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but not a single coyote, fox, or bobcat.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9xH_8enj6QxSDjf5tiicK8iGxHveo7zlmtcAKjgWzpq7CvnrHApeg93_KyGJItUm42ADlUZgxvc3Vqq77eEvy8yk0hlMC8QZ6h_7-_IASLUt14jICEIielatKAh6dMJWdqo9cWJYbXp2oDtMFUjllYoZx1RZ6qjsjCTNUMOBqr0AtPBCAA6p9MHm9W_d/s1295/Chair%20-%20Summer%20Winter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1295" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9xH_8enj6QxSDjf5tiicK8iGxHveo7zlmtcAKjgWzpq7CvnrHApeg93_KyGJItUm42ADlUZgxvc3Vqq77eEvy8yk0hlMC8QZ6h_7-_IASLUt14jICEIielatKAh6dMJWdqo9cWJYbXp2oDtMFUjllYoZx1RZ6qjsjCTNUMOBqr0AtPBCAA6p9MHm9W_d/w640-h444/Chair%20-%20Summer%20Winter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then & Now</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodKxZG1oVLFC3EveWK5DmGe2mweEHO2kUjJPsgzVtWq3_aEx4y1CD3Fb7NzWekMENbrp8h3-e20TrHJcUS1HtqhbbMOhY9FssdSnJK9Q37IZHo70iKHm4FVl4GejU4PRMGFRlVPZFrb7jsy6fHAXeNjLmFtI3JB0_s5D-GNqzUEc5lcnVuAECnTKFZvHj/s1200/IMG_20240221_092955780.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodKxZG1oVLFC3EveWK5DmGe2mweEHO2kUjJPsgzVtWq3_aEx4y1CD3Fb7NzWekMENbrp8h3-e20TrHJcUS1HtqhbbMOhY9FssdSnJK9Q37IZHo70iKHm4FVl4GejU4PRMGFRlVPZFrb7jsy6fHAXeNjLmFtI3JB0_s5D-GNqzUEc5lcnVuAECnTKFZvHj/w640-h480/IMG_20240221_092955780.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like these little wooden chairs set in a cul-de-sac along one of my urban hikes. That's almost all miner's lettuce packed up around them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">* * *</div>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-42711603709825190832024-02-21T15:08:00.000-08:002024-02-21T15:13:26.068-08:00Twenty Percent Chance<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByfUx9pme1r381GIqxkNS4_fvdCmCwyvZJxwQMZlB8MrMUoGlzfAMh0sqLPgxdDCNh6vcMnGNzsf1dlAZf2pYvUbeh21-YQlWFUIozPWj9Ajta2EdVIhTMsfsuzTQG-L86jUj2cuJnyFn_4iwQfp-dIxRl9mjrt5E759w02RLozJzyocX0R84fbr0WKaw/s1200/IMG_20240221_104749724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByfUx9pme1r381GIqxkNS4_fvdCmCwyvZJxwQMZlB8MrMUoGlzfAMh0sqLPgxdDCNh6vcMnGNzsf1dlAZf2pYvUbeh21-YQlWFUIozPWj9Ajta2EdVIhTMsfsuzTQG-L86jUj2cuJnyFn_4iwQfp-dIxRl9mjrt5E759w02RLozJzyocX0R84fbr0WKaw/w640-h480/IMG_20240221_104749724.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun and Clouds at Seal Rocks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I completed most of my morning walk before I needed the rain jacket. I'd circled through Forest Hill and West Portal and was up near Golden Gate Heights Park when it began to drizzle, and the clouds had already passed by the time I reached the Cascade Walk stairs. As the sun came out, a trace of rainbow lit up out toward Mt. Tam, and I took a snapshot with my phone camera, then dropped it and cracked the screen in two places. It still works, but this might be the excuse I've been waiting for to get a new phone with a top-notch camera.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Today's forecast called for a 20 percent chance of rain, so I figured the early morning sprinkle might have been it, and I headed out on my bike soon after I got home. I dropped down Golden Gate Park via JFK Drive until I reached the Great Highway, where I usually turn south. But when I looked to the north, the contrast of bright sun and dark clouds lured me toward it like singing Sirens.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The clouds and ocean provided beautiful drama, but since I wasn't getting any rainbow action, I rode up to Land's End where I arrived just in time to view a faint bow over the water with the Marin Headlands in the background. Unfortunately, as faint as it looked through my polarized eyeglasses, it was even fainter in the phone snap and soon disappeared as a huge rain cloud moved in and blotted out the sun. The cloud was impressively dark, but the rain was forgivingly light, and I managed to stay fairly dry under the branched awning of a cypress tree.</p><p style="text-align: left;">When there was a brief let-up in the rain, I coasted back down to the old Cliff House to find a more secure refuge to wait out the next line of squalls. Another faint rainbow appeared in the rain's wake, but it was 11:30 by then and the bow was very low in the sky.</p><p style="text-align: left;">On the way home I wished I'd brought my FZ80 to photograph a great blue heron on the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCnIz1GsRVlro3xX2YFMBEx8SxazvSdA4WUGgHFpnoXQW2yXfIliFGN9bWexJRu41FBqDfVk1SfCOQUozgl41F5vl8w1qH6eIbhz89GP5_7KjpZqmHP0sEdCH-b9ENulyArJuutQjcheQlQJULFSizMfmQSvUb6Ng80IIFEdXbmrxPfR-1t6gCj70cWDp/s900/122123-50.jpg" target="_blank">fallen tree</a> at Metson Lake, where I last saw one on December 21st. I've looked for the heron every time I've passed by since, and today was the first time I've seen it again. Incidentally, I haven't seen the great blue herons I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2wdUasvV7w0UEcPiPq21PQK-hb7EDsT5UtEtXgNKf_IQcT9E2oD8HLdop8qhc5FgSkRQWhDeAI5DE5UG1_wWdnDQPuPefAV_KcbUokfDBePpFpiMQx5eJIvzRE2kSHr-SEfKzNi1Y9qAmvWPonJJsa0oU_0zjFaOv0H1zO4S_mDaQYqKrPyKenFl0Xht/s1200/012324_0011.jpg" target="_blank">recently saw</a> in their nests at their eponymous lake (formerly Stow Lake) since the big wind storm.</p><p style="text-align: left;">And finally, apropos of nothing, I learned that Alabama's Supreme Court has ruled that frozen human embryos are children. The striking thing to me was the Court's reasoning. I thought I heard a reporter on the radio state that the Court reasoned that destroying embryos would incur the wrath of God. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Really?! Here we are in the twenty-first century, and our highest courts are invoking the wrath of Zeus (or whatever name one chooses for God)!</p><p style="text-align: left;">I downloaded the Court's decision to make sure I heard right, and indeed it says on page 37, "In summary, the theologically based view of the sanctity of life adopted by the People of Alabama encompasses the following: ... and (3) human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself." </p><p style="text-align: left;">Variations of the word "God" appear 41 times in this Court's decision, and the Court relies, at least in part (I haven't read the whole decision, and even though I worked as a litigation assistant for many years, I do not have the expertise of a lawyer), on the U.S. Constitution's declarations about God for authority. </p><p style="text-align: left;">People are entitled to believe whatever they want, but a state supreme court that bases its legal ruling on relgious beliefs and metaphysics should be an affront to so-called sober judges everywhere. A lot of people in this country have already abandoned reason and science, but now even a court of law has woven its own logic out of mythological cloth. This seems like a misunderstanding of what it means to be rational.</p><p style="text-align: left;">("Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology." --Joseph Campbell.) </p><p style="text-align: left;">One more apropos of nothing item: Last night I watched an excellent documenary, <a href="https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/14030160" target="_blank">Radical Wolfe</a>, about the writer Tom Wolfe. As a teenager I never took to reading beyond our set of <i>Encyclopedia Brittanica</i> until a kid four years younger than I was turned me on to <i>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test</i>, and I've been, if not voracious, at least hungry for books ever since. Thanks, kid!