Here are some pictures taken at O’Neill Regional Park on March 30th to give you an idea of what’s blooming this Spring. Some of the pictures are blurry, but I had to keep up with my family who knows I’d spend far too long taking pictures if they waited for me 🙂 California buttercup (Ranunculus […]
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I have a backlog of photos from this month’s nature days so this will be more of a photolog than a blog post. Lots of interesting things to see! This is a firewheel flower my son found that had an unusual extra flower growing out of the side of it. This set of pictures is
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My, this blog is sorely neglected lately! I have a million thoughts in a day to share and always good intentions to do so, and then of course real life ends up taking precedence. Let’s see, I thought I’d post about grammar a while back to tell you how I was caught completely off guard
I think it’s been over two years since our kids have seen snow, so when some friends said they were renting a cabin for the weekend and invited us up to Big Bear in the San Bernardino National Forest, we didn’t think twice. For Orange County folk Big Bear is a quick two hour jaunt
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Last week we headed to Starr Ranch for a field ecology program on Reptiles and Amphibians and a Nature Hike. We’ve been there in the past for their Song Bird monitoring program and it’s really one of my favorite places in OC. Tucked away in an unnoticeable corner of Dove Canyon, Starr Ranch is owned
While daytime temperatures here have been in the 50s and 60s – what we consider cold, crisp winter weather – and we’ve been getting heaps of rain, the birds and plants are clearly under the impression that Spring is well on its way. The swallows are back in town, soaring here and there and neighborhood
Reading stories like the Little House Series, Caddie Woodlawn, Heidi, and Children of the New Forest, it’s difficult not to want to experience nature with our children. To be somewhere wild where there is adventure, beauty, spontaneity and freedom to explore.Spending a few hours outdoors together as a family this past weekend, I couldn’t help
If you’ve ever been to Laguna Beach, you’ve most likely driven by Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. It sits on the only main road in to Laguna Beach from the freeway that curves its way through sandstone canyons. It was the spot of our nature excursion this week. We headed from the Nix Nature Center under
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Isn’t Spring just beautiful in all her ways? Artichoke Thistle (Cynara cardunculus) Prickly Pear (Opuntia) Some type of Cicada Golden Star (Blumeria crocea) California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) Vista Point Santiago Peak, Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County Elevation 5687ft Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) Vernal Pool Vernal Pool reflecting bright yellow Black Mustard Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) Black
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