Balloons


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Monday Movies: Balloons

Monday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

This week:  Twenty-seven seconds of balloons bobbing in the breeze at the apartment complex across the street.  Enjoy.

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National Wildlife Refuge - Ravenswood Trail

On Saturday D. and I went to the flat trails at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and I took some pics.

A raven perches on a communication antenna with a huge wad of something in its beak.


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Monday Movies: Butterfly Balloon

Monday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

This week: A butterfly balloon bobs in the wind at Saturday's Mariposa Park dedication ceremony.

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Mariposa Park

Yesterday D. and I attended the dedication of our brand-new neighborhood park, on Mariposa Ave., and I took these pics while we were there.

Welcome to Mariposa Park. 
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Monday Movies: Ground Floor Concourse

Monday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

This week: The ground floor concourse of El Camino Hospital on a recent afternoon.

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Adobe Creek Trail, with bunnies

A couple of weeks ago D. and I took another twilight hike on the Adobe Creek Trail, in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.

My pics first, then D.'s.

The scenery at the parking area; the marshes are beyond the grass.


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In search of pelicans in Palo Alto

D. and I went to the Palo Alto Baylands nature preserve on this clear, hot morning to look for pelicans. I took these pics.

The control tower of the nearby Palo Alto Municipal Airport is visible across an inlet from the preserve's interpretive center.


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Palo Alto Baylands 5

On Sunday afternoon D. and I went back to the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. It was sunny, warm and windy. We saw lots of wonderful things. Here are some of D.'s pics.

"Artificial fires" are prohibited.
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