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- Wildflower Superbloom in the California Desert – Anza-Borrego Spring 2017 Photos
The kiddo had a day off from school in mid-March, so I took a vacation day and we all drove out to the desert to see the spring wildflowers. After the endless suburbia of Los Angeles, northern Orange County, and Corona, we drove past hills green from the winter rains, then into the similarly-endless suburbs […]
- Return to Temporary Wetlands
Photos: The rains have been tapering off, and the ponds that filled the empty lot have been shrinking, giving way to grasses and wildflowers.
- Butterfly
Experimenting with the macro setting on my camera: I cut across a vacant lot on my way to lunch last Friday. Most of it is just dirt and flattened stalks of of dry grass, but there are some plants that have sprung up since it was last mowed (probably sometime in spring) or have managed […]
- Dry spell
It’s been a dry year for California. Water districts all over the state are geared up for drought conditions. The hills in the Orange County area are still golden-brown in mid-April. Last year at this time, they had finally turned green for spring. Here’s a shot from the Irvine Spectrum area from April 6, 2006: […]