It is officially autumn here. We have a couple of new visitors. A pair of the most terrifying killers in all the insect world. I find it interesting that one is beige and one is green. The beige one is... Continue Reading →
Continuing my dearth of new blogs, I thought I'd reblog this, revised and with a few different photos - including one I just took on my visit to my childhood stomping grounds back east. It is one of my earliest... Continue Reading →
Reposting this from 2 years ago. This is Charlotte - Charlie for short. She is a female daddy longlegs spider, aka cellar spider, family Pholcidae. I've been watching her since she was a tiny spiderling who happened to show up... Continue Reading →
There have been lots of interesting things going on since I have come back to Michigan to visit family. Some are sad and some are not. I figured I'd just repost something from a couple years ago. Won't be returning... Continue Reading →
Preview in new tab I was out here last time August of 2018, almost a year ago. Since then, we had a normal winter. What an incredible change has set in! We had an unusually cool stretch in mid-July so... Continue Reading →
Ok, so with all the excitement over the LA World Naked Bike Ride it was also World Naked Hiking Day. Can't do both at the same time so the next decent day I went out to the Alder Creek Trail.... Continue Reading →
Another hike down Piru Creek. I love this hike but since last winter it has become a bit rough. Trees have fallen, rocks have slid and huge amounts of greenery have sprung up. I park at the usual gate. The... Continue Reading →
Here is what I did instead. I've been fairly sedentary for the last three months. We've finally had a rainy winter. I've been working part-time and somehow the cold and rain always managed to come when I'm off work. The... Continue Reading →
Backpacks on bodies and warm winter mittensOr naked as jaybirds and mosquito bitten.Food tied in bear bags and soaking in springsThese are a few of my favorite things. Time for your vocabulary lesson folks! If these words don't fill you... Continue Reading →
