Five dogs and their pack of 3 people. “Myself, my son and daughter in law”, took a five mile hike to see an abandoned Copper Mine… I took so many photographs along the way. These pictures are of the Copper Creek, the Trail and the Dogs.
We started off on an old wagon trail, “Lone Jack R... Read more
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All of these are growing wild!
Sage - You can cut the fresh flowers and use them as a decoration on a cake, use them to make herbed vinegar, pour hot water over them for tea, or dry and store them to use in the winter, when fresh flowers are rare.
African Iris - Was first described as a genus i... Read more
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Mni Wakan - Lakota for Water is Sacred.
Mni Wiconi - Water is Life.
I would like to post some of my favorite water pictures to remember that one year ago, we began our struggle against clean water in our country. Being half Nez Perce Native American we were called upon by the Lakota in North Da... Read more
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I have several folders of random things one might find while out hiking the off the beaten trails, some are no more than coyote trails.
What do you think I found?
Clue 1. There are several of those in the trees, brush, woods, canyons, etc. On one of those hikes we found, first off, a ball o... Read more
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One of my favorite things to do is get up close and personal with my subjects. I love macros. The definition of a macro is life size or bigger.
In the first photo, you can see my tomatoes just beginning to form, with all the little hairs on the vine.
In the second, the you can see the wings, ey... Read more
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Photo 1: Do you remember the movie, "Castaway"? The face he painted on the ball and named, Wilson was this face.
Someone had a since of humor. You never know what you will find when out exploring the back country of San Diego County.
Photos 2 and 3: We found some old ruins, it was a buil... Read more
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It took us the better part of a half day to find the "cave".
The area is within a 110 acre wild life preserve. This was just on the other side of the left side of the rim.
It's not really a cave, but an old exploratory mine, known as an "adit". This adit was used long ago... Read more
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A lot of people don't know that San Diego has it's own volcano that was active 15 million years ago.
This is called Calavera Volcano. It is in Carlsbad California. Just across a valley from where I live currently. Great place to hike and check out a little history.
The plug you see cont... Read more
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It has been so cold and gloomy the last few weeks on the coast in San Diego's North County. We laughingly call this time of year, "June Gloom" which follows the persistent "May Grey".
So, by this time of year I was wanting some sunshine and warmer weather, What better way than to distance your... Read more
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I have to start with Maggie Mae, (Maggie Mae, Song from Rod Stewart)
She was picked up wondering a neighborhood in the town I live in, when the Humane Society I worked for got a call that there was an emaciated dog digging in the trash cans.
The animal control had problems getting her an... Read more
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