tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740706095804603822024-03-13T12:33:26.165-07:00Your Daily TreeMiss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-39534614335751644322016-07-27T14:36:00.003-07:002016-07-27T14:36:49.887-07:00Interstate-5 Sunset at 65 Miles PerI-5 at sunset: blurry, dark, fiery, flat. Jackson took these during a February road trip this year. I was driving and told him to get the camera out. He did a good job. If you click on these they're going to get big. See what happens.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-69987232923299436042015-10-21T21:09:00.000-07:002015-10-21T21:09:36.298-07:00Convict Lake - Eastern Sierras, California<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-32369234598060534222015-10-11T21:55:00.001-07:002015-10-11T21:55:21.900-07:00Three Northern California SunsetsThis crazy long summer, going half way into October with subtropical skies.<br />
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Bonus east coast sunset: Lords Point - Stonington, Connecticut<br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u></u></span>Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-45211889160053077982015-09-28T21:35:00.002-07:002015-09-28T21:35:44.790-07:00Enders Island Garden - Stonington, ConnecticutThe gardens at the <a href="http://www.endersisland.com/" target="_blank">Enders Island</a> retreat are so beautiful, especially because they're growing along the peaceful walking paths of an actual tiny island in Stonington, Connecticut, all framed by the Atlantic. One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.<br />
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An especially vibrant batch of dahlias.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-80199494678360970762015-09-10T14:36:00.000-07:002015-09-12T20:34:38.032-07:00Knobby Tree, Central Park, NYCGrowing behind a park bench overlooking the East Side. It was so knobby I could not ignore it.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-87499248086268918732015-06-23T11:24:00.002-07:002015-06-23T11:24:46.121-07:00Ruth Bancroft Garden - Walnut Creek, California (June, 2015)<a href="http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/" target="_blank">The Ruth Bancroft Garden</a> is having their annual sculpture show right now. We saw a few large-scale artworks getting installed on this afternoon walk. It was painfully hot this day—102 degrees would be my guess. My camera, with its tiny lens, struggles in the bright light of the summer sun. And the garden, with its crazy array of sculptural plants (never mind the sculptures, which are varied and plentiful—the plants are just as sculptural in my opinion), still alludes my ability to find a fixed focal point when <a href="http://yourdailytree.blogspot.com/search?q=ruth+bancroft+garden" target="_blank">I'm shooting here</a>. Maybe it's one of those places that has to be experienced in person. Or I should try shooting people standing next to the plants to give the sense of scope. <br />
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Bear with the exposures and experience the textures.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-2023723022845651272015-06-02T10:48:00.000-07:002015-06-02T11:02:49.544-07:00Trona Pinnacles, CaliforniaIf you're driving anywhere near Ridgecrest, California, be sure to stop by the <a href="http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ridgecrest/trona.html" target="_blank">Trona Pinnacles</a>. More than 500 tufa formations on a river bed that dried up 10,000 years ago. You can hike around, marvel at the desert weirdness, and if you're lucky to arrive a couple days after a rainstorm—see some wildflowers. <a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2015/05/san-diego-road-trip-by-way-of-eastern.html" target="_blank">More here</a>.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-9470311724802998352015-04-06T20:31:00.001-07:002015-04-06T20:31:37.087-07:00Lime Ridge Oak - Walnut Creek, CaliforniaWalnut Creek is surrounded by several open-space ranges and they're brilliantly emerald green thanks to a few rain storms in the past month (another one on the way, but not enough, unfortunately, to mitigate California's current drought). This one oak has managed to avoid annihilation as a sapling by roaming herds of cattle. It stands alone. I admire its twisty branch formations.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-65516066911271439322015-02-16T21:40:00.000-08:002015-02-16T21:41:44.543-08:00Mountain View Cemetery Statuary - Oakland, CaliforniaStraight shots of some of the beautiful sculpture at Oakland's scenic <a href="http://mountainviewcemetery.org/" target="_blank">Mountain View Cemetery</a>. Ideally as a photographer, I'd take along a reflective surface for some bounce-light possibilities. But sometimes it's a nice challenge to just look at something in its existing light and see what the camera lens can make of it.<br />
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Next time you're in Oakland, take a walk up the hill at Mountain View and see the sights (including the San Francisco skyline, the Bay and beyond).<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-60028178019074349812015-01-07T12:33:00.003-08:002015-01-07T12:33:28.801-08:00Whiskeytown Lake / Crystal Creek Falls, California<a href="http://whiskeytownmarinas.com/" target="_blank">Whiskeytown Lake</a> is the site of a former mining town that was dammed in 1963. It's a popular recreation area with four neighboring waterfalls that are fairly accessible. The annual <a href="http://www.nps.gov/whis/parknews/take-the-waterfall-challenge-during-whiskeytowns-waterfall-week.htm" target="_blank">Waterfall Challenge</a> takes place in April—hike to all four waterfalls within the designated week either on your own or alongside a scheduled ranger-led excursion. That's a scenic challenge.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-26727596562998964492014-12-01T11:33:00.001-08:002014-12-01T11:33:32.868-08:00Mendocino, CaliforniaThe former logging town turned tourist destination, Mendocino. Picturesque.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-20411361314920742962014-11-11T21:52:00.001-08:002014-11-11T21:52:56.695-08:00Sundial Bridge - Redding, CaliforniaI recently visited the beautiful <a href="http://www.turtlebay.org/sundialbridge" target="_blank">Sundial Bridge</a> designed by Santiago Calatrava in Redding, California. This pedestrian span crosses the Sacramento River and leads to 300 acres of trails and parkland. An <a href="http://www.turtlebay.org/gardens" target="_blank">arboretum</a> and <a href="http://www.turtlebay.org/museum" target="_blank">interactive museum</a> seal the deal. Worth a visit. Like functional sculpture.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-72389414758196369252014-09-04T23:01:00.002-07:002014-09-04T23:01:20.994-07:00Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, CaliforniaIf you appreciate truly ancient, bizarrely beautiful trees, make a point of visiting the <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5129900" target="_blank">Bristlecone Pine Forest</a> in the White Mountain range of the Eastern Sierras. These dense, tough trees can live thousands of years. The oldest recorded tree nearby is over 5,000 years old. That's one tree; 5,000+ years old. Some are only 4,000+ years old and there's plenty of middle-aged centuries-old trees as well. Our trip covered more in full, <a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2014/08/mammoth-lakes-bristlecone-pines.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-52719134718392142232014-09-02T16:34:00.001-07:002014-09-02T16:34:32.407-07:00Devil's Postpile and Rainbow Falls - Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaBe sure to visit these two natural wonders. Rainbow Falls contains an actual rainbow within its waters. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Postpile_National_Monument" target="_blank">Devil's Postpile National Monument</a> is one of the largest columnar basalt formation in the world. More about this trip, including bristlecone pines—the oldest living organisms on the planet—<a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2014/08/mammoth-lakes-bristlecone-pines.html" target="_blank">on the blog, here</a>. (Bristlecone pine post coming soon.)<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-67403731544537184582014-08-29T23:56:00.000-07:002014-08-29T23:56:34.808-07:00Lassen Volcanic National Park - Lakes and SkyA couple shots of some of the lakes you can drive and hike to in Lassen Park.<br />
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Nearby <a href="http://mountshastatrailassociation.org/trails/mccloud/mccloud-rivers-three-waterfalls/" target="_blank">McCloud Falls</a> has three levels of falls and good swimming. Easy access, either by walking or driving to the three conveniently located parking lots for all three falls. The trail is an easy uphill slope along the river. But watch out for bees. One stung me on the lip, which was weird. Perhaps it was a wasp. Anyway, it was aggressive, and helped me build some character.<br />
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Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-65377212529814491112014-08-13T13:49:00.000-07:002014-08-13T13:49:31.221-07:00Bumpass Hell - Lassen Volcanic National Park, CaliforniaWhen visiting <a href="http://www.nps.gov/lavo/index.htm" target="_blank">Lassen Park</a>, take time to hike down the narrow rocky incline to the geothermal wonder that is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_areas_in_Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park" target="_blank">Bumpass Hell</a>. Bubbling mud and aquamarine pools of water await, along with steaming fumaroles that hiss and roar, like a giant underground tea kettle that someone left boiling on the stove. Avoid serious injury and stay on the boardwalks (thank you to the crews who constructed and maintain those, by the way). Enjoy the sulfurous scents as you descend into an alternative geological reality.<br />
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More on our trip to Lassen on my other blog, <a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2014/07/lassen-volcanic-national-park-burney.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-20476341254820563252014-08-06T20:45:00.001-07:002014-08-06T20:48:15.449-07:00Hummingbirds Feed and FightNature's fighter pilots.<br />
