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#CoastLiveOak Two-horned #GallWasp
#Fossils of #insectgalls on leaves 100-million years ago.
Must have been stable LONG before that to be abundant enough for fossilization
#California #environment
#insects
#oak #oaks #oaktree #oaktrees
#Nikon #NikonPhotography
#macrophotography
#insectphotography
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
1 of the little #Redwood #trees sprouted earlier this year in March. After 7 months about 18-centimeters/7-inches tall. 2 trees are full and tall, 4 are shorter, 8 of 14 did not survive summer.
#environmental #citizenscience
#California #Sequoias #Sequoiasempervirens
#RedwoodTrees
#STEMeducation
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Entombed within its original plastic shrink-wrap, my Wal-Mart "bargain"-bin VHS copy of Howard the Duck.

#tbt #throwback #throwbackThursday
#HowardtheDuck
#VHS #videotape #VHSvideotape
September 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When the oak leaves fall is a great time to study insect galls. Red Cone Gall Wasp, not red here but within described color variation. (Valley Oak.)

#insects #galls #insectgalls
#oak #oaks #oaktree #oaktrees
#ValleyOak #RedConeGallWasp
#Nikon #NikonPhotography
#macrophotography
#insectphotography
September 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
September 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
#Monarch #Butterfly on tropical (?) #milkweed (non-native)
Two weeks ago I saw my 1st #monarchbutterfly
Thrilling, yet...also sad, given their #endangered status
#CorteMadera #California
#butterfly #butterflies
#naturephotography
#nikon #nikonphotography
August 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Contemporary #pastel #pencil , wood-"barrel"/shaft/casing splinters/flakes when trimmed along the mid-line of semi-halves. Wood grain differences apparent, affecting the low-angle long-taper smooth application of the drawing media onto the paper.
#drawing #tactile #touch #haptic #hapticresponse
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
A new #drawing needs a broader tip, I'll smooth and taper the point on the #paper. One of my oldest #Conte #pencils, dense wood barrel of larger circumference, ultra-fine consistent granularity. Green edge reflection of trees.
#pencil #drawingpencil
#pleinair #expeditionary
#tactile #touch #haptic
August 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
From several years ago, a light fixture against a riveted tower on the Golden Gate Bridge.

#GoldenGateBridge #SanFrancisco #California
#nikon #nikonphotography #streetphotography
July 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've always been curious about what drove the decision to alternate the structural beams on the this bridge. Several possibilities come to mind.

#STEM #STEMed #STEMeducation
#STEAM #STEAMed #STEAMeducation
#architecture #architectural
#design
#streetphotography
July 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
July 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In an epic battle, two #waterstriders pummel each other with concentric ripples. This went on for several minutes, each appeared to be focused on the other. A third on the left remains suspiciously quiet.
#California #insects #Hemiptera
#water #wildlife #nature #photography
#nikon #nikonphotography
July 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's the #summer #solstice on our fragile little planet.
Sagital-plane midline symmetrical defensive #coloration and structure.
Top: #caterpillar of #Pipevine #butterfly with orange #tubercles (may help chrysalis)
Inset: #MuleDeer #fawn spotted rows along spine
#life #nature #wildlifephotography
June 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Little #Lagunitas #California , #NoKings today!
200+ people at its peak, 300+ including comings-and-goings.
Very minor opposition, no incidents, tremendous support from most passing cars, honking/clapping/peace-signs, and from the many multitudes of #cyclists.
#NorthernCalifornia #Peaceful #Protest
June 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#California Wild #Buckwheat, with #honeybee
A sturdy native plant that needs little water when established, very beneficial to #insects and animals.
#Bloomscrolling #flowers
#bee #bees
#NorthernCalifornia
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
That little rant that you do when your parents think that you are old enough to feed yourself but you do not think so....

#Chickadee #Chickadees
#birds #birdphotography
#nikon #nikonphotography
#gardens #NorthernCalifornia
June 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Blooming blossom clusters
#California Buckeye/Horse-chestnut

Native species #NorthernCalifornia

#Bloomscrolling #blossoms #flowers
#buckeye #chestnut #chestnuttree
May 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Small #CarpenterBee on #California #Native #Rose.
CarpenterBee entering burrow, appeared to be harvesting the #lichen , male nearby.
Roses are early this year, normally June, possibly due to longer rainy season in #NorthernCalifornia
#insects #insectphotography
#naturephotography
#Bloomscrolling
May 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rose Clover (?), in the soft sunlight after the morning rain.
Non-native to this part of #NorthernCalifornia
Cultivated as animal feed within dryland #pasture #grazing areas. Common in disturbed areas and #roadsides (as here). Keeps #nitrogen in soil.
#Bloomscrolling
#clover #clovers #legumes
May 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Invasive Red Bryony (I believe) on a #California Coast/Coastal #Redwood
#Sequoia sempervirens
#NorthernCalifornia #trees
#nativeplants #invasiveplants
#native #invasive
#weird
May 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
California Bee Plant, native species.
Attractive to many #bees and #insects, and a host plant to several kinds of #butterflies .
Can be cultivated.
#NorthernCalifornia #BloomScrolling
#flowers #flowerphotography #NaturePhotography
May 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Magical May, the #Damselflies are back! Probably the grey phase (?) of a #California Dancer (blue color).
Not a macro, per se, but a crop from a zoom.
#damselfly #damselflys #odonata
#insects #insectphotography
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#naturelovers
#NorthernCalifornia
May 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Meanwhile, high up in the pine tree....

For a few years it was an impish #silhouette figure, which fell down after the utility company trimmed the branches around it, but didn't remove it.

#art #streetart
#rural #streetphotography #ruralphotography
#nikon #nikonphotography
#California #mischief
April 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM