Jim French
pondmania.bsky.social
Jim French
@pondmania.bsky.social
Right back where I belong, San Luis Obispo, CA
Man walking in Franklin Creek in early November, 2015.

Farewell, my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea, comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, “Do not weep,” for not all tears are an evil.
December 5, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Fault breccia from Franklin Creek, Adelaide, SLO County, CA
Some kind of breccia, from Franklin Creek. But is it a fault breccia or a catclasite, or something in between? Who knew there are so many kinds of breccias?
December 5, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Haast schist at Fox Glacier, South Island, NZ; brought to the surface during the Kaikoura Orogeny, about the same time that Bishop Peak formed.
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Blue schist from Franklin Creek, SLO County, CA.
December 5, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Equisetum telmateia with green spores.
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Equisetum telmateia strobilus, with green spores.
November 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Noodle and Palsy-Walsy, two loaches
November 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM