Sunlight Savings Time

It’s not just the end of Daylight Savings Time that tells you winter is coming. It’s the layer of gray coming out in the sky, and layers of warmth coming in as you dress. But I do have just a little bit of sun saved up in this batch of random, sunny pictures from San […]

California goldenrod

While out in my old stomping ground, I also visited the Old Mission Dam. It was built in the early 19th century by the Indians and monks of Mission San Diego de Alcala to create a steady water supply from the San Diego river. Now it’s a quiet little park. There were ducks on the […]

Desert Broom

I’m back. I spent a few days in San Diego visiting family, traipsing about, and of course–bee hunting. Are you surprised? The first place I found bees was on this trail to Cowles Mountain. It’s not exactly Everest, but I grew up just down the hill from here, and the silhouette of that peak haunts […]