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Flowers That Pop

Don’t know this flower other than it’s near the beach and says look at me.

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Sun Loving Cosmos

The cosmos is my favorite backyard flower. For years it has attracted bees and butterflies to my backyard.But 2025 has been a different story—not many visitors so far. The loss of habitat due to neighborhood construction is partly to blame.

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Accidentally Wonderful

At the end of the growing season last year I covered this wood planter and forgot about it until this Spring when a wildflower made its way through a crack on the side of the planter. The flowers are spectacular.

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Before The Poppies Open Up…

I take Leo to The beach before The poppies open up.

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Leo and the Mallards

PEACE…

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A New “Tenant”

Yesterday, a northern house wren took up residence in a bird house I built three years ago. I’d given up hope that this specially designed wren house attached to my garage would be used. But when I took out the garbage cans for pickup tomorrow, this bird flew overhead and right into the hole. It spent the next hour bringing nesting material into the house. To discourage larger birds from…

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Beach Wrack😱

We’ve lost a portion of the beach to a build-up of wrack, Leo blends in with the mess.

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Rock Purslane

They’re back in all their purple splendor, the rock purslane. This flower returns each year in my backyard—all I do is cut the dead growth and wait.

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Waterfall to the Left

Anne took this panoramic shot in Yosemite yesterday—note that Yosemite Falls is to the far left.

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Time

I need that cabin to write haiku While removing bullets of time Embedded in the unimportant . It will take years to heal the deep wound Of missed snowfalls on the lone cedar Outside the broken window I pray is still there.

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Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

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Framed!

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Mountain Runoff

While cameras are aimed at the major waterfalls like Yosemite and Bridal Veil, there are scores of snow melt falls “dribbling” down mountains that surround Yosemite Valley. They’ll be gone this summer, but for now they will help build up rivers and lakes in this National Park.

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Cloudy Help

Took a shot of Yosemite Falls this week, thanks to low flying clouds that added depth to the overall scene.

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Let It Flow!

Returned to Yosemite to witness the Spring runoff.

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The Beach is Leo’s Domain

When I take Leo to the beach, he strikes this pose at surf’s edge.

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Ocean Floor at Low Tide