Got a new work truck today. Looking forward to breaking it in next week. Hope it handles as well as or better than the last rig 🤞
Pineapple Guavas (Feijoa sellowiana) are flowering. Perhaps this year they’ll fruit.
Our cultivated native California Grapes are coming along very nicely. Same can’t be said for our new cherry tree (more on that later perhaps) 🌱
California Corn Lilies contrast with a burned Forest. There’s possibly shallow groundwater below this patch.
A Shooting Star (Primula) flower in the August Complex burn area about 1/4 mile north below the summit of Black Butte.
iNaturalist hasn’t confirmed but these purple flowers appear to be Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata) near the cirque & summit of Black Butte in the northern Coast Range of California in the Mendocino National Forest. Again, the rocks make the shot!
Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) from near the summit of Black Butte in California’s northern Coast Range. Rocks always make a photo great, but I am biased.
M4.7 earthquake near Truckee, CA on May 6 at 21:35 was recorded on my #RaspberryShake. I did not feel it.
Finally had a chance to visit the summit of Black Butte on the Mendocino NF. About time. A geologist’s wonderland: several identifiable glacial landforms (been deglaciated for an undetermined time AFAIK), metabasalt, gneiss, and 360° views.
First bloom of the peppers. Serranos in this case. 🌱
When the gusty winds are trying to uproot the top heavy tomatoes, one must get creative to save them. 🌱🍅
Can’t wait for For All Mankind season 3. Ridiculously good 2nd season 😳
Fairly rare earthquake (M3.0) in Chico, CA today at 11:26PDT. The #RaspberryShake managed to record it though I didn’t feel it 😕 I just noticed it occurred.
I’ve thinned at least a dozen nectarines off this young tree. This “Fantasia” Nectarine is incredibly fruitful. 🌳🌱
Tomatoes are incoming! 🌱
Cultivated California Wild Grapes are looking great after a heavy prune. I always forget to take before photos 🌱
Biiig kitten stretch!
And here’s the follow-up @raspishake graphic of the M3.7 at Lake Tahoe.
I really enjoy how Shadow and Bone (on Netflix) has integrated Six of Crows. Very smart.