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKBen5SEd6gVel0vRLLYifC6w40852qmbJ-hdl2Aogs5FlOd4faO_SCeat_pC3h3Rk8r44hCI9TKz6F9bWWYaprOvOvu3kiPP_QqqT8RKlVjj8RX3jvtbhPQVpinfsClPu32IRtGfKZIRGv64vLnCBDYt7exd6tjT1N_DvtKslrDPz3AaDitIbOF20lEZ/s900/IMG_20240221_111536430_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKBen5SEd6gVel0vRLLYifC6w40852qmbJ-hdl2Aogs5FlOd4faO_SCeat_pC3h3Rk8r44hCI9TKz6F9bWWYaprOvOvu3kiPP_QqqT8RKlVjj8RX3jvtbhPQVpinfsClPu32IRtGfKZIRGv64vLnCBDYt7exd6tjT1N_DvtKslrDPz3AaDitIbOF20lEZ/w480-h640/IMG_20240221_111536430_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiEifdoc1Fg" target="_blank">Love is Blue</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oDn_5M0u52Zxg0kTUsBolTjHB6nJBwc6CgZ2FabCPrOju2DKzSSq7wU_w6YOZzGbGHoD2_Ah8TkhRQoMfIDgFz-4qCMpKEdKda6YH7pcDh3u-Rnq_UEB84zYihxVcBELrYL4prrgaeLSclkoR7kkLjmUKtDOveq7YbuwsuEG78oKXaHKC-0yh2ImeR1I/s1200/IMG_20240221_113313379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oDn_5M0u52Zxg0kTUsBolTjHB6nJBwc6CgZ2FabCPrOju2DKzSSq7wU_w6YOZzGbGHoD2_Ah8TkhRQoMfIDgFz-4qCMpKEdKda6YH7pcDh3u-Rnq_UEB84zYihxVcBELrYL4prrgaeLSclkoR7kkLjmUKtDOveq7YbuwsuEG78oKXaHKC-0yh2ImeR1I/w640-h480/IMG_20240221_113313379.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you squint and put on your x-ray goggles, you can just make out the faint bow arching below the line of six white birds in the distance.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSxCHpylICz4mWgEGLv2-wo0znkvRqY0SWzgkpA3l5_H7iSVINbB2eZa7ErkCzuXsCuVzy40mn1vkw_YSVbDGNGkpr9DLfqYH75qgonLRTpbdoNcGfT5XZl5VFtDjfpIu9FcefwIcjqirdS0a7BR8KivvAjX3_kq8jJDvZ3e0QvRDE1Dm1SNJQ83s87JZ/s1200/IMG_20240221_113730980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSxCHpylICz4mWgEGLv2-wo0znkvRqY0SWzgkpA3l5_H7iSVINbB2eZa7ErkCzuXsCuVzy40mn1vkw_YSVbDGNGkpr9DLfqYH75qgonLRTpbdoNcGfT5XZl5VFtDjfpIu9FcefwIcjqirdS0a7BR8KivvAjX3_kq8jJDvZ3e0QvRDE1Dm1SNJQ83s87JZ/w640-h480/IMG_20240221_113730980.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view back toward the squall that just moved off to the north.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='568' height='473' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwep-4MAw1ZlzdpxcZ1j2dZRQl2WHiS8HITE6TmiYDDOaoGyOP66Tmu3ayHFDOkN7eyMFqCL7Z_NrbUg-TXjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rear Window Timelapse of Clouds</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-4725921874020573892024-02-20T13:23:00.000-08:002024-02-20T13:23:39.111-08:00Cloudplay<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbIfrikTMryTj86VCvR8OitSWo1nviufOw-vq5c-fPhhN2E6VDsL5gR9u0YPoqKfx0KwavysNvPX8rb0slu12QQGjF6XW0Oq5fsbpYd6Al0UAwlG1Cdcyq3LLGJgEqF9cAux8oABRbnxKFvBycxmgzt62Se0Rs2O7E6BHJJfXAP-9o2fRmFApprkJtPip/s1600/021924_0001-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbIfrikTMryTj86VCvR8OitSWo1nviufOw-vq5c-fPhhN2E6VDsL5gR9u0YPoqKfx0KwavysNvPX8rb0slu12QQGjF6XW0Oq5fsbpYd6Al0UAwlG1Cdcyq3LLGJgEqF9cAux8oABRbnxKFvBycxmgzt62Se0Rs2O7E6BHJJfXAP-9o2fRmFApprkJtPip/w640-h360/021924_0001-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afternoon Partial Bow<br />(Screenshot)</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: left;">Try as I might, I couldn't resist running some timelapse video of the clouds racing through the sky out the back window yesterday. I hadn't even been thinking about it until I went back there to get my e-reader and noticed a rainbow blinking in and out of existence. But even with the timelapse set to fire every two seconds, the shimmering evanescence was over in a couple of finger-snaps.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='538' height='448' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQcCv70UiqVY5lgeRS1ZZVjTf-SfIW0RW8BpDi0sfeRpB-uCLS7mPVez0TcwVVd6pnrjEf9jzTOKMxTSLrpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rear Window Timelapse, 2/19/24</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-68962915699890094102024-02-19T14:15:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:15:11.093-08:00Bow Shift<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kXfW3ERtlA0PgmGxZJLWkXchUj-FjxVzjLWQngbMrGkbpbFYvOoaNtHAGjQpCNQ3jR1sZTr5WCnUigOfyiiggXhfWeQURp4iC92LHT1SDqDyQ7VPn-dFOVL0N_zFDbdq863R4MQjY6MbaFyoMt5Hui6eWeHSCvkKRtFtpd2Ki974TyLXAsz0oIOaHBPo/s900/021924_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kXfW3ERtlA0PgmGxZJLWkXchUj-FjxVzjLWQngbMrGkbpbFYvOoaNtHAGjQpCNQ3jR1sZTr5WCnUigOfyiiggXhfWeQURp4iC92LHT1SDqDyQ7VPn-dFOVL0N_zFDbdq863R4MQjY6MbaFyoMt5Hui6eWeHSCvkKRtFtpd2Ki974TyLXAsz0oIOaHBPo/w480-h640/021924_0014.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm Blowing Through San Francisco</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hanging out at Grandview Park this morning was the best show in town. The wind was often blowing at 15-25 mph, with occasional forays into the 30s. The most powerful gust I recorded on the <a href="https://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2023/02/wind-check.html" target="_blank">wind speed unit</a> was 38.5 mph. Despite all the wind, it really didn't rain very much. Ditto for last night. The wettest parts of the storm must have passed to our north and south.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Bt7RXHMds2BnJVZfJywimTQmTp4YS-mGXlVoIJizau2tubUTU8pLG59eR1PacpzpGYSYxqTyIFpb2J8phty2DmPP2hfnPh2cGzt8Unw_AnutHTUZeVFp3SILMt36Ew3wT63o4zqh49L4Iar1IFJeFBT-Nx33xfP0_U4Xc15kMAJVMRah2Z_7H86GeHZf/s900/021924_0023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Bt7RXHMds2BnJVZfJywimTQmTp4YS-mGXlVoIJizau2tubUTU8pLG59eR1PacpzpGYSYxqTyIFpb2J8phty2DmPP2hfnPh2cGzt8Unw_AnutHTUZeVFp3SILMt36Ew3wT63o4zqh49L4Iar1IFJeFBT-Nx33xfP0_U4Xc15kMAJVMRah2Z_7H86GeHZf/w480-h640/021924_0023.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the foot of a rainbow, Golden Gate Park's Murphy Windmill was catching the southern wind while large waves broke with dramatically billowing spindrift along Ocean Beach.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRzgs82O9CY8QpvKGbjZ2ZkP-pikZ6qMWWYzK1nwuWUpwgL3znB4aoRWxU46WphoH05YxBLbyFfFmcV-_ZkNwsflMAkX9rmbUbqERcsZztUX8fYyi_9O8TU5qZxiz_DwAkKX_Fwkt6hndbhkPGmh_l8GId-EOqHEnp2m1DcZml-scJt2QQotdLQeKKGRn/s1200/021924_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRzgs82O9CY8QpvKGbjZ2ZkP-pikZ6qMWWYzK1nwuWUpwgL3znB4aoRWxU46WphoH05YxBLbyFfFmcV-_ZkNwsflMAkX9rmbUbqERcsZztUX8fYyi_9O8TU5qZxiz_DwAkKX_Fwkt6hndbhkPGmh_l8GId-EOqHEnp2m1DcZml-scJt2QQotdLQeKKGRn/w640-h480/021924_0029.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I spent so much time at the park that I got to watch the rainbow shifting across the horizon. In this shot at 10 a.m., the top of the bow is over the Richmond District.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAvlDEM878uhuN6TYlqeU8BGUc7R4hOle8uGpizV9h-KtnVaW0bJQw67NZONm9JK3EGyJfsP0F5CmDDc-ZGdZrBiSrPXWo7ZJl5Ru_pbX3JGaj3Iv7u2Xgwb2JsirVDFCxS1BNqmnsu4wJ5ABqYmFw3QlkOCoe30O9XYC-KLH0FHB-cR-Oy_r7L_CT6JM/s1200/021924_0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAvlDEM878uhuN6TYlqeU8BGUc7R4hOle8uGpizV9h-KtnVaW0bJQw67NZONm9JK3EGyJfsP0F5CmDDc-ZGdZrBiSrPXWo7ZJl5Ru_pbX3JGaj3Iv7u2Xgwb2JsirVDFCxS1BNqmnsu4wJ5ABqYmFw3QlkOCoe30O9XYC-KLH0FHB-cR-Oy_r7L_CT6JM/w640-h480/021924_0054.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By noon, when this was shot, the top of the bow is over Blue Heron Lake (Strawberry Hill is the high point just to the left of center). The bow has shifted east, but it's also lower in the sky (since the sun is higher).