Sorrel Horse


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Calero County Park, Part 2

Here's Part 2 of my visit to Calero County Park (part 1 here).

A bee exits a California buttercup.


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Calero County Park, Part 1

On Saturday D. and I decided to go to Calero County Park to see the wildflowers.  We walked parts of the Los Cerritos and Figueroa Trails before I got too tired and we had to turn around and head back.  Here are some of the pics I took (Part 2 here).

Field mustard is in bud.


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Arastradero Preserve

On Sunday, under threatening skies, D. and I took a short walk on the Red Tail Loop Trail at Arastradero Preserve, and I took some pics before the sprinkles began.

Some of last summer's dry grasses have yet to yield to the winter rains.


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Calero Creek Trail

On Saturday D. and I took a walk along a shady part of the Calero Creek Trail in San José, and I took a few pics.

Poison oak leaves are beginning to show some autumn color already.


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Monday Movies: Grazing Horse

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

This week: Twenty-six seconds of a horse grazing in a field at Byrne Preserve when we were there in January.  Enjoy.

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Byrne Preserve

In spite of the threat of rain on Saturday, D. and I decided to return to the Byrne Preserve in Los Altos Hills and walk the Artemas Ginzton Pathway, part of which we had walked back in 2007 (and pictures of which I lost
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Baylands Nature Preserve

On Sunday D. and I really needed to get out of the house because we haven't been anywhere in a long time.  Because I'm still really struggling physically we had to pick someplace flat and close by.  Baylands Nature Preserve fit that bill, so that's where we went (our tenth visit there), and I took these pics ( Read more... )