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Cover Photo Contribution For Sierra Club’s “Condor Call”
I contributed a photograph of spring wildflowers on Figueroa Mountain to the local Sierra Club’s newsletter, Condor Call. Editor John Hankins requested it and placed it on the cover for the April/May issue, which can be read in PDF format … Continue reading →
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Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Hiking (2), lupine, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, poppies, Sierra Club, wildflowers
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