Looking at things is very different from seeing them
An easy day at the beach…..
… watching surfers – young and old, they all seem to enjoy themselves!
Plus some other more or less permanent guests at the beach:
Scarface and her companion were back at the Riparian Preserve this week. The pair spent much of the morning chasing and playfully nipping at each other across the nearly dry settling ponds. Despite all the activity,…
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At the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, water is carefully managed through a series of settling ponds - an engineered landscape that has become a refuge for wildlife over the years. Some ponds sit nearly…
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Every year around this time, I start watching the ground a little more closely - and right on cue, they return. The “aliens” of the desert are back. Digger bees, often from the genus Anthophora, are…
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At this time of year, a few miles from our home, several great horned owls are raising their young. It’s incredible to see how quickly these tiny, downy chicks grow - in what feels like…
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We had been thinking for visiting our dear friends in Las Cruces for some time now and it's Thursday morning 8am when we stand on the patio and Marco says that he is still considering…
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Odometer: 15,586 After working a few hours early morning, we leave the Hotel at around 10:15am (Mountain time). I feed our navigation system the destination for the day: Idaho Falls. She calculates and feeds back…
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About 20 miles East…..As the sky here in San Diego is overcast with a marine layer (high fog) we drive about 20 miles east and find a peaceful and beautiful place where the sun is…
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Gravel road through Black Canyon… ... on our way to the desert, driving out of San Diego up San Pasqual Valley, with all its citrus trees, and past the Wild Animal Park, we change our…
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