Tag Archives: Nature

Eating Fire Roasted Yucca

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jack Elliott

A yucca flower spike in full bloom. “There is a great deal of century plant of the species which the Mexicans call mescali. The mode of using it is as follows: they make a hole in the ground, fill it … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Chumash, Foraging, Hiking, History, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Spanish Explorers, Traditional Knowledge, wildflowers, Yucca | 4 Comments

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Lower Yellowstone Falls A recent photo from Clint Elliott, who was up in Montana last week. The Clint Elliott Files: Canoe Camping Along the Green River, Utah — Canoe Campin’ and Fishin’ in Minnesota — Goddard Campground: The Lost Jewel of West Camino Cielo … Continue reading →

Posted in Montana | Tagged falls, Hiking, Hiking (2), Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, waterfalls, Wilderness, Yellowstone | 2 Comments

Annular Solar Eclipse

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Jack Elliott

As the moon moved in front of the sun the daylight noticeably waned, and the landscape took on the warm-colored glow of late afternoon winter light, though with less intensity and an eerie shadowy cast to it. While you could … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Annular Solar Eclipse, Astronomy, Eclipse, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sunsets | 8 Comments

Matilija Poppies

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri) The wildflowers are bloommin’ out there right now and Matilija poppies are poppin’. I snapped this iPhone photo at Santa Barbara’s Oak Park yesterday afternoon. According to eFloras.org, a cooperative project by Missouri Botanical Garden, St. … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Flowers, iPhoneography, Matilija Poppies, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Plants, Romneya coulteri, wildflowers | 4 Comments

Deal Canyon, Rancho Nuevo Canyon 17 Mile Day Hike

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jack Elliott

The trail we hiked through California’s Dick Smith Wilderness. David Stillman and I recently hiked the Deal Canyon/Rancho Nuevo Canyon trails. Five years after the Zaca Fire destroyed most of the forest, with sooty deadfall logs lying about and the … Continue reading →