When I was down in Riverside a couple of weeks ago, I saw jacaranda trees covered in purple blooms nearly everywhere I looked. I kept meaning to take at least one picture… but I never quite got around to it. I can’t recall ever seeing jacaranda trees back home in Northern California. But I did stumble across this episode of […]
The pomegranate fruit may seem fairly intimidating to those of us accustomed to bananas and apples, but they have long been used in cooking and they pack a serious nutritional punch. The pomegranate plant originated in the arid climates of the Middle East — in fact they were one of the eastern Mediterranean’s first domesticated fruit trees — but have […]
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge — June 15, 2018
I discovered this small pond at the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens. We were visiting on a warm day and only had an hour to look around, but it’s a great spot to enjoy a bit of nature and see plants and trees from around the world. I recommend it if you’re in the area, and I hope to get back […]
What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus? We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we’re in The Brick, we’re flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We’re under a roof. Wood. […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 9, 2018. Where do you belong? In the hustle and bustle of a big city or amongst friendly faces in a small town? For this week’s challenge, show us your place in the world. I don’t live in a big city, although sometimes traffic jams and noisy neighbors can […]
Although I can’t identify all the locations this week, some of the images are becoming more familiar. Crater Lake is easy for me since I visited it (however briefly) back in 1979; but now I’ve learned to recognize some of Yosemite’s prime beauty spots purely from going through all these old slides!