Sunday, March 6, 2016

That and This and All

The "bleak mid-winter" has not been bleak at all, and while the rainy days have limited our outdoor plans to a small degree, we've used our weather wisely, and enjoyed both adventures and the daily projects/chores that call to be done on indoorsy days.

I think this is known as "Bright Falls"

primrose

even have a few winter geranium bloomings!

Don't recall the name, but they are supposedly Himilayan

primrose and ground

flowering quince buds

burnt tree "A-Okay" hand

Jeffery and Brenda on the Indian Springs Trail, having popped through the tangles, brush and downfalls to where you can just walk like normal.

first little wildflowers - Douglas Violet?

down near Chico is this fabulous place that I've yearned to visit.

earthworm dirt rows

I am rich, having come home with a load of this amended soil.

the side of Bald Eagle Mountain, which has melted off into a beautiful half-snow peak

Emergency response crew doing a drill


near the towns of Paradise and Magalia is a former settlement called Nimshew.  We found the cemetary.

hellow Mrs. Taggart!

there are a surprising number of gravestones for Unknowns

one of the oldest grave markers we found in our short visit

another oldie, and an East Coaster, to boot.

Paul's Creek has a lot of debris in it, which could become a terrible clog if we get a torrential storm

uh-oh.  Windy night in the canyon.

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