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A few glimpses of wildfire-oriented aircraft in the last weeks here near Chico, CA. They’re out training for the season. Love hearing the RJ85 (second photo) fly #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpottingA C130 on approach to Willows Airport, just above the giant berm of I-5, the airport hidden behind that berm. Its red tail has a 120 on it and two of its turboprop engines can be seen. Its gear is down.An silohette of a Aero-Flite RJ85 flies overhead against a blue sky with thin, somewhat chaotic and translucent clouds. It's a bit off in the distance but its four engines and T tail are clearly visible.

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Our backyard right now with purple flowering ceanothus. The bright green shrubs are elderberries preparing to flower #BloomScrolling #Yarden

A row of tall ceanothus with dark green leaves and clusters purple flowers set between two tall elderberries with bright green leaves set against a blue sky and a wooden fence. The shrubs are pruned toward the ground, providing space for shade and keeping ladder fuels in check

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House Finch showing their spring colors #HouseFinch #BirdPhotography #Birds #Yarden #Fujifilm #SOoC

A house finch, with bright red upper body, perched on an at-capacity yellow seed feeder. Its chest is facing the camera but its head is cocked to the left, as if it is eyeing the seed port. Some one out peanuts in the bottom feeder tray

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Our “Hosui” Asian Pear tree is now blooming #HomeOrchard #Yarden #BloomScrolling

Two white open Asian pear flowers with red anthers on a young tree above a rocky path. There’s tree has several visible flower buds. There are blooming yellow daffodils in the background along with a narrow elderberry shrub and a bird bath.

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#SilentSunday #BurneyFallsMcArthur-Burney Falls flows mightily with two primary falls in the center with whitewater fed by Burney Creek and multiple smaller falls -- mostly coming from groundwater. The sun shines at the top of the falls and where their water crashes into a pool. A dozen or so people enjoy the falls from a sunny rock shore. Conifers frame the entireity of the photo, with a bit of grass on the right.

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Yesterday, Manzanitas, Daffodils, and just barely visible on the left, sage, show their spring colors. These daffodils were volunteers so the bulbs either came in with the mulch or a previous home owner planted them and later they got smothered by a lawn. #YardenA tight cluster of daffodils present their yellow flowers of trumpets surrounded by a frill while manzanita bush on the left shows off its aging light-pink colors, and a sage plant on the right shows a few purple flowers amidst lush green growth. The ground has small rock and dried up leaves.

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Somewhere near the North Fork Clackamas River on the Mount Hood National Forest in May, 2018 #Mosstodon

A vine maple, with moss draped branches, like arms, reaching the photographer. Almost as if it is climbing out of the ground. It’s surrounded by a dense stand of narrow, tall conifers . In the foreground, close to the ground, are ferns.

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This is my accidental winter moss garden. Our rear fence and winter-happy native shrubs (ceanothus and elderberry) provide ample shade & the ground rarely dries out in the winter #Moss #Yarden #Mosstodon 

A 1-2 foot wide and longer area of ground covered by moss and surrounded by small rocks. There's various pieces of wood and smaller amounts of rock in the moss.Green long stemmed moss with blunt ends grow on the ground, with various sticks and rock interspersed. There's a fly resting on a rock and there's a tiny brown mushroom just in view.

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Backyard Daffodil #BloomScrolling #Daffodil #Yarden

A bright yellow daffodil is illuminated by the sun, though its interior is in shadow of itself. The flat leaves kind of curve in and out of sun. It’s planted in a mulched area and there’s blurred gravel behind it.
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#SilentSunday

#DeathValleyNPOvercast skies, with a ribbon of blue breaking through, let some sun break through to highlight rugged mountains, brown with patche sof red, that obliquely frame the photo. Dark green shrubs, maybe mesquite, dot the landscape from near the photographer and into the distance. Some of the closer mountains have layers of dark and light rock. Those closer mountains are shadowed by clouds.