Garden transformations and upgrades for beauty, diversity, and abundance. Principles of deep nature gardening. Classes, talks, workshops. As of today, we are just five days from moving in to our glorious new property in a quiet valley just north of Corvallis, Oregon. How exciting to be coming home at last! 8220; being in oregon. Getting used to the latitude. We have clouds and cooler temperatures. Looks like the heat wave has broken.

Yet another sun sinks into the sands. Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui cardui. A poem in a bed of dry leaves.

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Thinking about college for a photography degree? I learned photography as most people do. In the sixties, I would play with a Kodak Instamatic camera and that was fun too.

Another day in Western Australia. Prairie Mountain hike in Kananaskis. If you are looking for a 3-4 hour hike with some good elevation gain in the Kananaskis Country to the east of Banff and the west of Calgary, then Prairie Mountain is a good choice. I took a walk down to the Bow River that revealed a few unexpected surprises, including a black, furry one.

I made it to New Mexico! I had some okay barbecue in Dalhart, Texas; saw a beautiful sunset just after crossing the TX-NM border; and thankfully extremely narrowly missed hitting two deer just outside Tucumcari.