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Brittle Leaf Manzanita is native to the Central California coast and distributed mostly in the coastal foothills between the San Francisco Bay Area and south to Santa Barbara. I found this plant growing in the La Honda Creek Open Creek Preserve at the higher… Continue Reading “California Native Plants 1.9.2025”
Today we did a road trip with our grand-dog, Wylie, and ended up exploring the Vascona Lake County Park located in Los Gatos, CA. There is a bike/hike trail that runs through the park called the Los Gatos Creek Trail. The park is a… Continue Reading “Los Gatos Creek Bike Trail 1.8.2025”
These baby redwoods were growing at the base of a large diameter redwood on the trail up to the top of the preserve – and the dark, damp trunk made a nice backdrop for the bright green needles and red stems.
Windy Hill Sunset – A great place to watch the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean is the summit of Windy Hill Preserve. Love the subtle layers of light and dark defining the rolling foothills between Windy Hill and the coast!
WINTER TREE Gnarled branches reaching Up towards the horizon Marking time ’til Spring. ~Lynn Thomas Amber
April 25, 2023 Today marked the first day that we encountered serious mud along the trail! I had heard horror stories about the possibility of mud and thought that it could not possibly be as bad as everyone predicted. We had 17 kilometers to… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Lauzerte to Saint-Martin”
April 24, 2023 Oddly, when reviewing my journal notes for our walk this day, I had written that it was a rainy day! But, when I processed the pictures for this post, the sky seemed mostly sun and clouds. Photographs don’t lie so perhaps… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Montcuq to Lauzerte”
April 23, 2023 Today’s walk was very rural, quite soggy and long – 22 kilometers. It was a very pretty day, though, through agricultural lands that were bright green with the spring rains. The day started with a pretty sunrise at our lodging in… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Labastide to Montcuq”
Filoli Historic House and Garden is a short drive from my son’s house near Woodside, California. I have visited several times over the past few years. It speaks to my love of public gardens – especially those that were at one time private residences.… Continue Reading “Filoli Historic House and Gardens Holiday Season 12.5.24”
April 22, 2023 Our walk from Cahors to Labastide would take us along the GR65 for 14 kilometers. One of the highlights of the day was at the beginning of the walk when we crossed the medieval pedestrian bridge – Pont Valentré. It is… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Cahors to Labastide”
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