Y. and I walked our dogs to the Santa Ana bridge, then stopped on the way back to sketch the view.
oak view
Tag: ojai valley
dogwalkers
bryophytes
And then there were the bryophytes. So delightful.
i’m lichen it
I went for a hike and got completely distracted by dual organisms consisting of a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium. Look! So many pretty colours!
Paeonia californica
This peony is endemic to southwestern California (USA) and northernmost Baja California (Mexico). It grows on dry hillsides in the coastal sage scrub and chaparral communities of the coastal mountains.
The plant dies back in the summer, and tolerates little or no water while dormant. It puts forth its compound leaves after a good winter rain, which this year happened in mid-November. So we’re seeing the flowers already, before the end of the year. Nice!
swatching the view
vaqueros
I thought Bodie would bark when these four horses passed us on the trail, but she was chill. Such a good girl.
in the wild
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