Growing in the road
Don’t bother me…
Briar Rose cottage
But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up. Every year it grew higher, till at last it surrounded the whole castle so that nothing could be seen of it, not even the flags on the roof — from Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Rabbit or Hare?
It was about 7:30 in the morning, and I was headed to Slate Bar when I first spied this guy sitting about 30 yards away from me in a field; after I finally realized it wasn’t just a stump, I thought he looked like a cottontail. However, it’s rare to see cottontails this near the river — according to the […]
Dietes iridioides
A couple of days ago I posted pictures of an African iris — well, here is yet another variety of the same flower. Just like the other, I spotted this flashy beauty while walking the dog. In fact, I’d had my eye on these flowers for a few days but it was only today I managed to stop long enough […]
Memory Monday, Week 68
Roughing it
As we hiked out on Mississippi Bar recently, we found piles and piles of driftwood and debris that washed down into Lake Natoma during the winter storms. I’m not sure exactly where all this stuff came from, but there certainly is a lot of it. We also found a couple of carefully constructed driftwood “teepees” — as the Big Guy calls them — a perfect place to escape the bright morning sun and rest your legs for a few minutes before moving on. These structures remind me of the ones I saw out at Folsom Lake last September while hiking the sandy shore north of Beals Point.
Calico
Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge — May 11, 2018