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='519' height='432' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzOh_6xakotygr_YsIobI8ikxWqqm3or1TVYqzjkQSbHJ2QCgb5g6J7_pwHO8ISkL76AVVO2jnTDMkKqF7gTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick clip from Grandview Park just before I left.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-1139011516493616152024-02-18T12:28:00.000-08:002024-02-18T12:28:23.890-08:00In The Neighborhood<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RB8JpoCB8iIZZzgD4iuSXvCo0y_NhMJk3r90C0luQ5m9HsiP5YodAfsP8riizp2upzmW279MdkkvmiwPSjlfgeR6N3neOP7YiAWBH7ZesULvTDzo31Owu4IEaRoM0J-Gk_wRvCacLh1eql028ot5mTTs_GCOopP0xyAzrY9qRXgHOnnOUL3B8PYGxNkw/s1200/021824_0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RB8JpoCB8iIZZzgD4iuSXvCo0y_NhMJk3r90C0luQ5m9HsiP5YodAfsP8riizp2upzmW279MdkkvmiwPSjlfgeR6N3neOP7YiAWBH7ZesULvTDzo31Owu4IEaRoM0J-Gk_wRvCacLh1eql028ot5mTTs_GCOopP0xyAzrY9qRXgHOnnOUL3B8PYGxNkw/w640-h480/021824_0033.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Shouldered Hawk Sounding Off</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I took a few hours between storms to enjoy a stroll around Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. It was so sunny this morning that it was hard to believe a dramatic change is in store. It's about noon now, and the wind is gusting pretty strong, about 17 mph, with clouds blowing in from the west.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhEScyKg1X_bDK0nwFllMOti_kdi5PcNQ8PxZwN4oCSEHZB5ww13UDWGeMP4SlaFtnVZ-PZMFgNa3ySBF_fI95xFYBDBTaxa4ycFNk6fhgsatM4wYrT9AVM6fECWvdGH196RrP6AGuWlR0H1nGqFk7b6ciKCqDWkyTHide9vV9HdzxDV-4wyrMeBLma6o/s1200/021824_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhEScyKg1X_bDK0nwFllMOti_kdi5PcNQ8PxZwN4oCSEHZB5ww13UDWGeMP4SlaFtnVZ-PZMFgNa3ySBF_fI95xFYBDBTaxa4ycFNk6fhgsatM4wYrT9AVM6fECWvdGH196RrP6AGuWlR0H1nGqFk7b6ciKCqDWkyTHide9vV9HdzxDV-4wyrMeBLma6o/w640-h480/021824_0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lone Magnolia Blossom</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrD6lslSEQHHlG69wBUQ90ZL_er_ZRQLflW2abLS99HvEopvp7ZWCPPexKAW0TKJQh6MbqpsqFlBOLdx15t1G-n_tmv5NwPDAAJcR-cfGcoBrgqeKCHTcqQolM0DgJX4Iu3TYGFtF7E9gX96DHoeV6F-wh3t35jZVKvu52_efsOuCkqyt7Vn44FW_i94m/s900/021824_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrD6lslSEQHHlG69wBUQ90ZL_er_ZRQLflW2abLS99HvEopvp7ZWCPPexKAW0TKJQh6MbqpsqFlBOLdx15t1G-n_tmv5NwPDAAJcR-cfGcoBrgqeKCHTcqQolM0DgJX4Iu3TYGFtF7E9gX96DHoeV6F-wh3t35jZVKvu52_efsOuCkqyt7Vn44FW_i94m/w480-h640/021824_0005.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Magnolia</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FG0Sf75xI2gf5An7p6_67-zPg8vjyYJCMkLYbd_df8_3iMMD9iPv9gss7RRRQ6QV-w5dXVrlaaQc9-gCS_T655TRa08hT8Con4_voFvgycPST0YvZY7IvQHUWO5torsqsKGHRktqT3m0s8WU12j_lHrZQNCjMzhk1SJlh5fd5i-E9tn7ALkyIC0hZS9w/s900/021824_0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FG0Sf75xI2gf5An7p6_67-zPg8vjyYJCMkLYbd_df8_3iMMD9iPv9gss7RRRQ6QV-w5dXVrlaaQc9-gCS_T655TRa08hT8Con4_voFvgycPST0YvZY7IvQHUWO5torsqsKGHRktqT3m0s8WU12j_lHrZQNCjMzhk1SJlh5fd5i-E9tn7ALkyIC0hZS9w/w480-h640/021824_0008.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forget-Me-Not</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1oO_cbNZxB3Oith3XVqA64L-DCXW1gUxie8VckWstvaPKfLRQjuVpzLu_jrrOFvS6kkEMubib5wSJ3z4Rg1TSzavkDhZ_virSIUPGJHznK-TmsrPSXFehVeLBCt9onX2BOImOp5UPDLaA2c501Yt5ONNbbuSmEM2F-qHW28N7n8QE2E9w03xmgVCqypS/s900/021824_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1oO_cbNZxB3Oith3XVqA64L-DCXW1gUxie8VckWstvaPKfLRQjuVpzLu_jrrOFvS6kkEMubib5wSJ3z4Rg1TSzavkDhZ_virSIUPGJHznK-TmsrPSXFehVeLBCt9onX2BOImOp5UPDLaA2c501Yt5ONNbbuSmEM2F-qHW28N7n8QE2E9w03xmgVCqypS/w480-h640/021824_0012.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia Bud</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vBEzzK0cU4k0-dscwtZZ92qhIaWjoXj0M2Ivm-4ih4x7UITS6yyS0y156j9E0lVdkIC3QjQb3gosiMEjwxv2IViUq9AJ8oEDbjkB8yH9XIkye_lwTixgPXojJlxfGizyQ8I6qzrHZxTv9cHZgPYQAK9OdM4PxUf4iqh-1uBPkIHVuczSl9btENQbYoHV/s900/021824_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vBEzzK0cU4k0-dscwtZZ92qhIaWjoXj0M2Ivm-4ih4x7UITS6yyS0y156j9E0lVdkIC3QjQb3gosiMEjwxv2IViUq9AJ8oEDbjkB8yH9XIkye_lwTixgPXojJlxfGizyQ8I6qzrHZxTv9cHZgPYQAK9OdM4PxUf4iqh-1uBPkIHVuczSl9btENQbYoHV/w480-h640/021824_0014.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk Tassel Bush</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVT_PgfgtkomZbro-EjnPkyVNf-bGeA13a_PpFtgvY1PF9fVsyvflVrxbf3cyyjYc2ovEJTR-dtD2BUoT2qjo-qmEFvfjt-dL6d_DV23NCZFAaVnz1qReCaaXQGE9cyNGwI8CN8HKx1vZdme3C088NvnaYml323qU74EmgZ0oqJKqSBWkOfrqqeZ5nt8D/s1200/021824_0021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVT_PgfgtkomZbro-EjnPkyVNf-bGeA13a_PpFtgvY1PF9fVsyvflVrxbf3cyyjYc2ovEJTR-dtD2BUoT2qjo-qmEFvfjt-dL6d_DV23NCZFAaVnz1qReCaaXQGE9cyNGwI8CN8HKx1vZdme3C088NvnaYml323qU74EmgZ0oqJKqSBWkOfrqqeZ5nt8D/w640-h480/021824_0021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This red-shouldered hawk swooped onto the branch with a nice bunch of salad greens in its talons. The main course was somewhere inside the bunch.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1F49EqXwiTJILqjuYzDe0eQOZe54JwnOmYUDW_BV95i-6wO3hNA3TeHUkY4irbYA-5JQPCYf7E05s-_DzJSSQyr2k3OJpWDrjl0_6zdpqmu1ywzpbAdxtZpO9Aq_VzoSxrfFQvZyR3hnDMXTdetyqQsmSEeueTRDpNidrw5-O4b2HN-wBmwvipyH1jT_/s1200/021824_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1F49EqXwiTJILqjuYzDe0eQOZe54JwnOmYUDW_BV95i-6wO3hNA3TeHUkY4irbYA-5JQPCYf7E05s-_DzJSSQyr2k3OJpWDrjl0_6zdpqmu1ywzpbAdxtZpO9Aq_VzoSxrfFQvZyR3hnDMXTdetyqQsmSEeueTRDpNidrw5-O4b2HN-wBmwvipyH1jT_/w640-h480/021824_0035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hawk eventually tossed away the greens.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEKLfllBGc-uIRD1oTqaO1pODM5Gz-NA2rI7e-6BrHAPmO-BNj_JCX8qh8nutIBf-P9hUznVbn37dnlcrR9G9bR9kSgR3MhIGQKsGKkfqsnLyjztUvUvYLbN8Y0MvUqj9WCq5hXrbroJvjJjKI1XY3f5OL4UCEcPpwBI_dFTHpn-6D5TXrO5tXHqqmzd_/s1200/021824_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEKLfllBGc-uIRD1oTqaO1pODM5Gz-NA2rI7e-6BrHAPmO-BNj_JCX8qh8nutIBf-P9hUznVbn37dnlcrR9G9bR9kSgR3MhIGQKsGKkfqsnLyjztUvUvYLbN8Y0MvUqj9WCq5hXrbroJvjJjKI1XY3f5OL4UCEcPpwBI_dFTHpn-6D5TXrO5tXHqqmzd_/w640-h480/021824_0045.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bunch of golden-crowned sparrows were munching on willow pollen back in the Children's Garden.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy94dicNX2MQcLEIVkX9BR6-DXDODzJM4yvhZEQgOjC92CFbMajgq_h5zcx-5KLCU3I0joa4trkl5MTrEcT9_1-IQJYcOGpCvUL6i2wASfmig_C41jXUNWJkx0NvdynPDYsfQE-_Gy_8Y6ibYSgMsz_MPd25w1aMSZO5CjNatFs77mwb3ZdvaHPo48X-iQ/s1200/021824_0061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy94dicNX2MQcLEIVkX9BR6-DXDODzJM4yvhZEQgOjC92CFbMajgq_h5zcx-5KLCU3I0joa4trkl5MTrEcT9_1-IQJYcOGpCvUL6i2wASfmig_C41jXUNWJkx0NvdynPDYsfQE-_Gy_8Y6ibYSgMsz_MPd25w1aMSZO5CjNatFs77mwb3ZdvaHPo48X-iQ/w640-h480/021824_0061.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought this was some kind of super-interesting new bird I'd never seen before, and I only managed to catch this one sharp image as it flittered around near the surface of a small pond. There doesn't appear to be any online bird identifier similar to what you can get on your phone, so I had to take a phone snap of the image on my computer screen to get it into the Merlin ID app. I had to laugh when the ID came up: song sparrow. D'oh! So pretty from this angle though.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9GZxPKG5AI-1jwcIJ7DNqtOVHajNTjQKBAaNIvyL3vUhLtIDkUJWsK9d22sphNuqc_TxrSZhhnO33TfvGDZqhyphenhyphendIboLojTwuV1-k-t8vdefG9njiA2yg92mimMuRIgMLGUsOZsQq8AXuGxERv7NfiC-rsrOpr1XquaXewixnvcONljxuxImcJfA1MuUG/s1200/021824_0067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9GZxPKG5AI-1jwcIJ7DNqtOVHajNTjQKBAaNIvyL3vUhLtIDkUJWsK9d22sphNuqc_TxrSZhhnO33TfvGDZqhyphenhyphendIboLojTwuV1-k-t8vdefG9njiA2yg92mimMuRIgMLGUsOZsQq8AXuGxERv7NfiC-rsrOpr1XquaXewixnvcONljxuxImcJfA1MuUG/w640-h480/021824_0067.