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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Category Archives: Nature
Finding Clarity and Perspective in the Wilderness
Castle Rock, San Rafael Wilderness Concerns in the wilderness revolve around basic necessities not luxuries. Removal from the busy, overstocked urban realm and immersion in the sparse serenity of pristine nature reduces life to an elemental state. Such experience trims … Continue reading
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Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photography, Photos, Pics, Wilderness, Writing
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Searching for Soul Outside the Cage
Stillman walking point in the San Emigdio Mountains. “The environment we’re used to is designed to sustain us. We live like fish in an aquarium. Food comes mysteriously down, oxygen bubbles up. We are the domestic pets of a human … Continue reading
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Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photography, Photos, San Emigdio Mountains, Santa Ynez Mountains, waterfalls, Writing
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Feeding A Scrub Jay
We’ve befriended a scrub jay.
Life and Death in a Creek
Murky and mossy, slow-flowing summertime creek. With the southern Los Padres National Forest currently undergoing its characteristic seasonal broil, and being too brutally hot and dry for hiking many miles, there are a few cooler, less visited nooks I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Crawdads, Creeks, Fish, Hiking, Mountain Lion, Nature, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Photos, Steelhead, Trout, Turtles, wildflowers
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Stapelia Bloom
The miniature Stapelia variegata (aka carrion or starfish flower) growing in my backyard is throwing off flowers. It’s a relatively common succulent plant and flowers freely and so it’s not a rare phenomenon to see it bloom, but it’s exotic … Continue reading
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Tagged Flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Nature, Photos, Pics, Plants, Stapelia, Succulents
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