Until a few weeks ago, I’d never even heard of a sharp-tailed snake, and I’m pretty sure I had never seen one. Turns out they’re quite common in my area. These are fairly small, secretive creatures, completely harmless to humans. Unfortunately, the only one I’ve actually seen was most likely run over by a mountain bike on a dirt hiking […]
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: May 21, 2017.
I’m not the only one who enjoys hanging out near Lake Natoma’s three bridges in the mornings. My first image was taken while standing on the 1893 pedestrian bridge, looking downstream. The second image is from the same bridge, looking upstream. And my final image was taken below the newest bridge, the Lake Natoma Crossing — if you look carefully […]
One mama duck and a single baby. Not sure what happened to the rest of the ducklings.
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 10, 2017. Whether it’s water or some other reflective surface, what have you seen recently that has changed your perspective on the view?
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Isolated Subjects. Your isolated objects can be a house deep in the woods, a camel on sand dunes, or something as simple as an item left behind by someone at a park.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: May 7, 2017
You always have to remember – no matter what you’re told – that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway — Cyndi Lauper ———————————————————————————- “Flowers.” BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2017. 6 May 2017. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/flowers.html
There was something fascinating to me about this plant, growing alongside my hiking trail on Mississippi Bar. Among all the varieties of weeds now flourishing wildly over the landscape, this particular thistle, brazenly rising up tall and straight beside the narrow track, caused me to pause — cautiously — for a closer look. Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk […]