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From a trip to Scotland in April 2019.
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From a trip to Scotland in April 2019.
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Water and reflections, to remind us to breathe. I tried to choose a variety of places, seasons, colors….
This was taken from the parking lot of Café de Bangkok, a great Thai+sushi restaurant with a parking lot perfectly placed for picture-taking in all seasons.
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Apologies for not getting the schedules posted for this week.
Tonight After Dark, it’s JanieM. Friday night After Dark is BillinGlendaleCA.
Friday morning is Cleek!
Barred from overnight travel by pandemic and 4 pets, I’ve been making day trips now that I’m mostly retired. Since visiting friends and eating in restaurants is out, I look for places to hike. Iowa has no national parks, but more than 80 state parks and countless county and city parks. Access is free, if you’re not using a campsite, and weekday visits mean fewer people and more nature.
And sometimes there are things to see without leaving home!
First Day Hike — The national state parks association has been promoting First Day Hikes for several years now. Start off the year right! The first year I was aware of it, the program was canceled statewide due to wind chills of minus 30. The past two years temperatures have been in the low/mid 30s (above zero), which is bearable if you dress for it and keep moving.
I love the name of this park – so Civil War-y. Tenting tonight, tenting tonight, tenting on the old campground….
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These photos are mostly relaxing nature photos, all but one from the South-West, and I’ll talk about where they were taken for each photo.
This is a picture of the clouds boiling off the mountains on the other side of the Sulfur Springs Valley from our tiny ranch in the foothills of the Dragoon Mountains. We’re looking ENE toward the Chiricahua National Monument, about 30 miles away.
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The Chinese Garden at The Huntington has been undergoing construction for the past year or so to expand it to about twice the size. A couple of weeks ago they opened the newly completed portions of the garden. I headed over last week to check out the new additions, which are north and west of the existing lake.
I had to enter the garden via the main south entrance since they’re reconfiguring the north access to accommodate the new medicinal herb garden. The new additions start with the Court of Assembled Worthies adjoining the Clear and Transcendent pavilion on the north side of the lake.
Along the walkway leaving the Court of Assembled Worthies is a little garden.
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So much stress and worry, but hope and determination too. So grateful for the beauty in the world to give us a break, and refresh our spirit to keep fighting to preserve it. This is a glimpse into my corner of this incredible continent.
Iron Creek Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA.
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Pushy gingers!
Concept: a witch cat that’s too fat to fly pic.twitter.com/JsNu9ZFjAM
— Julia???? (@FancySmudges) October 29, 2020