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inside outside
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coated
We are not usually ones to dress our animals in clothes. But it’s been much colder here than at Malibu, so we’ve given Bodie a wrap to wear at night when the temps drop. She appreciates it!
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at the museum
I found myself in downtown Ventura with some time to spare, so I popped into the Museum (“FREE ENTRY ALL MONTH!”) for a quick peruse. I was drawn to a collection of hundred-year-old bottles of photo retouching ink. As I copied the gorgeous typography, I was well aware that another person had hand-lettered this very artwork some time prior to 1911. Thank you, whoever you were, for creating an object of beauty I can admire and copy a century later.
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deer lodge
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lake casitas
Landscapes are not my strong suit, but I’m working on it. I’m trying to represent the shapes and values rather than the details—with varying success.
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entrance
This year at the State Park we’ve added a Citizen Science project for middle and high schoolers, to survey trees for evidence of the Invasive Shot Hole Borer. Today was the first outing, and it went pretty well! I lead a group of seven 7th graders and we did, in fact, find concerning evidence. We tagged our trees for follow-up by the scientists. Most of the kids felt like they were doing important work, and they also just loved being outside for the day. So all around, it was really worthwhile.
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tillandsia shadow
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shiitake spawn
Annette shared her shiitake spawn with me, and I gave her some oak logs. Maybe by Christmas we’ll both be eating home-grown mushrooms.
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dog’s eye view
Bodie visited the pig again today. I imagine that this is what she sees as her friend approaches the fence.
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Ardea alba
Things I learned on this hike—the Sepulveda Dam wall is 3 miles (5 km) long, and you can climb onto it. When the basin floods, fish are stranded on the trails. Egrets eat other birds!
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