It’s an outdoor houseplant, but I’m posting here because I noticed that the flowers don’t all have the same number of petals: some have 4, some have 5, and some have 6, all on the same plant. Is this typical for jade, or unusual?
Tag: nature
Monarch
Brown Pelicans Passing Each Other
This and another pelican swam past each other. One started flapping its wings as they approached, and then stopped once they’d passed each other.
Heermann’s Gull (Monterey)
Brown Pelican
Western Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
One of at least three sea otters I saw during a few minutes…
Sea Otter
One of at least three sea otters I saw during a few minutes walking along the shoreline of Monterey Bay.
Calypte (Hummingbird)
Moth (caterpillar)
evening primroses, sundrops, and beeblossoms
White-lined Sphinx (caterpillar)
Angry Geese -> Twitter Banner
Wait, *is* that a trail?
Wait, *is* that a trail? There are a lot of branching trails in #HahnPark, and I took one that was steeper than the others because I wanted to make sure I had as much time as possible on top of the ridge before sunset. But after a while I started to wonder. By the time I got here, footing was tricky, and there was one point where I needed to use a hand to brace myself.
It wasn't a problem going uphill in daylight, but when I came back down after sunset, I made sure to take the shallower switchback trails instead!
#hiking #trail #steep #nature #hillside #California #LosAngeles
In the shade of the peppertree.
One of the (many) weird things about Los Angeles is that there are fragments of wilderness …
One of the (many) weird things about #LosAngeles is that there are fragments of wilderness scattered throughout the suburbs. (Mostly where it was a pain to build, or someone owned a lot of land & decided to donate it.)
I had two photos of this #trail junction and #fence. I liked the colors in one, the composition in the other, and I just couldn’t get the balance right on the second. On a whim I desaturated it. Turns out it looks better in #blackandwhite anyway!
#nature #hiking #photo
Flowering Jade. In November.
Flowering #Jade. In November.
It was a pretty big one, too, probably 3-4 feet tall and maybe 7-8 feet across. Definitely bigger than you usually see it as a houseplant
Usually.
I’ve seen some pretty big jade plants in gardens, too!
Tree Squirrels
I heard a child shout, “Squirrel!” off somewhere behind me, and then this squirrel came running across the lawn and then up a tree.