During the 2017 “superbloom.”
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Brittlebush (desert lookout)
At an overlook along the highway leading out of the mountains into the desert above Anza-Borrego.
Bigelow’s monkeyflower
During the 2017 “superbloom,” though higher up in the desert hills where it was less pronounced.
Kid’s homemade Halloween costume: a Minecraft spider jockey…
Kid's homemade #Halloween costume: a #Minecraft spider jockey. His mom did the construction, I helped a bit with the painting, and he's still able to fit in the harness, so he's planning to take it out again this year. Building the thing was a lot of work, but he's getting a lot of use out it.
Um, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind… 😬 #Beedril
Fox Squirrel (Polliwog stash)
Giant tumbleweeds on suburban streets.
Found the blog post where I put photos of some giant #tumbleweeds on suburban streets. Back in 2002(!)
https://hyperborea.org/journal/2002/12/fallen-trees-and-tumbleweeds/
Stairs to nowhere.
Literally confusing hawks and doves.
Usually #iNaturalist’s AI is pretty good at narrowing down to a genus, but sometimes it can get confused. Like this #pigeon sitting on a silk floss tree branch. It was “pretty sure” it was a *hawk*.
Um, nope!
I can sort of see that with the first image, but the second one makes it blindingly obvious!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30408488
@KelsonV I just realized it’s literally confusing hawks and doves.
Russian Thistles (Edinger/55 exit)
This squirrel bounded along a wall carrying a walnut in its mouth…
This squirrel bounded along a wall carrying a walnut in its mouth as I walked down the sidewalk. It stopped and looked at me as if it had been caught in the act of walnut burglary. I had enough time to snap a couple of pictures with my phone *and* pull out my camera for a better shot before it scampered away.
#nature #photography #squirrel
Desert Cottontail (Madrona, greenery)
Desert Cottontail (Madrona, in grass)
Citruses
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Ferns
Beach Sheoak
I went a bit overboard with finding whimsical “adventures” for the Flickr panda…
I went a bit overboard with finding #whimsical “adventures” for the Flickr #panda during their planned downtime to disentangle from Yahoo’s datacenter. I think I’ll go with the #coffee mug shot once uploads are working again.
Full 12-photo “Good Panda” gallery on my blog.
Complete Flickr gallery.
These are a few shots from the grounds of a hotel in Hawaii that isn’t there anymore.
These are a few shots from the grounds of a hotel in #Hawaii that isn’t there anymore.
The open-air lounge jutted out over #tidePools made of #lavaRock. A bridge labeled Kapu (forbidden) led to the next resort over, which had already been torn down.
It was on the Kona (west) side of the Big Island, and was demolished last year to make way for an educational/cultural center. Since there are several heiau ruins on the property, that’s probably a better use of it.
Two days later:
Realized in all the editing I dropped the *name* of the place. It was the Keauhou Beach Resort. I stayed there for a week in 2005, and took these pictures on an afternoon (or morning) when we weren’t going anywhere else.
Flashback: A tropical stream in Hawaii
Photo taken at: Akaka Falls State Park
Flashback: A #tropical #stream in #Hawaii, somewhere along the trail to the 420-ft Akaka Falls on the Big Island. I’ve been digging out the originals of photos I posted in low resolution back in the day. This seemed like a good one for #EarthDay.
Correction: 440 feet. Not that they’re in this photo anyway.