Paying Attention
"Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart." Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass. [...]
Exploring an Oak
Says Mary Oliver: "Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. [...]
Bioswales and Green Infrastructure
A recent report from the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) indicates 7 trillion particles of microplastic are entering the San Francisco Bay per year through [...]
Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve
It’s a great year for California wildflowers and I finally was able to photograph Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve. California poppies Eschscholzia californica flowering in [...]
A California Forest in Autumn
This is magical: Autumn magic in California; Castle Crags State Park A log to sit on and contemplate the changing season, a place [...]
Oak Ghosts, Skeletons, and Recovery after the Fire
The California landscape has always been shaped by fire. Blackened hills, burned trees and new green grass; Fire damage and recovery from Nuns fire [...]
Fire Recovery Begins
The devastating Northern California firestorm that swept through Napa and Sonoma Counties in October left a scorched earth. California native landscape, recovery after 2017 [...]
A Real Desert Garden
The 2017 superbloom in the California deserts was a sensation. Wildflowers on desert floor of Sonoran Desert at Anza Borrego California State Park with [...]
Tallgrass Prairie Rhizosphere
I do not know the origin, nor can explain my fascination with grasslands. Asclepias sullivantii, smooth milkweed, Sullivant’s milkweed or prairie milkweed flowering in [...]
Seeing the Native Plant Garden
Native plant gardens tend to be hard to photograph. Often the gardeners care more about the plants and habitat than the aesthetics. This is perfectly [...]