Oh boy yum! Sylva B Los angeles On Thursday, September 3, 2020, 11:31:30 AM PDT, David <david@...> wrote: Not everyone is still continuing to shelter in place this summer. After 3 weeks of post proces

Not everyone is still continuing to shelter in place this summer. After 3 weeks of post processing and html coding work, have completed adding 3 pages to my 2020_Trip Chronicles page at my web site. T

This past Monday I was at Pt. Reyes. McClure Beach Trail and Beach have late season wildflowers that are still in bloom. There is a lot of bird activity, especially Brown Pelican flybys. Best of all t

When I returned from a 6-day backpack up Convict Creek Friday, Sonora Pass wildflowers were at summer peak over most volcanic geology landscapes. For those interested, go now as such flowers don't las

I returned to Abbotts Lagoon Monday. We arrived early and it was overcast the whole time we were there. There are still many flowers in bloom. It was good timing for seeing birds, rabbits and photogra

Thinking of getting out in the next few days to photograph Comet NEOWISE. Prefer Northern California but I could be tempted to go south for a great foreground. I can walk a mile or three on flattish g

The UC – Berkeley Botanical Garden has reopened. It is currently open only to members but will be open to the general public beginning July 22. It is open daily from noon to five by reservation. There

Hello everyone, I was wondering if I was crazy in seeing practically no yellow belly marmots this year. I saw one fleetingly near Saddleback Lake and one dead on Tioga Road. In contrast, I encountered

The Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park in Berkeley recently reopened. It is a botanic garden of California native plants. It is a good local site that has many California plants including ra

Abbotts Lagon at Pt. Reyes is a good location for wildflowers, birds, butterflies and more. Most abundant on the trail were California Poppies (coastal form), Yarrow and Yellow Bush Lupine, though it

A friend who's been RV'ing said it's been really hard to find public restrooms while traveling around. She said a lot of the mini marts and gas stations are marking their restrooms for employees only.

We went to the Skyline Serpentine Prairie in Redwood Regional Park to look for Yellow Mariposa Tulips (Calochortus luteus). Although past peak and many plants were in fruit there were still Calochortu

Hi all, I have seen beautiful pictures of poppies along the coast. I imagine it to be somewhere are Big Sur because the poppies are on the mountain and you can see the ocean below. I think a fire has

Redwood National Park was re-opened last week and today found new information about how. With rhododendron now in bloom expect to visit for a few days soon. Ought be nicely green as that region has re

The nationally acclaimed San Jose Municipal Rose Garden is at peak spring bloom now. Wonderfully fragrant and beautiful. It is at Naglee and Dana Avenues, opens 8am each morning and is free to enter.

I stopped posting to my blog for a couple years but started up again for some reason a few months ago. If you ever feel like you need an armchair nature fix, as I sometimes do, I hope you'll check it

Hey everyone, new to the group. Excited for this group's content. Hope you are all staying safe

Since I didn’t get to go to Crete in April or do a lot of California wildflower trips this Spring I have been doing an in depth exploration of my local area. I have been photographing almost every day

Anyone seen how the poppies are holding up out in the Antelope Valley in this present heat wave? I have a legitimate need to know so please, no prejudging my intentions. Cheers!

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