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was interesting to be reminded again how even a sparrow can look huge compared to a yellow-rumped warbler or, as we have here, a townsend's warbler.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Z2ti3ba2oiKChdD9Km0QJCX4ycrUvFC6SxAt69yDoG7n6wsRQx-69_7L-VBtJpWGPxt_L0L0_Oa86MJRi9QtACCITWxrk2PoikeXJELz6tfc93PjlbVfwDxhNqnH0_9GLxJAjymAb7RyAA6GdYwI6-fdK271m5MuPXUPdwg-zy8Ibqaqn3_LJ3BR2OaU/s1200/021824_0074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Z2ti3ba2oiKChdD9Km0QJCX4ycrUvFC6SxAt69yDoG7n6wsRQx-69_7L-VBtJpWGPxt_L0L0_Oa86MJRi9QtACCITWxrk2PoikeXJELz6tfc93PjlbVfwDxhNqnH0_9GLxJAjymAb7RyAA6GdYwI6-fdK271m5MuPXUPdwg-zy8Ibqaqn3_LJ3BR2OaU/w640-h480/021824_0074.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downy Woodpecker</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgof_IcXzdrngPuUDO3zXKZ1sG3gsUmd_RmpGAiltYlYfX94YbU_CnjVLNZkHaRrZBzxFt2g5QrDnfRhMhVBNBWUlgToSQuRhA51FuVLEuShhaaX_VFBK26Yuw2LV3olaugpYD3DcaM0iD5u5K31ww50Gjt8XMPHlb16hMJkCMBpRmVJIcpB-S9Vo-RpdRv/s1200/021824_0080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgof_IcXzdrngPuUDO3zXKZ1sG3gsUmd_RmpGAiltYlYfX94YbU_CnjVLNZkHaRrZBzxFt2g5QrDnfRhMhVBNBWUlgToSQuRhA51FuVLEuShhaaX_VFBK26Yuw2LV3olaugpYD3DcaM0iD5u5K31ww50Gjt8XMPHlb16hMJkCMBpRmVJIcpB-S9Vo-RpdRv/w640-h480/021824_0080.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's still autumn for some of the trees in the botanic garden.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrFEYYWkRI2dQN4C5-6simlE33M2ycnASWRpfNwRMY7FmeApX2fS3V9Qvuvq6Al4iRNKqW3fRYnYEBx9N9Qe_MMmQrdLmbx2pQnPU7aABHRhvJ_J4AUXg8ppv_T3LDV3sgI0KEHsYvr8O89obh-THNwj4njDf5xz0kGsXo1CtnA_bvSfltgHKTvhn26UB/s1200/021824_0083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrFEYYWkRI2dQN4C5-6simlE33M2ycnASWRpfNwRMY7FmeApX2fS3V9Qvuvq6Al4iRNKqW3fRYnYEBx9N9Qe_MMmQrdLmbx2pQnPU7aABHRhvJ_J4AUXg8ppv_T3LDV3sgI0KEHsYvr8O89obh-THNwj4njDf5xz0kGsXo1CtnA_bvSfltgHKTvhn26UB/w640-h480/021824_0083.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a large patch of <i>Peziza </i>cup fungus in some wood chips near the bamboo trail.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh5G8fL6vuo1OuS05j4pWz8F926o3s7AafU3pSJoat6fD0HApNTRqN9z5sUV5SCDzP0OOC_T0bsKvOXv8ZNBd-4G5AaijE3w61ezQr4wCCNIsweEBXRpbsT47gjMmRthl2cRdWBEZXzPC7kmqw2o0FDHEPwbC1Lfp562m9z7QZmI27_PMZ4z0vhM3qiM7/s1200/IMG_20240218_095026180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQh5G8fL6vuo1OuS05j4pWz8F926o3s7AafU3pSJoat6fD0HApNTRqN9z5sUV5SCDzP0OOC_T0bsKvOXv8ZNBd-4G5AaijE3w61ezQr4wCCNIsweEBXRpbsT47gjMmRthl2cRdWBEZXzPC7kmqw2o0FDHEPwbC1Lfp562m9z7QZmI27_PMZ4z0vhM3qiM7/w640-h480/IMG_20240218_095026180.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also in the same patch of wood chips, these jumbo <i>Agaricus</i> pancakes (with size 10-1/2 shoe).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctEDBTcTXhD-XfLgBpX0Co2NAdMDaflw6gH5_PP227k18YOlBcbdoG-vi42R5CTKbabdd9s_irABbRBSTvpcXoJshdg7YoUP19oqitkdSnDQoa5lNQimIJ8wbVXelNP_susrfue-4EVhw_qZWoICqef_KVpzTU3Zuz8p60mr7UBwesgOl17ImWm22qy-G/s900/IMG_20240217_125903745_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctEDBTcTXhD-XfLgBpX0Co2NAdMDaflw6gH5_PP227k18YOlBcbdoG-vi42R5CTKbabdd9s_irABbRBSTvpcXoJshdg7YoUP19oqitkdSnDQoa5lNQimIJ8wbVXelNP_susrfue-4EVhw_qZWoICqef_KVpzTU3Zuz8p60mr7UBwesgOl17ImWm22qy-G/w480-h640/IMG_20240217_125903745_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocky Outcrop near Grandview Park</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkIm3_YdSp2xR-K-J18BpGT9I6UmRYTXU_7YwEpKxyIZgp98syzQKyYkFy4r4LcVfH6Xv8_SPeHcg_9IV9aIM7rAW9JOkR7ZK7yw5ZTNTq3EYFJER3cIUxLvPYSmWNDxB1Ss1kT7omZXZZkcZw58EMThbrDu60gnl9eBOzr5kQ-tRO_vuUw26QYGGxoLd/s900/IMG_20240217_130124591_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkIm3_YdSp2xR-K-J18BpGT9I6UmRYTXU_7YwEpKxyIZgp98syzQKyYkFy4r4LcVfH6Xv8_SPeHcg_9IV9aIM7rAW9JOkR7ZK7yw5ZTNTq3EYFJER3cIUxLvPYSmWNDxB1Ss1kT7omZXZZkcZw58EMThbrDu60gnl9eBOzr5kQ-tRO_vuUw26QYGGxoLd/w480-h640/IMG_20240217_130124591_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Succulent Garden on 14th Avenue</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGkVuoLgY1cRbnXtO4KYIKlPe0U1vf8kY7nP0XJEdhexmK7kYe0q10o0XmfwFb-_w5DeaAOd3BIVgW70oCYfEjo97FLvGfdzRCnPErfgD5f6BYbau4iFM9Jx4jJkoXkw-BIp0gNQbdjdDuFcs5qUyuO3LxLNg-1H1jl38P6gwJok1IoOI84sxMiVwx0_Q/s900/122712-91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGkVuoLgY1cRbnXtO4KYIKlPe0U1vf8kY7nP0XJEdhexmK7kYe0q10o0XmfwFb-_w5DeaAOd3BIVgW70oCYfEjo97FLvGfdzRCnPErfgD5f6BYbau4iFM9Jx4jJkoXkw-BIp0gNQbdjdDuFcs5qUyuO3LxLNg-1H1jl38P6gwJok1IoOI84sxMiVwx0_Q/w426-h640/122712-91.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One more view of Burney Falls that I forgot I had. The trail that's closing in April makes a circle around the falls, with a bridge that gets you over the river upstream.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-80355846899676252762024-02-16T08:51:00.000-08:002024-02-16T08:51:22.901-08:00Sunrise This Morning<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO9AlWCVgOnscOjs0opqp5_J-M06KAvwVVZfRrOFwkQS625uf7QirmNHLdgxOtnJR04ZPWhqmHsj1nMiemmDW3NuBS3knZTD4uk-D_UnJSGeA9PRUYzY6VDRJqs6E24eY7_kHWYhyphenhyphenY6kJsSUSVGkWIIOUMRmoVxPAxtWGOsD88z72MpkMg0v2GTAnDWlP/s1600/021624_0001-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO9AlWCVgOnscOjs0opqp5_J-M06KAvwVVZfRrOFwkQS625uf7QirmNHLdgxOtnJR04ZPWhqmHsj1nMiemmDW3NuBS3knZTD4uk-D_UnJSGeA9PRUYzY6VDRJqs6E24eY7_kHWYhyphenhyphenY6kJsSUSVGkWIIOUMRmoVxPAxtWGOsD88z72MpkMg0v2GTAnDWlP/w640-h360/021624_0001-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rear Window View</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I happened to look out the back window just as the clouds were picking up some color this morning and set up a timelapse. The center of the action is actually off to the right of the frame, but houses block too much of the view.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='532' height='442' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxObCu_XUiPPkHvfdRj9Zt3KMKJmTqodkyvcJ4d-C0C1Oq0QjgeJy7F4D9bTplaKkFuX64oeQBxkq7F3rmbvg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunrise Timelapse (2/16/24)</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-48200867993171116372024-02-15T14:20:00.000-08:002024-02-15T14:20:16.463-08:00Burney Falls<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI8sPrajLTZOlpVGRNFIeDVKtqqdXa6MCV-pm7jx7SE-sBuZyZplRCGOq5sjg2MjfU9lcFKtD0OYPMZwQHYJMiP9RvmsRrGNG6-Z93Im3AoJasxU5q49grnsOoBzSrc13GWT10fdXDaPD6ymp022cqU-scPmpTrgHk_t-0FFhSy_vzJoQVmWctCJKyOd/s1355/122712-103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1355" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI8sPrajLTZOlpVGRNFIeDVKtqqdXa6MCV-pm7jx7SE-sBuZyZplRCGOq5sjg2MjfU9lcFKtD0OYPMZwQHYJMiP9RvmsRrGNG6-Z93Im3AoJasxU5q49grnsOoBzSrc13GWT10fdXDaPD6ymp022cqU-scPmpTrgHk_t-0FFhSy_vzJoQVmWctCJKyOd/w640-h426/122712-103.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burney Falls in Winter<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Burney Falls is one of those places that I'd swear I visited not too long ago, but it's actually been a dozen years. The spectacular falls made a deep impression. I just read that the <a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=455" target="_blank">state park</a> will close access to the falls for trail maintence from April through the main summer visitor season. