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Grape Lupines
These purple lupines grow all around our area this time of year. They smell exactly like artificially-flavored grape soda.… more →
Check Your Premises
Grape Lupines
wrote 6 days ago: These purple lupines grow all around our area this time of year. They smell exactly like artificiall … more →
Nectarine Blossoms
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Our nectarine tree, which survived the Cedar Fire, makes lovely blossoms that result in stunted unde … more →
Blue Jay at the Mule Deer Cafe
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wrote 2 months ago: Sounds like a song title, eh? Actually it’s a blue scrub jay hopping around on a reposing deer … more →
Early Daffodils, Then a Snow Day
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wrote 2 months ago: Got pictures of some daffodils just beginning to bloom: My favorite. Gracie loves eating grass: Had … more →
A Big Cat Named Bob
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wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday afternoon, I walked into the bedroom and saw a large bobcat lounging on our south property … more →
Mer Sner!
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wrote 2 months ago: We had snow and howling winds all night last night. Got around eight inches! All these were taken wi … more →
Ermagerd! Sner!
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wrote 3 months ago: These are the snow pics I managed to get before my camera fatally crashed. I have a new camera now, … more →
Salt Lick
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been reading the book Salt, by Mark Kurlansky. It’s fascinating. On a whim, I decid … more →
OW.
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wrote 3 months ago: This is what happens when you bang your thumb against the edge of a concrete water meter vault while … more →
The Cutie Trap Is Working
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wrote 3 months ago: Part of my Christmas present was a mini crate full of Cuties, those delightfully sweet, seedless, ea … more →
Princess Gracie of Altamira
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wrote 4 months ago: Gracie is SO weird sometimes. She’s fearless outside, but certain things in the house just flu … more →
First Snow of Winter!
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wrote 4 months ago: We finally got enough snow yesterday to stick to the ground for a little while. YAY! You can witness … more →
Wild Food: Acorn Pancakes
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wrote 5 months ago: My friends and neighbors John & Terri Groth recently gave us a couple of cups of acorn meal they … more →
Controlled Burn
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wrote 5 months ago: CalFire has been conducting controlled burns on Middle Peak recently. This was yesterday, hours befo … more →
Hiking Our Neighborhood, and Gracie
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wrote 5 months ago: Rich & I went over to Lake Cuyamaca’s Fletcher Island and points beyond for something a li … more →
Astronomy Quilts
wrote 6 months ago: Last of the photos of astronomy-themed quilts by the very talented Jimmy McBride. This one is a Worm … more →
The Lady of the Oak
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wrote 7 months ago: A few years ago, Rich & I were exploring around the foundations of a burned-out property. I foun … more →
DIY Terrarium
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wrote 7 months ago: Recently I was inspired by one of my own articles to create a terrarium. Living in the mountains, wh … more →
Thunder & Lightning Captured Moments Before a Rain
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wrote 8 months ago: Around 8:00 pm on 8/29/12: … more →
