When one of us is gone, she tends to spend her waking hours watching the driveway.
good girl
Author: Hashi
aloe on the rocks
A Spell of Good Things
I finished this one yesterday and started again at the beginning, because I‘m sure I missed stuff the first time through.
Bubo virginianus
Gift from the sky.
another teacup
Working on my ellipses.
riot of greens
Got to get these seedlings into the ground in the next day or so.
BB13
A & I returned to the Backbone Trail after more than a month’s break, and hiked the penultimate and longest section. It was so pretty, especially between Tri-Peaks and Sycamore Canyon. We had Chamberlain Trail to ourselves; it seems that only thru-hikers go there, as it isn‘t a convenient loop or out-and-back hike. I’d like to return with my birding binoculars; I *think* I saw my first Phainopeplas.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Quick sketch after a loooong hike.
teacups
Pseudacris hypochondriaca
Hmm, I thought we had the Pacific Tree Frog aka Pacific Chorus Frog here, but now I’m learning that the species was divided into three in 2006, and in Southern California ours is called the Baja California Tree or Chorus Frog (Pseudacris hypochondriaca).
Due to its proximity to Hollywood, this species of chorus frog has often had its vocalizations featured as stock sounds in film and television. Consequently, its distinctive “ribbit, ribbit” call has become the quintessential frog sound in the English-speaking world, even though only this species and a few closely related ones actually produce that sound.
