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We had been talking about visiting Death Valley for many years. We finally did it! Here is the first post in a series.
\nSnow in the Sierra Nevada mountain range along U.S. Route 50 near the “Sierra at Tahoe” ski resort:
\n\nMono Lake from the vista point on U.S. Route 395:
\n\nSunset behind the Sierra Nevada. Somewhere north of Bishop, CA:
\n\nThe east side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just outside Big Pine. The major mountain might be North Palisade:
\n\nDriving by Manzanar, the vile World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp. The Sierra Nevada mountains are in the background:
\n\nWind-driven dust on State Route 136, east of Owens Lake:
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\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-18T09:53:15-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/18/rainbow-canyon-near.html", "tags": ["Apple","Travel","Death Valley"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/18/a-crow-apparently.html", "content_html": "At Death Valley, a Crow Apparently Begs
\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-18T08:32:10-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/18/a-crow-apparently.html", "tags": ["Apple","Travel","Death Valley"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/16/passed-through-tonopah.html", "content_html": "\n", "date_published": "2024-03-16T11:05:55-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/16/passed-through-tonopah.html", "tags": ["Orchard"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/15/the-wind-was.html", "content_html": "The wind was far calmer today at Death Valley, so here’s a Desert Sunflower without motion blur #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #DeathValley #Fujifilm
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-15T19:50:34-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/15/the-wind-was.html", "tags": ["Flowers"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/15/meanwhile-yesterday-somewhere.html", "content_html": "Meanwhile, yesterday, somewhere in Death Valley #DeathValley #Fujifilm
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-15T06:04:24-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/15/meanwhile-yesterday-somewhere.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/13/im-trying-the.html", "content_html": "I’m trying the Tidal music streaming service. So far I really like the mixes they make based on the genres I listen to. They’re far more successful than Apple Music’s mixes. Also, on Tidal, when setting up my music preferences I could have gone all day selecting artists. Really good so far.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-13T07:13:06-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/13/im-trying-the.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/10/conical-perforated-metal.html", "content_html": "Conical perforated metal strainers are pretty great for pulpy food compared to fine mesh wire strainers (impossible to clean!). We just juiced all our backyard-grown Meyer lemons, got 8 cups. Now the juice has been heat pasteurized, portioned, and frozen for summer lemonade.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-10T15:14:18-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/10/conical-perforated-metal.html", "tags": ["Apple","Orchard"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/10/daylight-saving-time.html", "content_html": "Daylight Saving Time means more energy use. The heat pump works harder w/hour longer low temps before sunrise. In summer, later sunset means the ambient air temperature won’t drop so windows must stay closed longer. I’ll be in bed during daylight, with the heat pump cooling longer to sleeping temp.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-10T06:45:58-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/10/daylight-saving-time.html", "tags": ["Apple"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/09/our-full-bloom.html", "content_html": "\n", "date_published": "2024-03-09T19:42:53-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/09/our-full-bloom.html", "tags": ["Apple","Flowers"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/09/we-were-barely.html", "content_html": "We were barely tolerated by a pair of nesting Osprey at the refuge today. 😬#Osprey #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-09T12:06:05-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/09/we-were-barely.html", "tags": ["Apple","Birds"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/09/yesterday-i-picked.html", "content_html": "Yesterday I picked up our wine club box at the New Clairvaux winery in Vina, CA. Couldn’t beat the weather! #Fujifilm \n\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-09T07:48:49-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/09/yesterday-i-picked.html", "tags": ["Apple","Weather"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/08/our-front-yard.html", "content_html": "Our front yard Ceanothus bushes are nearly in full bloom. They are very popular with all sorts of bees and assassin bugs #BloomScrolling
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-08T15:40:30-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/08/our-front-yard.html", "tags": ["Flowers"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/04/a-glossy-ibis.html", "content_html": "A Glossy Ibis at the refuge yesterday #GlossyIbis #Birds #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-04T20:02:04-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/04/a-glossy-ibis.html", "tags": ["Apple","Birds"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/03/spotted-a-stunning.html", "content_html": "Spotted a stunning American Kestrel at the refuge today #Birds #BirdWatching #AmericanKestrel
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-03T17:05:45-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/03/spotted-a-stunning.html", "tags": ["Birds"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/03/lagunitas-ipna-is.html", "content_html": "Lagunitas IPNA is very good for a hoppy non-alcoholic beer. It’s has non-generic, tasty hops (citrus and tropical flavors) with a light malt background. I’d recommend this. Clausthaler is still my favorite NA beer (very malt forward).
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-03T16:15:19-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/03/lagunitas-ipna-is.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/02/some-photos-my.html", "content_html": "Some photos my awesome wife took at the airports she traveled through for a work trip. A319s and a 737-8. #AvGeek \n\n
\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-02T16:42:38-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/02/some-photos-my.html", "tags": ["Apple"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/03/01/sun-and-rain.html", "content_html": "Sun and rain! Thunderstorms are trying to develop. Maybe they’ll amount ri something on the east side of the Sacramento Valley. #CaWx\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-01T18:27:59-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/03/01/sun-and-rain.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/27/today-our-nectarine.html", "content_html": "Today, our nectarine had its first bloom #BloomScrolling\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-27T18:54:10-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/27/today-our-nectarine.html", "tags": ["Apple","Flowers"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/26/we-think-this.html", "content_html": "We think this is a Loggerhead Shrike, though could also easily be a Northern Shrike. Either way, what a sharp looking bird. This is the second time we spotted them atop the same tree. #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Birds #Shrike #Fujifilm 🪶
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-26T19:42:33-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/26/we-think-this.html", "tags": ["Birds"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/25/black-necked-stilts.html", "content_html": "Black Necked Stilts at the Sacramento Refuge yesterday with the Sutter Buttes looming beyond #Birds #BirdPhotography #Fujifilm #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-25T18:58:36-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/25/black-necked-stilts.html", "tags": ["Birds"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/25/northern-california-is.html", "content_html": "Northern California is in full almond bloom. Our backyard fruit trees are on the precipice of blooming. The ceanothus in the front yard is starting to bloom and the manzanitas have been in full bloom for about a week now
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-25T10:04:49-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/25/northern-california-is.html", "tags": ["Flowers"] }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/24/gorgeous-day.html", "content_html": "Gorgeous day at the Refuge. #Fujifilm
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-24T14:57:49-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/24/gorgeous-day.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/23/like-sending-bees.html", "content_html": "“‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/07/honeybees-deaths-almonds-hives-aoe
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-23T20:37:18-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/23/like-sending-bees.html" }, { "id": "http://kurite.micro.blog/2024/02/23/a-goldencrowned-sparrow.html", "content_html": "A Golden-crowned Sparrow 🪶 #BirdPhotography #GoldenCrownedSparrow #Fujifilm\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-23T20:25:52-07:00", "url": "https://www.distortions.net/2024/02/23/a-goldencrowned-sparrow.html", "tags": ["Apple","Birds"] } ] }