Monday, May 26, 2008

rainbow


IMG_2488.JPG, originally uploaded by sara buggy.

rainbow after storm in moab.
biking to salsa dancing class.

me and rocks


IMG_2577.JPG, originally uploaded by sara buggy.

memorial day weekend on the red rocks with a good friend, sarah g.

big water


IMG_2530.JPG, originally uploaded by sara buggy.

40000 c.f.s. colorado river

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Viciously Cute Dog


Viciously Cute Dog, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Puppy


Vicious Dog, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Noreen's puppy, Yuki

Storm clouds over Santa Barbara


Storm clouds over Santa Barbara, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

An unseasonable storm sat over the mountains above Santa Barbara for much of Memorial Day Weekend. Not much rain fell, just drizzle, but it was connected to the storm that caused tornados near Riverside.

Phacelia


Phacelia, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Mountain above Santa Barbara


Mountain above Santa Barbara, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Mountains above Santa Barbara in rain clouds, with Coulter Pines

Seven Falls area near Santa Barbara

Newt


Newt, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

A little newt or salamander crawling up a mostly-dry waterfall at Seven Falls near Santa Barbara

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Basket Materials


Basket Materials, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Materials used to make a basket

My Attempt at Making a Kudzu Basket

My first attempt at making a basket failed miserably.

Eli's Kudzu Basket


Eli's Kudzu Basket, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Eli makes a basket out of Kudzu

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

WTF does this mean?


WTF, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

From a church in Atlanta... maybe May took a dump?

North Georgia Forest


North Georgia Forest, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

The deciduous forests of the eastern US are pretty... but they all look the same!

Centipede or Millipede?


Centipede, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

I think it bites.. I didn't touch it. We thought it was a Centipede but the internet thinks it's a North American Millepede

Flame Azalea


Flame Azalea, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Trillium


Trillium, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Huge Yellow Buckeye Tree


Huge Yellow Buckeye Tree, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

This is an enormous yellow buckeye growing in the mountains of northern Georgia.

The buckeyes back in California sure don't look like that!

Atlanta Skyline with Tornado Damage

See the dark spots on that middle building? Those are windows that were blown out by a tornado a few weeks ago!

A few hours after I left there was anther tornado north of town. It went towards Eli's house and he had to hide from it, but by the time the storm got there, the tornado was gone.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Great Salt Lake


Great Salt Lake, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

It really is quite salty. It looked like soft sand out to the water so we went barefoot... but most of the area past the plants were covered in sharp salt crystals.

Buffalo Butt


Buffalo Butt, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Actually, more properly it would be referred to as a Bison Butt.

Antelope Island


Antelope Island, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake. There's still a patch of snow on that mountain.

Wasach, Lake, Hole in Wall


Wasach, Lake, Hole in Wall, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Look how arty this picture is!

Don't Touch the Buffalo!


Don't Touch the Buffalo!, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

The plaque near it's front right foot says 'please do not touch'. (I didn't)

Sara and Sand


Sara and Sand, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Sara checking the sand of the Great Salt lake to see if the grains are round (they aren't here but are in other areas near the lake)

Bee and Calochortus


Bee and Calochortus, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

A bee in a Calochortus flower

Brodiaea filifolia


Brodiaea filifolia, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Federally Threatened plant growing near San Dimas, CA

Monday, May 05, 2008

Clouds and Apartment


IMG_1739.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Last week these clouds drifted over Ventura during a heat wave. They looked like summer 'monsoon' clouds. No thunderstorms accompanied them but today there were some scattered thunderstorms in the mountains. None made it to Ventura.

Beer Rock


IMG_1735.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

One of my all time favorite places. Almost anyone who reads this has been here, too.