Lucky Dogs

Yosemite in April, and only a lucky few who get to enjoy it this year. Can you imagine being able to shelter in place in Yosemite Valley? I think I could handle that for quite some time.

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Joshua Tree

I'm not sure I'm going to keep posting these virtual photography trips from bygone days. They're making me antsy to go outside and do the real thing. One thing's for sure, we will never take "freedom to roam" for granted again.

Although Joshua Tree and pretty much every other national park are closed for the duration, there is a bright side. For the wildlife, at least.

Plus we get to breathe significantly cleaner air. The last time I was in Joshua Tree the Keys View overlook was choked out with smog. Check out the Purple Air map now. Take a picture of it. Then check it out again after the world gets its carbon curve back into hockey stick mode. 

Boulder & Juniper

Gambel's Quail

Flowering Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree Flower Close-Up

California Thrasher

Phainopepla

Fishhook Cactus

Mojave Mound Cactus

The Easter Bunny

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The Outback

Putting a load of laundry in the dryer, another in the wash. Pouring some kibble for the cat who just woke from her nap and brushed with a meow against my leg. Down the stairs to our little garden looking so fine with a sky-fallen coat of jewels in the leaves, Easter colors in the bleeding hearts. Finding spiritual renewal in my own back yard.

Bleeding Heart (cropped)

Bleeding Heart Leaves

Miner's Lettuce

Unfurling Fern

Selfheal

Calla Lily Leaf

Calla Lily

White Garden Flower (whose name I no longer recall).

Pink Garden Flower (whose name I no longer recall).

Orange Garden Flower (whose name I no longer recall).

I Should Remember the Name of This Common Garden Herb 

But it's Slipping My Mind

Yard Buddha

Yard Buddha's Cat

May a sense of life renewed 

fill your souls every day, 

wherever you are.

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