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FYsgygDPk8lkRlJK6NuqYXP4qV-rdO_qRExHW-syYy2IIHOEtgFRLuwwkb_umjzqB7ZBoXdUHu7HddOtfVfRjBAx9f5L3f8yKlOwwxKfx6cYYV6p1cBN_mbtHgVU68hD-ImMtWCA-UFSn1DBPoyfUMRAvp5RehgyeQpIf2YzyRZNzRkj0jDQLURugW4/s900/122712-112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FYsgygDPk8lkRlJK6NuqYXP4qV-rdO_qRExHW-syYy2IIHOEtgFRLuwwkb_umjzqB7ZBoXdUHu7HddOtfVfRjBAx9f5L3f8yKlOwwxKfx6cYYV6p1cBN_mbtHgVU68hD-ImMtWCA-UFSn1DBPoyfUMRAvp5RehgyeQpIf2YzyRZNzRkj0jDQLURugW4/w426-h640/122712-112.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burney Falls, Dec. 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLSvV-z7SEKVyPEQHzGj_2grN718Gpl25M9N3TL9MhSzlirTAojuWxP7hMaqRE7ZebKESN1IFaeuZB04VqdphxokNrK6-23cwuiz36CoHieRUYoSTkmkTUIXJlu_ZRV7wBCw4OOXpUCBR0QKpV-oM9LXp2VyJDx5ZQoXC5dpZwaxRjJJBxf-ANHW0cLah/s900/100093-0312x18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLSvV-z7SEKVyPEQHzGj_2grN718Gpl25M9N3TL9MhSzlirTAojuWxP7hMaqRE7ZebKESN1IFaeuZB04VqdphxokNrK6-23cwuiz36CoHieRUYoSTkmkTUIXJlu_ZRV7wBCw4OOXpUCBR0QKpV-oM9LXp2VyJDx5ZQoXC5dpZwaxRjJJBxf-ANHW0cLah/w426-h640/100093-0312x18.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burney Falls, Oct. 1993</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-21182856212853615562024-02-14T16:39:00.000-08:002024-02-14T16:39:08.424-08:00Down the Creek<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eoYjNXym2nsZFJ_ULZi1gUa_jodZCigiHfmLPicfG96DFQ5yGAiDGN7agzV5gIc0zKGz-ckZAOcujM59xLdLcubBpG7IT6j_AFohyT0ccqGPjjzkKXtEMR5U2NFeC73EczxIfc6TvwuqnYNvImSJ0-s1lQap8ieVLR3PTPnKPmUkSnUMcDjgUI7v6A5j/s1349/021424-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eoYjNXym2nsZFJ_ULZi1gUa_jodZCigiHfmLPicfG96DFQ5yGAiDGN7agzV5gIc0zKGz-ckZAOcujM59xLdLcubBpG7IT6j_AFohyT0ccqGPjjzkKXtEMR5U2NFeC73EczxIfc6TvwuqnYNvImSJ0-s1lQap8ieVLR3PTPnKPmUkSnUMcDjgUI7v6A5j/w640-h426/021424-05.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drifting Past the Huckleberries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I figured if I'm going to walk in the rain I'd rather be in the woods than in the city. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I also wanted to collect some hazel pollen and knew where a couple of hazels were located not too far down Cataract Creek. On my way down to find them I suddenly recalled where I could find a <i>bunch </i>of hazel, only to remember soon afterward that it was a bunch of huckleberry. I had gone to the huckleberry patch before to gather a handful of soil in the hope of transferring some beneficial microbes into the soil around our huckleberry at home. It might have worked too well, come to think of it. Several branches broke under the strain of all the berries we had last year.</p><p style="text-align: left;">When I reached the huckleberries I realized I'd somehow missed the two hazels I had in mind. It wasn't really raining at the time, so I decided to make a few compositions of little scenes in the immediate area. On my way back to the car I found both hazels and collected a little pollen to dust on the flowers of my backyard hazel.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81vI4mbmAGi130GCLoO1L99yIiOil8fuep3BmtzfbdAKPV0BJJ8TkCCA6f-DSYTZgcDkg4FPIyLLFLLP1CahsUHBXfMr1Ee-PMbjqTBXeK2lZaqpas0QTxkMUrMZuC_dsOMkRbNjqfGrjCJrvaNaTrtkthM7uZq59n7I9zir7kr1eGuE5XH7bzAhnCI62/s900/021424-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81vI4mbmAGi130GCLoO1L99yIiOil8fuep3BmtzfbdAKPV0BJJ8TkCCA6f-DSYTZgcDkg4FPIyLLFLLP1CahsUHBXfMr1Ee-PMbjqTBXeK2lZaqpas0QTxkMUrMZuC_dsOMkRbNjqfGrjCJrvaNaTrtkthM7uZq59n7I9zir7kr1eGuE5XH7bzAhnCI62/w428-h640/021424-03.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creekbed Edged with Chain Fern and Hucklberry</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_MaVchkdB7l_AlPRBcgvnGK22wjQISx6dxBcRlFdJfRUWOr6-N4teqipB_orhqIrPpsp5SGsnv0Cwk84Z0ObfwQteiKO_TGRcJDG2jz25h_MaR3Vxr0d_oFB0Xy93e-Oga7GQH23dAm5GZiWBbY0fN9RyHkqFb0-IrPJh9uKJaWWz7zdlXFF-3Z92ruT/s900/021424-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_MaVchkdB7l_AlPRBcgvnGK22wjQISx6dxBcRlFdJfRUWOr6-N4teqipB_orhqIrPpsp5SGsnv0Cwk84Z0ObfwQteiKO_TGRcJDG2jz25h_MaR3Vxr0d_oFB0Xy93e-Oga7GQH23dAm5GZiWBbY0fN9RyHkqFb0-IrPJh9uKJaWWz7zdlXFF-3Z92ruT/w428-h640/021424-07.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosses Loving the Rain</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtvPi_KZ6rRhbnLryBxVVtUxEacAJBDp9O-JP9cF1C2Yi-WdSiV2_pB-5scWDFRGnphPtXkeyML43j5_87OHT62kNOcGtiqv-dBgQNgU-a4BKxiHtC4MR1M36No06gaJBMrQ_kqITSKwcdvGP0BGEXbJsc-54vZNdEkrpdFIuHtgvSmyA5chJap5cGKlm/s900/021424-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtvPi_KZ6rRhbnLryBxVVtUxEacAJBDp9O-JP9cF1C2Yi-WdSiV2_pB-5scWDFRGnphPtXkeyML43j5_87OHT62kNOcGtiqv-dBgQNgU-a4BKxiHtC4MR1M36No06gaJBMrQ_kqITSKwcdvGP0BGEXbJsc-54vZNdEkrpdFIuHtgvSmyA5chJap5cGKlm/w428-h640/021424-09.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corkscrew Tree</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTF-PS1vrCN17geHr8hPSB7kaIVKNWMkhGbstBgp_Qpjy18Res4xAdVhLcSvylPM7bsMZZYDre7hfR53Csj6m7BAJHiVT1asie2lp-3-JDHCQKhYFKEOu89EQGWwjJFqOKlsZM7uEjGu1AK83QMrevazjrkvAy-KDkjpR5xDvVFnmDjisAV5rZyS2ulzU/s900/021424-16STK4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTF-PS1vrCN17geHr8hPSB7kaIVKNWMkhGbstBgp_Qpjy18Res4xAdVhLcSvylPM7bsMZZYDre7hfR53Csj6m7BAJHiVT1asie2lp-3-JDHCQKhYFKEOu89EQGWwjJFqOKlsZM7uEjGu1AK83QMrevazjrkvAy-KDkjpR5xDvVFnmDjisAV5rZyS2ulzU/w428-h640/021424-16STK4.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Polypody Ferns</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;">Recent Tam Cam Clips</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-86660357848003873602024-02-13T14:26:00.000-08:002024-02-13T14:26:02.070-08:00Grab Bag<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvdOCyKF5giXeghmcP_XWvr2Tmwyt6Q9kF23Y2U7pJVYx9S_N4dNhc3mLYnTTuCG2A90yjqt9Q68JHOi9CMyaibgwko4itImnX79DC-FTjBMC-y5s58sAYb8BHnVKuq73Kr8SZlNl2Ugsyju4dk0ryy3cmGALsM32LckwsplKXfB2Z6uAITcOx5h00HQc/s1600/021324_0001-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvdOCyKF5giXeghmcP_XWvr2Tmwyt6Q9kF23Y2U7pJVYx9S_N4dNhc3mLYnTTuCG2A90yjqt9Q68JHOi9CMyaibgwko4itImnX79DC-FTjBMC-y5s58sAYb8BHnVKuq73Kr8SZlNl2Ugsyju4dk0ryy3cmGALsM32LckwsplKXfB2Z6uAITcOx5h00HQc/w640-h360/021324_0001-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Gathering of Clouds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Rainy days have thrown me off my usual schedule of urban hikes, but I finally caught up with two neglected routes yesterday and today. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The bad news yesterday was finding a familiar yucca plant near Hawk Hill that appeared to have been killed by the recent strong winds. (A large pot of oaks in my own yard also got knocked over, but the oaks survived.) I've been gathering a few of the yucca's fallen fruits each time I've hiked past it, then tossing the fruits into a south-facing patch of weeds farther along my route. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The good news today was finding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysimum_franciscanum" target="_blank">San Francisco wallflower</a> (<i>Erysimum franciscanum</i>) blooming on the edge of the <a href="https://www.oldgrowthforest.net/ca-oak-woodlands-of-golden-gate-park" target="_blank">Oak Woodland</a> in Golden Gate Park.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Tomorrow or the next day I'm planning to drive up to Mt. Tam (doesn't look like very good cycling weather) to hopefully collect some pollen from a hazel or two. I just noticed the female flowers on my backyard hazel are open and ready for business.