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.
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| I think this is known as "Bright Falls" |
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| primrose |
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| even have a few winter geranium bloomings! |
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| Don't recall the name, but they are supposedly Himilayan |
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| primrose and ground |
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| flowering quince buds |
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| burnt tree "A-Okay" hand |
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| Jeffery and Brenda on the Indian Springs Trail, having popped through the tangles, brush and downfalls to where you can just walk like normal. |
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| first little wildflowers - Douglas Violet? |
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| down near Chico is this fabulous place that I've yearned to visit. |
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| earthworm dirt rows |
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| I am rich, having come home with a load of this amended soil. |
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| the side of Bald Eagle Mountain, which has melted off into a beautiful half-snow peak |
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| Emergency response crew doing a drill |
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| near the towns of Paradise and Magalia is a former settlement called Nimshew. We found the cemetary. |
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| hellow Mrs. Taggart! |
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| there are a surprising number of gravestones for Unknowns |
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| one of the oldest grave markers we found in our short visit |
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| another oldie, and an East Coaster, to boot. |
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| Paul's Creek has a lot of debris in it, which could become a terrible clog if we get a torrential storm |
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| uh-oh. Windy night in the canyon. |
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