Brother Dennis reports seeing this rattlesnake — the seventh such sighting in the past year, compared to one in the ten years before that — while hiking today in the Santa Monica Mountains. Does this have anything to do with climate change?
Month: April 2016
rDay Four-Hundred-Two
Pretty much the usual: walkin’ the Charlie-Dogg. Some more front yard, by popular request.
rDay Four-Hundred-One
Dog walk in chilly late afternoon, then split off to visit at 103. Returning, I cut across campus to minimize exposure to the beginning light rain and come upon a high school track meet between county high schools. Dash home after a few minutes for warm and dry.
rDay Four Hundred
James Hamblin on Breaking a Phone Addiction
Try this new link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/480240/adventures-in-grayscale/
rDay Three-Hundred-Ninety-Eight
While Kim rests, Nik and Dad take Charles the Great for a stroll. If you can call it that, as the Sloth-Dog insisted on taking a sitdown approximately once per block. Nik also carried him across the street twice to avoid confrontations with other canines.
rDay Three-Hundred-Ninety-Six: MERA Prequel
While driving up Mt. Glen Road on our way to the MERA trails area, we stopped alongside the road after Kim announced that she had seen a herd of elk on the far distant mountain side. From that vantage point, this was the best that 200mm worth of lens could muster:
And this is a severe crop and blow-up of a small fragment of that scene:
As always, just click or tap these images to get an enlarged view.
rDay Three-Hundred-Ninety-Six: MERA
Up early, quick snack, then head out to hike Mt. Emily Recreation Area (MERA) trails, despite mist and mild sprinkles, to find the “rock pile” and have an outdoor breakfast.
rDay Three-Hundred-Ninety-Five: Gangloff Park
rDay Three-Hundred-Ninety-Four
Warm, even sunny (until it wasn’t and the rain came) today. Looking at the burst of bloom everywhere. And of course looked for Prince (R.I.P.) tie-ins with Purple Rain. Also saw a couple of quite different expressions of truck culture.