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Coco the cat has been doing well. We never had to take her to the vet for the first seven years she started hanging around our place, but we've run up more than $12,000 in vet bills in just the last year, mostly on a recent emergency care visit where they kept her for two nights. (When you walk in the door, you hear the chime of a cash register going "ka-ching!") We've been giving Coco subcutaneous fluids every other night at home (and will soon switch to once a week), and we also bought her some prescription cat food which she refuses to eat. I figure with whatever time she has left, she ought to be able to eat her favorite foods, and I'm always relieved when she doesn't flinch as I jab her with the needle for the fluids.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Unrelated to Coco's appearance in our lives I also went "flexitarian" around the same time, so it's been about seven years since I switched to a plant-based diet (partly after learning that my favorite cold-cuts were likely <a href="https://www.cancer.net/blog/2023-09/does-eating-processed-meat-increase-your-risk-cancer" target="_blank">carcinogenic</a>). They say more than half the people my age are taking four or more prescription drugs, but so far I'm not taking any, and I plans to eats me spinach and keep it that way.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='517' height='429' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw8SuSwYMAbtFPYZuN9SsFGr9Mnj4Y1xfjzaZ78Y6rEf-XGFUnp151X2EylfyOnnTdn6m5M6hxFilzyz0dp0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Head in the Clouds</div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlnrEui3Mfrv2rVl-trXw4Y_rvPGCO8W9767pLT2v8ik0e9LV-Wnre-vgmsrxOEixvl5Ivbu2zIqTP_w_IhkTjyPS0wHmDVFpxUkGaA4BU8q2cvndaT5muPfY2ObNZBlQETF6NYuHyncL1APzs9pEW3MOAuVP7oCDF8f8QxgHFsbJpH_p2NHNA7_Hopdq/s1200/IMG_20240212_095333217_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlnrEui3Mfrv2rVl-trXw4Y_rvPGCO8W9767pLT2v8ik0e9LV-Wnre-vgmsrxOEixvl5Ivbu2zIqTP_w_IhkTjyPS0wHmDVFpxUkGaA4BU8q2cvndaT5muPfY2ObNZBlQETF6NYuHyncL1APzs9pEW3MOAuVP7oCDF8f8QxgHFsbJpH_p2NHNA7_Hopdq/w640-h480/IMG_20240212_095333217_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yucca that toppled in the recent strong winds.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QGK2Br-f5PhhMW8sgrf_HB9noDMyk0_DHxmvqIlSlq3_B4HNim33Yow_Jp9LWgSoe1j5tMA26JAnhAru9oQKLnux766GPopKwKVgVNej6P4TjoNd9YJtZYLxZpfPsosUtDWB1d8iAudzM8WoftiS4Ues1fwP4yzra6jee6fWs7fL7inYy9bNhyphenhyphenDVAx1i/s900/IMG_20240212_095902768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QGK2Br-f5PhhMW8sgrf_HB9noDMyk0_DHxmvqIlSlq3_B4HNim33Yow_Jp9LWgSoe1j5tMA26JAnhAru9oQKLnux766GPopKwKVgVNej6P4TjoNd9YJtZYLxZpfPsosUtDWB1d8iAudzM8WoftiS4Ues1fwP4yzra6jee6fWs7fL7inYy9bNhyphenhyphenDVAx1i/w480-h640/IMG_20240212_095902768.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yucca fruits.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR6FYT8M3nkjRdDlJSSWsB5Ny3NZoxrgYI1RXPV8abP1Po0Xp1VMahdZmvTlgOE93-r-TY8xJCM9BwDQvAGTU7ydT0cBfb-bZ_QuoteGt3Ezn-RKWPlXmOKKk6VGKXyytBf9J_vaN4OHiczX11gSdvqhMTlA-pkFZUg4dnhP3zYzkVbppXsHVUPDR0EyA/s900/IMG_20240213_090510788_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR6FYT8M3nkjRdDlJSSWsB5Ny3NZoxrgYI1RXPV8abP1Po0Xp1VMahdZmvTlgOE93-r-TY8xJCM9BwDQvAGTU7ydT0cBfb-bZ_QuoteGt3Ezn-RKWPlXmOKKk6VGKXyytBf9J_vaN4OHiczX11gSdvqhMTlA-pkFZUg4dnhP3zYzkVbppXsHVUPDR0EyA/w480-h640/IMG_20240213_090510788_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Today's Roadside Attractions</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAsN8zYxPsTJ2EX3JRBd-Dl_-vRKngD2I5cqTMXJ39tx8TGCEm81TUhSxzgY1SIvWbs9ao8gbKD7VRmeFxOFaKt6qqMJXqU03Q12WXYVM_aGXk78obMDniIfVJWVXmj1jyum7aQpFQzsO2reEFxHfbFBbsTbvs1-5sQf0DsLrqpgX0dMAms4J9uvDiDWX/s900/IMG_20240213_095023537_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAsN8zYxPsTJ2EX3JRBd-Dl_-vRKngD2I5cqTMXJ39tx8TGCEm81TUhSxzgY1SIvWbs9ao8gbKD7VRmeFxOFaKt6qqMJXqU03Q12WXYVM_aGXk78obMDniIfVJWVXmj1jyum7aQpFQzsO2reEFxHfbFBbsTbvs1-5sQf0DsLrqpgX0dMAms4J9uvDiDWX/w480-h640/IMG_20240213_095023537_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Francisco Wallflower in Golden Gate Park</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHkSTQLdvvQN6rdRHASyBrRtBGWXwYTUg_twCkzfkkQ9WStiiNK8iwz2JyMA9JZX_NQn8niVJqUgRwJCNAgAJShM8t15f3L9BucwK5TmhWwCMjtHwpcmzKT_2i-pJOXLUGIEqHCMYRQZxb674nmMydqC3cMiY0AF4XJ57JQGT-PAAdAjh2S_E-pfWKk2_/s900/IMG_20240213_113254616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHkSTQLdvvQN6rdRHASyBrRtBGWXwYTUg_twCkzfkkQ9WStiiNK8iwz2JyMA9JZX_NQn8niVJqUgRwJCNAgAJShM8t15f3L9BucwK5TmhWwCMjtHwpcmzKT_2i-pJOXLUGIEqHCMYRQZxb674nmMydqC3cMiY0AF4XJ57JQGT-PAAdAjh2S_E-pfWKk2_/w480-h640/IMG_20240213_113254616.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coco McFuzzy</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KeFNR1OiIDDKIyKsdVBO6NSUtFxTa6mc__jdq9pZ_rD_lRVW5C3vhYL2w5kz-L8F43RjQlrRzCaxeRhSdgALixQsWRQlvsOym8ryyFq2FpLu5T3ZKu8m1wg1Kpo88Aib_hZbphUPNcT0zIk28KFX3rR3yeS5Mu6tTEwEqfCvSfR_-ltySjsUvjiu4TIc/s1201/IMG_20240213_115501556_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1201" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KeFNR1OiIDDKIyKsdVBO6NSUtFxTa6mc__jdq9pZ_rD_lRVW5C3vhYL2w5kz-L8F43RjQlrRzCaxeRhSdgALixQsWRQlvsOym8ryyFq2FpLu5T3ZKu8m1wg1Kpo88Aib_hZbphUPNcT0zIk28KFX3rR3yeS5Mu6tTEwEqfCvSfR_-ltySjsUvjiu4TIc/w640-h480/IMG_20240213_115501556_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salad of spinach, butter lettuce, sliced apple, cherry tomato, corn, green and kalamata olives, and Violife feta.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-56434489480602788732024-02-09T15:57:00.000-08:002024-02-09T15:57:08.625-08:00Friday Hike<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_-z94CMAx2YMkYzBacFTOud3-2pfXrRnOHLqEsKEI5HIGGZdMAseIhSR3SAtcVb9TbAF7uhHxxZXYg1IvwEP5SogDuPoK6IAYkfALQHh-9Whynt5JdDeTnbhYLL2AysFAWJQ5doPjtiuDXtyoZ3lPcbJ150RDltT4aBitn37c4ZJ__eKFJZWpqjPXcgP/s1200/020924_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_-z94CMAx2YMkYzBacFTOud3-2pfXrRnOHLqEsKEI5HIGGZdMAseIhSR3SAtcVb9TbAF7uhHxxZXYg1IvwEP5SogDuPoK6IAYkfALQHh-9Whynt5JdDeTnbhYLL2AysFAWJQ5doPjtiuDXtyoZ3lPcbJ150RDltT4aBitn37c4ZJ__eKFJZWpqjPXcgP/w640-h480/020924_0006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Accommodating Bluebird</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">My wife had the day off so we headed out for a hike on Mt. Tam, leaving the city around 8 a.m. in surprisingly "Friday light" traffic. Yay. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Since I was there just yesterday I didn't really expect to see anything new, but as soon as we pulled into the Rock Spring parking lot we noticed that a huge branch had broken off one of the great old oaks near the picnic tables. Around the base of the tree we found numerous yellow-staining agarics, which seemed more than a little incriminating. Did these fungi have anything to do with the rotten limb? Are they guilty rotters, or just cute bystanders?</p><p style="text-align: left;">By the way, I got a good look from the Matt Davis Trail at the battered remains of the old <a href="https://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2015/12/end-of-era.html" target="_blank">iconic Douglas fir</a>, which now appears to be completely dead.