Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
April 1, 2023
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Spring is a great time to remove huge dead trees from the fence line before they fall on it. JC is just the man for the job.
The tractor was set to roll after days of freeze plug replacement. And of course the battery decided to give up the ghost. But we got it going.
Before. JC up a neighbor.
After.
The supervisor.
Down she goes. Tractor pulled it the right way.
Possibly more impressive was removing a snag from a tree on the trail. You can see the snag on the right.
January 10, 2023
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Look at that smile on Moonshine’s face.
Tree elf.
Chopsticks
Little creatures are exhausting.
December 7, 2022
dogs, nature, plants, trees blandy farm, fall foliage, ginko, moonshine, trees Leave a comment
This is apparently the largest Ginko stand in North America, found at Blandy Experimenal Farm in Virginia. We went during peak color change with Moonshine.
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November 29, 2019
nature, plants, travel, trees Arashiyama, bamboo, eli, japan, kyoto, nature, photography, travel 1 Comment
November 29, 2019
nature, photography, trees autumn leaves, eli, gem, jackie_, japan, kyoto, nature, photography, travel 2 Comments
March 18, 2019
hiking, nature, trees armstrong redwoods, armstrong redwoods state natural reserve, california, california coast, gem, giant redwoods, guerneville, hiking, nature, photography, redwood, trees, video 1 Comment
Whatever you do, make sure you visit the amphitheater (though this time of year it might have better been called the “amphibian-theater”). Also visit a winery and catch a buzz before you park the car.
The posse
Amy dwarfed by a giant redwood
The band at the crest
Crown
More crown
March 18, 2019
hiking, nature, ocean, photography, trees california, california coast, David Joseph State Park, hiking, nature, pacific ocean, photography, Russian River, shell beach, sonoma, travel, video 1 Comment
On a beautiful Spring day (one of the first for months) we went to the edge of the continent with Uncle Jim and Chloe. Just south of the Russian river is Shell Beach and across Highway 1 from that is a nice set of trails traversing the coastal hills.
All told, we may have hiked 3.5 or 4 miles.
From the Pacific
Vernal mud on the trail
Spring mushrooms were everywhere (irises too)
To the fern forest
Then it was back down to the ocean.
January 9, 2018
art, humor, nature, photography, plants, river, trees, who knows art, demolition derby, environment, humor, ice, leaf, matchbox, photography, time Leave a comment
Lovely fishing boat nestled against a tree on a cold winter day…
But wait! There’s a car on that boat.
That matchbox dude challenges the leaf to a demolition derby!
The leaf ponders…
-Next episode – the leaf decides.
December 4, 2017
animals, hiking, nature, photography, plants, river, trees, who knows blue sky, eagle's nest, eagles, environment, moon, nature, photography, river, shenandoah river, sunset, sycamore Leave a comment
On this day I knew the shot, the reason I brought my camera on the expedition. The day before there was a magnificent scene of the moon high over an eagles nest along the river. I wanted to capture it on “film.” This next day, I got that shot, but did not. Over the 24 hours the moon had moved more than I knew, and was beyond the nest when I arrived at the spot shown in the last photo here. That was good luck! I took photos of this and more, and as I headed home an eagle soared over me, and as I turned to watch, did 3 large 360’s over the *other* nest mounted along the river nearby. The eagle drew me back to a high perch above the nest and tree to take the first 2 photos here. It’s in there!
moon moving to super, eagle nest 90′ high
November 28, 2017
hiking, nature, photography, plants, trees, who knows appalachain trail, environment, fern, hiking, humor, moss, photobomb, sunset Leave a comment
Large tree PHOTOBOMBS!!
finished at sunset. yep.
