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  • Which road is best?

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    Amazing how the exact same scene can look so different depending on how you treat it. All I had when walking on this path was my iphone. It was a pretty little scene but it needed something more. So I played with the filters in the PhotoStudio app for iphone. Now each one looks so…

  • Eating the touch-me-not grass!

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    Making Yummy Stinging Nettle Paste This weekend I had a surprise discovery when I saw a plant in my horses pen that I had never seen before. It was under the rain gutter and growing so lush and deep green. Being a California native all my life a lush green plant is an attractive site…

  • Some flowers for Easter

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    Below is a gallery of my daffodils and tulips that I thought was quite fitting for Easter. I love the character that tulips get as they unfold. I also love them because they are the first to welcome Spring in this area. Click the button below to launch and I hope you enjoy them too:

  • Painted with pretty poppies

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    We drove along the Merced River in California today and the hills were electrifying with golden poppies. Apparently we hit it just right for the spectacular show of the California state flower to be in bloom on mass. This along the purple flower from the Western Redbud made a stunning show for the eyes as…

  • Business cards and online galleries

    Business cards and online galleries

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    Today I want to talk about two really cool sites – one for business cards and the other for online photo galleries.   The fist is moo.com. Hmm well the name doesn’t really say it’s all but their product says the rest! I had never heard of them before until I attended a wacom webinar where…

  • Black and white rainbow?

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    I think color is my favorite of this breathtaking rainbow I saw today. Clicking on the image will make it bigger so you can see the double bow. There was so much contrast in the image though so I wondered how it would look as a black and white and so my results are below…

  • Native plant sale in Pittsburg CA

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    If you’re looking for some California native plants the nature preserve at Los Medanos College (a certified schoolyard habitat) is having a plant sale on March 27 and 28th. If you aren’t sure what you’re looking for I developed a plant ID slideshow to help you know what is what. All photographs were taken and…