</p><p style="text-align: left;">One of the highlights of the hike was spotting a western bluebird that was very accommodating to a couple of shutterbugs. At first we stopped and just looked at him, figuring he'd fly away. He was right next to the trail. Then I finally said, "I know how to make him fly away. I'll get my camera out." But even that didn't work, and I snapped a photo. We took a few steps closer and snapped another photo. Then we took yet another few steps and took yet another photo. Amazing. Thanks, bluebird!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgFqMEKx5-3WWEfgRgTaptyGkTChi5XdtboKdLsD-exTvFrhi3OiHnkJ3_pacBvFYiTuIQj0ezwJ7xD-9VdoyjLWHpnVLog_RxpsGZKCnPUuY-5zt-jUJOofH_dXBaVvV4dIsF1M9xA_HKSxF2OD7WtKQ7L-i27_i0LgrJvhxc2fN6rljM8ff8S_sXaOI/s1200/IMG_20240209_095906405_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgFqMEKx5-3WWEfgRgTaptyGkTChi5XdtboKdLsD-exTvFrhi3OiHnkJ3_pacBvFYiTuIQj0ezwJ7xD-9VdoyjLWHpnVLog_RxpsGZKCnPUuY-5zt-jUJOofH_dXBaVvV4dIsF1M9xA_HKSxF2OD7WtKQ7L-i27_i0LgrJvhxc2fN6rljM8ff8S_sXaOI/w640-h480/IMG_20240209_095906405_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panoramic Highway was still closed at Pantoll, even to bicyclists.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeXQ92_4FvkKsEdDcm7RrCDyLwiUJ6uCQnNrnvukxr6KYp7cwwfhfXY2Yg3X6aWg6XDRcGZG2bSaFWcG6HiYpqqjwrE7Etq7tofp5gfZkxEMvyTnrtEG0oyCMVAEiwMpfJEVbzW7kPySdsngf4IxTyE0NepyOPIPQq_bSVYeyRZgfIrJllSiRzbbDyC0o/s1200/IMG_20240209_091339461_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeXQ92_4FvkKsEdDcm7RrCDyLwiUJ6uCQnNrnvukxr6KYp7cwwfhfXY2Yg3X6aWg6XDRcGZG2bSaFWcG6HiYpqqjwrE7Etq7tofp5gfZkxEMvyTnrtEG0oyCMVAEiwMpfJEVbzW7kPySdsngf4IxTyE0NepyOPIPQq_bSVYeyRZgfIrJllSiRzbbDyC0o/w640-h480/IMG_20240209_091339461_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fallen limb at Rock Spring.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR16U5h-0h-bOLH86UIS_wAAqN7ZAZF3T6v8jtDBT7H46InCAj5o8VAbl4oKmWFXIV-HiJfLOGkzF07CPRMn5jPmHEAYbJSI_u9PKzf-Bjl5vV9w8uCvGT9hmsGclJa5qyJCV2TK26oc1BXMp66J8d-ihkMOOouwQM0W_Mqq5f3MpGM3tzmg_iHa20Dbv/s900/IMG_20240209_091646750_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR16U5h-0h-bOLH86UIS_wAAqN7ZAZF3T6v8jtDBT7H46InCAj5o8VAbl4oKmWFXIV-HiJfLOGkzF07CPRMn5jPmHEAYbJSI_u9PKzf-Bjl5vV9w8uCvGT9hmsGclJa5qyJCV2TK26oc1BXMp66J8d-ihkMOOouwQM0W_Mqq5f3MpGM3tzmg_iHa20Dbv/w480-h640/IMG_20240209_091646750_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the oak that lost a limb.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TjpmkZlypLnyHzu0uY3_49ywN81CdXX-tEgITVkdVzhUKooonA58JjbIiKC45V-W1WjGL3lUKm996BNwc4u9CuYUsPMwubYNKlSXu6ar078M61aOhhzT7tLmLCY4MFh4b6Q_3ksJCmeD-plBQZvT47rcOGWcDWBA9sRboXH0yqevSlksx5fX_3p60Aby/s900/IMG_20240209_091447149_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TjpmkZlypLnyHzu0uY3_49ywN81CdXX-tEgITVkdVzhUKooonA58JjbIiKC45V-W1WjGL3lUKm996BNwc4u9CuYUsPMwubYNKlSXu6ar078M61aOhhzT7tLmLCY4MFh4b6Q_3ksJCmeD-plBQZvT47rcOGWcDWBA9sRboXH0yqevSlksx5fX_3p60Aby/w480-h640/IMG_20240209_091447149_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the many yellow-staining agarics (probably <i>Agaricus xanthodermus</i>) found suspciously near the base of the oak.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='537' height='446' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDQ-wLU7TLMoaMBr6_UmcU2eyufX9KytRX41sraao7gadnrZiXMP937uBgAkJiFPYDK7qcxdwdz7b5v-E4Ow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a quick comparison between the small waterfall we saw on the Matt Davis Trail on our <a href="https://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2024/02/hike-in-rain.html" target="_blank">hike in the rain</a> on Feb. 1, and today.</div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJahR3i1jZMjvVmNuDOqgFpjk8prEIW9NEu6v4-3KFF0vQav0Hd0K5FK2B_aWLeCP0pXrZNQFl0LzEQWjL-FbXAFRUmunQ94RYZdAUPCwo-d7uHRohPjroQvdcBsYqaY7vl6XUKRUXeHLNmk0eFHWj_gmuoByGjJfwk0D7BKprSte9tuLuwsR1X4mHr1YC/s1200/IMG_20240209_105822816_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJahR3i1jZMjvVmNuDOqgFpjk8prEIW9NEu6v4-3KFF0vQav0Hd0K5FK2B_aWLeCP0pXrZNQFl0LzEQWjL-FbXAFRUmunQ94RYZdAUPCwo-d7uHRohPjroQvdcBsYqaY7vl6XUKRUXeHLNmk0eFHWj_gmuoByGjJfwk0D7BKprSte9tuLuwsR1X4mHr1YC/w640-h480/IMG_20240209_105822816_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They say a "<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluebird%20day" target="_blank">bluebird day</a>" is a sky with no clouds, but I usually like a few clouds on my bluebird days (hence the nephophile moniker from a few days ago). We took in this view at right about high tide, which was supposed to be 6.9 feet, which is why Bolinas Lagoon looks like a bay with no mud flats.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPNMBvMbQnvRbdd5syQIsCr-z57oiDuqANpkWKORQT-4AejOVbieuB5FIOtF18Sj8cnehCIKfEXo1kqot-ARrQ-Xv9hXiHWLgVWQpeWXqcQPMeQdh7GV1Fn5lBjdPCN8lvkGAlPEmXoFA_1c3Q04NQTC2jswXKHf_v83YPJ4JzMVcXchpgHJI8_8-ilI3/s1200/IMG_20240209_114302673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPNMBvMbQnvRbdd5syQIsCr-z57oiDuqANpkWKORQT-4AejOVbieuB5FIOtF18Sj8cnehCIKfEXo1kqot-ARrQ-Xv9hXiHWLgVWQpeWXqcQPMeQdh7GV1Fn5lBjdPCN8lvkGAlPEmXoFA_1c3Q04NQTC2jswXKHf_v83YPJ4JzMVcXchpgHJI8_8-ilI3/w640-h480/IMG_20240209_114302673.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading north along the Coast Trail.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8IVgIzCeR6ND9fDoZa3DwLDXe0BTwsDB1Vv-rXChYA9E7mWiI0AiNZ9y_norUH4i4eYqf1Hh7Q70IsXLCycVTvlfNvUzce-vOtqVjYkbJAfKrhRsIgvbeckwBtBFEIu_w6WjqRgmiJakW2PL4ToTIXy9HkGtsABRqH_vbduPg3wneDbt8kLD5_ljdsAw/s1200/020924_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8IVgIzCeR6ND9fDoZa3DwLDXe0BTwsDB1Vv-rXChYA9E7mWiI0AiNZ9y_norUH4i4eYqf1Hh7Q70IsXLCycVTvlfNvUzce-vOtqVjYkbJAfKrhRsIgvbeckwBtBFEIu_w6WjqRgmiJakW2PL4ToTIXy9HkGtsABRqH_vbduPg3wneDbt8kLD5_ljdsAw/w640-h480/020924_0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tiny bit of yellow slime mold along the Cataract Trail.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRGXs2LsnUbzM64DnmfnGhRExLSEidK1XLrRNVSU8K4fstndrN5ullzgIV0J3f8cgphsP_Y9ZRkozo4lcZbGGh-gfSoMQU_BqlgcRaGeYM7mMpxpyczwx0X8w8pIjQoV4_ghz6BCSA9Q6sFE7d9RJD3HcRFEBsBYRgfi2_nF63hD7MAS9VfJf_uEPhevH/s900/020924_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRGXs2LsnUbzM64DnmfnGhRExLSEidK1XLrRNVSU8K4fstndrN5ullzgIV0J3f8cgphsP_Y9ZRkozo4lcZbGGh-gfSoMQU_BqlgcRaGeYM7mMpxpyczwx0X8w8pIjQoV4_ghz6BCSA9Q6sFE7d9RJD3HcRFEBsBYRgfi2_nF63hD7MAS9VfJf_uEPhevH/w480-h640/020924_0011.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lichen was sporting a bunch of pale beige fruiting bodies. It's growing on the bark of a large Douglas fir.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-8941016340681860122024-02-08T15:24:00.000-08:002024-02-08T15:24:46.806-08:00Fading Shrooms<p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ29XaJHlDr7oHzC50lZFSVSypgWT5PVmSMmDTVr7p0mEY3Ummw7cjgPjYhv1LVvMtYF9wg8BUg-Yc7k6jq6ZI54rnCNsBIcz7YVGUM-3F1hdcZhFlrv3qcEtemWy47mu_-4G7IumLEOEoybKFVLlCRvzjIRd_UULqrHf3KaQ5qFAmKS9460joS4Okq0A/s1349/020824-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1349" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ29XaJHlDr7oHzC50lZFSVSypgWT5PVmSMmDTVr7p0mEY3Ummw7cjgPjYhv1LVvMtYF9wg8BUg-Yc7k6jq6ZI54rnCNsBIcz7YVGUM-3F1hdcZhFlrv3qcEtemWy47mu_-4G7IumLEOEoybKFVLlCRvzjIRd_UULqrHf3KaQ5qFAmKS9460joS4Okq0A/w640-h426/020824-01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Coral Fungus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">With the exception of this white coral fungus that's still going strong practically everywhere I look, I didn't see much else fruiting today. The most interesting thing I saw was an area in the woods on the way to the trail cams that looked like some kind of scuffle had taken place. There were flattened patches about the size of a small deer lay, crushed hound's tongue and other plants, and lots of dug-up earth. There were some mossy rocks above it all, and I imagined a bobcat pouncing on something that put up a fight.