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Wildflowers Daily Photo Delicate flower with a tough name–Rockbreaker This flower is a Saxifrage. Here is another. These plants have similar names but are different in essential ways. In the same way a county person or an outdoorsy person are types of folks often confused for each other—people often think these words describe the same type of person but they
Read moreLord of All She Surveys Daily Photo #15 Anyone have any captions that we could use to stage a coup on LOL Cats using this photo?
Read moreSpring Through Old Glass Out old twisted glass, the world appears softer but still brilliantly green. This is the actual color–no saturation. Spring greens now are so vibrant they vibrate! Day 2 of Photo A Day
Read moreStep over the fence and welcome to the Blogosphere. Justice through Jostle, a new Humboldt blog, began only a few days ago. With gentle passion, the anonymous author writes on a variety of news with a emphasis on social justice. He/she seems to think they’ll soon be outed. The author give several clues to his/her identity including one that they
Read moreSalmon Cr. Exit at Night As a society we have a fascination with the ghostly world. The idea that something lurks outside of Real makes the hair stand up on our neck and bumps crawl across the flesh of our upper arms. Even those of us who don’t ‘really’ believe seem fascinated by the possibility. But when we experience first
Read moreCURVES Ribbon drapes across Spring hills.
Read moreSaxifrage aka Rockbreaker Delicate flower with a tough name This flower is a Saxifrage. Here is another. And another. And another. These plants have similar names but are different in essential ways. In the same way a county person or an outdoorsy person are types of folks often confused for each other—people often think these words describe the same type
Read moreThe best writing on gardening comes not from Vita Sackville-West or even from well-known Humboldt dirt digger, Amy Stewart ( though I enjoy them both.) What inspires me to weed, what wafts through my head like the savory scent of bread baking–enticing me onward towards an idealized version of my own yard comes from some writing by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Read moreNightfall on the Old Benbow Ranch
Read moreA Flatheaded Apple Borer sounds like an overenthusiastic, preachy and not so intelligent vegetarian I once knew. But, in reality, the creature is a nasty little worm that tunnels winding holes in the bark of fruit trees (actually it also can be found on madrone, oak and other native species, too.) Today, Poet and pruner, Dan Brewer came to Salmon
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