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This is a park at the top of a hill rising up from the Pacific Ocean. Today there were a zillion crows riding the air currents and occasionally alighting on the fence that separates the park from the steep drop-off.
I liked the idea that the crow might be bristling at the prohibition. But I miss the old signs they used to have on the fence. They had a bit more personality.
Some sort of flowering scrub brush in the dry part of Madrona Marsh preserve. Some parts of the preserve have ponds year-round, some collect rain in winter and spring, and some are always dry land with grass or chaparral.
Breaking through.
Late afternoon sunlight breaking through the clouds last Thursday.
Photo taken at: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Desert wildflower super bloom in Anza-Borrego last weekend.
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Malaga canyon/ocean view just off Palos Verdes Drive.
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Near as I can tell they’ve stopped watering the back half of the park, but you can really tell where the runoff collects.
Photo taken at: Redondo Beach, California
Twilight in a beach town. The ocean is just visible at the end of the road, below the orange band of sky at the horizon.
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Dried-up marsh. In May this was a pond. In August it was grassland. Now it’s just the trees, waiting for winter rains to flood the landscape again.
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Seasonal Wetlands: Summer vs Spring by Kelson Vibber
It finally occurred to me to put together a side-by-side image of the one spot I managed to take photos of on both hikes!
On the right: May in Madrona Marsh, after winter and spring rains filled up the low-lying areas of the preserve.
On the left: Late August in the same spot, after summer had dried up the pools. Despite the drought, and helped along by a couple of freak summer storms, the ground is still holding onto enough moisture that the floor of the vernal pool is covered with low greenery instead of dry grass.
I know, it’s always better to put “before” on the left, and I tried it with that layout, but it ended up looking better this way.
Green Reflection by Kelson Vibber
I thought this shot of a vernal pool at Madrona Marsh would be a good fit for the “Catchy Colors: Emerald” theme. This is the same marsh I visited a couple of weeks ago, but back in spring, before most of the wetlands had dried out for the summer.
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I returned to Madrona Marsh at the end of summer to see how much it had changed since spring.
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Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
The last of the seasonal wetlands at Madrona Marsh, a nature preserve surrounded by suburban Torrance, California. These pools spread over the grounds each winter and spring with storm water, and dry out each summer.
And it really is surrounded by the city. Housing tracts on two sides, retail on the third, and a Target on the fourth, just a few dozen yards to the right of this spot.
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In the gutters… We had a rare summer thunderstorm today. The water is welcome! I just wish we weren’t sending so much of the runoff out to sea.
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Canada geese at the marsh. Remarkably unconcerned with an unpredictable human child 15 feet away, but then they *are* geese.
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Seasonal wetlands at Madrona Marsh. Winter and spring rains fill up these shallow pools, which become home to birds, frogs, insects and more during spring and summer. By the end of summer, the pools dry up until the next year.
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
California wildflowers at Madrona Marsh Preserve.
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