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After my short hike I thought about heading down to Duxbury Reef for low tide, but my heart wasn't in it. I remembered that the tidepools right after a storm can be quite silty, and I didn't want to drive all the way down there for silty pools, then have to drive back to the city around rush hour. Also, Panoramic Highway from Pantoll to Stinson Beach was closed. According to the state park's <a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471" target="_blank">web site</a>: "Panoramic Highway is CLOSED between Pantoll Campground and Stinson Beach due to storm damage. It may reopen on Saturday 2/10/24. Access to the park from the Mill Valley side is clear and open."</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvru1o7dc77ohENxFCU6N9SHm1B9dJ-iToh3Yzw_jjYz2pyJ-6FyeRLiCLFs3q2zKV5cC9eUejNGbxN-rL_0fe49JlCSa9BuZFyAwj8LYI0u8m-btu-aW3lNSivRGHmcVQwAZLVzVunZ1f1M7miAj3sxEQ_YZs3JASuTYevpQWEFru2piyGMTZi-ZdT8_n/s900/020824-02STK18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvru1o7dc77ohENxFCU6N9SHm1B9dJ-iToh3Yzw_jjYz2pyJ-6FyeRLiCLFs3q2zKV5cC9eUejNGbxN-rL_0fe49JlCSa9BuZFyAwj8LYI0u8m-btu-aW3lNSivRGHmcVQwAZLVzVunZ1f1M7miAj3sxEQ_YZs3JASuTYevpQWEFru2piyGMTZi-ZdT8_n/w426-h640/020824-02STK18.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These little mycena mushrooms looked much redder in the direct sunlight, but it was too harsh for a photo (so I used a diffuser).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FPfWhjBYsq_1f0js65v8CqSUGh1dQZnuf5Dxwg5k8dfkkhEtPsBCMqxGQZoHvYYjM_doWVcd4T8g3Lp4AzVSIZCTM2fbyh_8YprEKzwniX8pUjyipjk9apSNu2R_LHnH9jDE_-1SF_WhsORiGm7gVqm4EKJTxOFi0yJeMoQltfJat_HHfYoLZDPm7vAv/s1348/020824-32STK13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1348" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FPfWhjBYsq_1f0js65v8CqSUGh1dQZnuf5Dxwg5k8dfkkhEtPsBCMqxGQZoHvYYjM_doWVcd4T8g3Lp4AzVSIZCTM2fbyh_8YprEKzwniX8pUjyipjk9apSNu2R_LHnH9jDE_-1SF_WhsORiGm7gVqm4EKJTxOFi0yJeMoQltfJat_HHfYoLZDPm7vAv/w640-h428/020824-32STK13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down-and-dirty, as always: a couple of waterlogged chanterelles cozy up beneath a giant, mossy oak tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx930pGJBqWxqBk_6cFj_OiPg2bMRnY9SmWUGIXeCu3HsUQGCuATSY9MVonIol7mb29ec8RXQRGsaSGFF2d696hE0IwWO0H7DBf3vJjxv9YLOA-oH1CLx721eI3Kc1dcXhJzP8z-SG8U9xAdO7Hdo9ZO6DzBbyjVzrOwALuEjN-7d2z6GLtu0VyiDigI-4/s900/020824-46STK5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx930pGJBqWxqBk_6cFj_OiPg2bMRnY9SmWUGIXeCu3HsUQGCuATSY9MVonIol7mb29ec8RXQRGsaSGFF2d696hE0IwWO0H7DBf3vJjxv9YLOA-oH1CLx721eI3Kc1dcXhJzP8z-SG8U9xAdO7Hdo9ZO6DzBbyjVzrOwALuEjN-7d2z6GLtu0VyiDigI-4/w428-h640/020824-46STK5.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These stout oak branches all rise from a single trunk. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYii_UQTgRdpL2Td3owpfmwiMR3NANGxt735RZPEkQsI15ziOB_0iAsG0zyOIXq8bxNJda6Fzc_BrBOVoYEDpPQa-2XSn7lMISpYZAVJSKAyA0SgU1V6Okf-6mFnvpSe9wrZiAnCMG2F0GVKNxYXHZLdHug1ZQjWq_B8nNw78WYIFBXGM-TBimzhNln0p/s1600/013024_0064-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYii_UQTgRdpL2Td3owpfmwiMR3NANGxt735RZPEkQsI15ziOB_0iAsG0zyOIXq8bxNJda6Fzc_BrBOVoYEDpPQa-2XSn7lMISpYZAVJSKAyA0SgU1V6Okf-6mFnvpSe9wrZiAnCMG2F0GVKNxYXHZLdHug1ZQjWq_B8nNw78WYIFBXGM-TBimzhNln0p/w640-h360/013024_0064-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bobcat made some interesting scent marks (see video).</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='565' height='470' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy5TzNzNsRmEF0ZOdzIhSQuuelBeHXevWZAVNXVDU6HBwa8njZUJf3puHM6Fd9J_au4C0dwW0zffizufEd-cw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tam Cam 2/8/24</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904085113272281323.post-48022946154711294442024-02-06T15:18:00.000-08:002024-02-06T15:18:04.541-08:00Nephophile?<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0he596SofPHhj4pexh2hm0mcg_2Nb0jjp9bs-0jxwFZO-BOCUFtwh0JZi8bvPFet5UfX0hUlM6pZQBgO8LL2h-0ucjxvpfhEs24pZB3d70_HbYTA_uMm8_HnNE9A1BydKVayTsw5ikALO9v7PmNVbvzJRiJTf_Gsh5DOOk1vzjylz5ioPDlr7GqnPMqyE/s1600/020624_0002-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0he596SofPHhj4pexh2hm0mcg_2Nb0jjp9bs-0jxwFZO-BOCUFtwh0JZi8bvPFet5UfX0hUlM6pZQBgO8LL2h-0ucjxvpfhEs24pZB3d70_HbYTA_uMm8_HnNE9A1BydKVayTsw5ikALO9v7PmNVbvzJRiJTf_Gsh5DOOk1vzjylz5ioPDlr7GqnPMqyE/w640-h360/020624_0002-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This morning I rolled out of bed and opened the drapes to a pre-dawn sky nearly free of clouds. A waning crescent moon shone like a golden sculpture, rising much farther to the south than the last time I recall seeing it. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">There was only a 20 percent chance of rain today, and by the time I'd finished my hike-n-bike, some interesting clouds had blown in that looked capable of delivering a little something. Dark as they were, they merely moiled and toiled in a weird, rainless circulation I'd never have noticed if I hadn't run a timelapse. </p><p>As for all these timelapse shots, call me a nephophile -- a lover of clouds.</p><p>The chance of rain was a little higher yesterday, but I still made it to the beach before the clouds let loose. I was able to wait it out from a tiny dry area on the beach beneath the sea wall that runs south from Noriega Street. I was pinned down for quite a while, but what the heck, I didn't have to be anywhere. </p><p>A couple of gulls flew over me and gave me the eye. The next time I saw them they'd landed nearby on the sandy berm that blocked my view of the ocean. It was slightly weird. Did they expect me to feed them? I turned away and when I looked again, the two gulls had been joined by several more, as if I <i>had </i>been feeding them. Again, I turned away, scouting the sky to the south, and the next time I looked, the cogs fell into place. They were drinking the fresh rainwater that had drained from the pedestrian-friendly top of the seawall.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='471' height='392' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxnKHNmcjpv0BsGfosU_2IvMUT6wXjEuo-aEGaS7cG5uU9T1ScyTK7Z25a-DtU1dMx86LcZPIiKnJGQGIKJmQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rear Window Timelapse (2/5 & 2/6/24)</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0Hqb1hKDkjLJKLR-7pFnxwcR8y0OGzS5eXaU1sgeZWYjxGC5yWjrduw-H2Rqz-wbk5O9l7mirV3326Kg6DizZV9UCYGYhLQT6xcOt4xgO-B_hc08dJmD4xp0pZyW_V1EbeLad8dC1OEmOhyphenhyphengTcnpvNyL088BtI5zkfkEcdsbJWSOjOG-iKH09wxmByAi/s900/IMG_20240205_093237223_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0Hqb1hKDkjLJKLR-7pFnxwcR8y0OGzS5eXaU1sgeZWYjxGC5yWjrduw-H2Rqz-wbk5O9l7mirV3326Kg6DizZV9UCYGYhLQT6xcOt4xgO-B_hc08dJmD4xp0pZyW_V1EbeLad8dC1OEmOhyphenhyphengTcnpvNyL088BtI5zkfkEcdsbJWSOjOG-iKH09wxmByAi/w480-h640/IMG_20240205_093237223_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='494' height='411' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwUS0p6eIkSCEojVpfPBm3SvbRAjtikxH8N9koTXakvHFH2fmleQooeLd2M5gR3BUit6SL84nuQms1tkwDDSQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rain at the Noriega-to-Santiago seawall, with Coast Guard helicopter heading north.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">* * *</p>John W. 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