Randall Museum

Here are pics and short videos from a visit to the Randall Museum in San Francisco on Friday.

In the desert habitat section we see a collared lizard basking under a heat lamp.


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Cooley Landing

On Friday D. and I visited Cooley Landing to enjoy a remarkably mild autumn day and to get away from Black Friday madness.  Here are some of the pics I took.

Looking east across San Francisco Bay.


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McClellan Ranch

On Saturday D. and I visited McClellan Ranch Preserve, because it was nearby and had flat trails that wouldn't challenge me much ( Read more... )

Foster CityOn Saturday D. and I took a short walk on the flat and level Bay Trail in Foster City (we are both having trouble walking these days).  We saw lots and lots of wild fennel, sea lavender, gum plant, snowy egrets, a northern harrier, a baby mouse in the pickleweed, and jets coming in for a landing at nearby San Francisco International ( Read more... )