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Last weekend, fresh foliage adorn our stalwart oaks of Northern California. The interior coast range’s Snow Mountain looms in the background. 📷 #MBApr

A vibrant landscape with a grassy hill dotted with oak trees in the foreground and a snow-capped mountain in the background under a blue sky.

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A M4.8 earthquake northeast of Chico just happened. I didn’t feel it. But my Raspberry Shake REALLY felt it. #RaspberryShake #California #Earthquake The image displays earthquake data visualization consisting of a map on the left and seismic waveforms on the right. The map shows a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Northern California, with a red dot marking the epicenter near Chico, and the station 82 km southwest of there.

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Ever played with Guinness themed cards at Lassen National Park? Eight years ago, we did! 📷 #MBApr A concrete bench top view of a hand of playing cards being held over a deck of Guinness-themed goose playing cards. The hand revealed includes a mix of hearts, clubs, and diamonds, with a focus on a Jack of clubs and a six of clubs prominently displayed. One card has a goose saying “My goodness, my Guinness.” Another shows Saint James Gate, “Home of Guinness”, opening up to a gaggle of animals including a Tucan, pelican, and kangaroo. There is a green suited man wearing a monocle.

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Pear flowers! This year our two Asian pear trees bloomed simultaneously. Good bet they cross pollinated 📷 #MBApr Close-up of white pear blossoms on a branch with a blurred green background. A bee is visible on one of the flowers.

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Absolutely massive earthquake in Taiwan. Detected by my Raspberry Shake seismometer. It was fortunately 35 km deep. Hoping for the best. #RaspberryShake #Earthquake #Taiwan Earthquake data visualization: a map indicating a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan with an epicenter depth of 35 km and a seismic wave detected 10344 km away in California, USA. The image includes a waveform graph showing seismic activity.

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I’m going to try participating in micro.blog’s April photo challenge. So each day in April I’ll post one photo based on a word given by micro.blog. I’ve skipped the last few challenges.

This big espresso toy at Eddie World in Beatty, Nevada, is ridiculously complex! #MBApr An ornate espresso machine made of copper and brass with decorative elements, labeled “Sabre Room,” on top of a brick counter with bottled drinks visible in the background.

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Flying Swallows are tough to photograph. They are speedy! Here’s an assortment of Cliff Swallows #Birds #BirdPhotography A bird in flight against a clear blue sky background. A single bird in flight against a clear sky background. A bird flying against a clear blue sky.

A single bird flying in a clear blue sky.

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I never appreciated how electric ovens do not exhaust heat like gas ovens. This new oven of ours (with induction cooktop) will be nice during the summer. For the induction, there’s been a learning curve. Mostly that heat is instant and boiling is FAST. Using a pressure cooker is crazy efficient.

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My watch today basically told me to breathe. There was no good reason for the surge of adrenaline at the start of a Teams call. If it weren’t for a beta blocker, my HR would have easily climbed above 120 BPM and I’d been hosed the rest of the day above 90. I’m unusually tired though.The image shows a smartwatch alert for a high heart rate, indicating a heart rate above 110 BPM while the wearer was inactive for 10 minutes starting at 13:03. The graphical part of the display illustrates the heart rate fluctuations over a period of 10 minutes.

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 7

This is the last post in this Death Valley photo log. After the short hike at Mosaic Canyon, it began to rain pretty decently, so we headed back to Furnace Creek.

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 6

This is a slightly shorter post today for just Mosaic Canyon.

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 5

Most of the second full day at Death Valley! 

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 4

Following the lake at Badwater, we went reversed course to the north.

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 3

Continuing from the Stove-Pipe Wells village, we went to an actual Stove-Pipe Well just to the north.

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For the first time both our Asian pear trees are in full bloom! They can pollinate each other so this is very good of news. No Death Valley photos tonight

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 2

Tonight I’ve a quick post of our drive into Death Valley.

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Death Valley Road Trip Part 1

We had been talking about visiting Death Valley for many years. We finally did it! Here is the first post in a series.

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Rainbow Canyon near Death Valley

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At Death Valley, a Crow Apparently Begs

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Passed through Tonopah 🤡 😬 A roadside view of the Clown Motel with colorful clown figures on the sign and the building’s facade, under a partly cloudy sky. A colorful roadside motel attraction with clown motifs, including a large clown sign, against a backdrop of barren hills. The building features a welcome sign and a museum label, with festive clown murals and decorations with a red and yellow exterior.