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Hummingbirds! These fellas, and some ladies are feeding at the Mill Creek Inn near Lassen Volcanic National Park. They're territorial little hellions.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-66545875233049653902014-05-28T11:06:00.004-07:002014-05-28T11:13:29.844-07:00Death Valley National Park, CaliforniaSome photos from our April, 2014 trip. It had rained the night before and there were actual puddles (two that I saw, about the size of a manhole cover) at Badwater Basin, lowest point in the United States. There's a snail in these sporadic puddles, that exists nowhere else on earth. I studied the nearest puddle earnestly, but spied no snails. It has been an exceptionally dry year here in California and I think the snails are hiding in the rare mud. <br />
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More on our Southern California desert tour <a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2014/05/california-desert-tour-trip-of-lifetime.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Badwater Basin (282 feet below sea level) and the Devil's Golf Course—both former lake beds from several thousand years ago, now coated in salt and mineral deposits. <br />
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Furnace Creek Resort features the lowest point for golf in the U.S. (214 feet below sea level). Date palms in the background. When traveling through this desert region, be sure to try some fresh dates—delicious.<br />
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-91022037483832229722014-05-14T09:44:00.000-07:002014-05-14T09:45:30.220-07:00Joshua Tree National Park, CaliforniaApril, 2014
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<br />Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-42007678538042375762014-05-02T13:23:00.000-07:002014-05-07T21:11:36.554-07:00Mono Lake - Spring, 2014I just returned from a <a href="http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/2014/05/california-desert-tour-trip-of-lifetime.html" target="_blank">1,500-mile road trip</a> to California's coast,
southern deserts and Eastern Sierras, and I took many, many photos.
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call, a task. So here's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake" target="_blank">Mono Lake</a>, because it's simple and direct.<br />
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Mono Lake, technically, is anything but simple, being full of salt, seabirds, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa" target="_blank">tufas</a>,
and decades-long <a href="http://www.monolake.org/about/story" target="_blank">water-rights issues</a> between conservationists and Los
Angeles consumers—but as a photo subject—it is simply the eternal muse. I
will never tire of gazing at Mono Lake. It is full of <a href="http://yourdailytree.blogspot.com/2014/01/mono-lake-california-sunset.html">magical moments</a>. You just have to show up.<br />
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Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-1473696172966830642014-04-22T12:32:00.001-07:002014-04-22T13:44:00.672-07:00Mt. Diablo Morgan Fire RecoveryWe headed up to Mt. Diablo Easter Sunday, to see some greenery, wild flowers, fire damage, and environmental recovery. The Nerds for Nature project has launched a <a href="http://nerdsfornature.org/monitor-change/diablo.html" target="_blank">monitoring program</a> that utilizes social media and nerds like me to record Mt. Diablo's comeback from the September, 2013 fire. The fire was accidentally started by a still-at-large <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mt-Diablo-fire-traced-to-target-shooting-4809303.php" target="_blank">target shooter</a> and burned 3,111 acres. <br />
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There's four camera stations along an old fire-interpretative trail from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxQSqhl-_fk" target="_blank">1977 lightning-strike fire</a>, that burned 6,000 acres. (I only found one station because I didn't study my Google map thoroughly beforehand, and no, I still don't have a smart phone.) Once photographed, the views are posted to social media with their proper hash tags and over time, a stop-motion animation will be created, showing plant regrowth of the region. Exciting!<br />
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Here's <a href="http://nerdsfornature.org/monitor-change/diablo.html" target="_blank">view #4 for the project</a>:<br />
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The picnic area just below the summit is fried, but it's making a comeback.<br />
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A big ol' tree, most likely not going to survive, but note the shoots at the base.<br />
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And other flowers as well, although not as abundant as hoped, due to the ongoing drought. Hopefully we'll get more rain this year.<br />
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Miss Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974070609580460382.post-84990783248789603962014-03-21T10:28:00.001-07:002014-03-21T10:28:23.527-07:00Lime Ridge - Walnut Creek, CAI haven't done any hiking on Lime Ridge since we moved here four years ago, but all that changed since we've been hanging out at Boundary Oaks Golf Course on a regular basis. Lime Ridge rises right out of the links. One of the practice holds is an actual tiny foothill of the ridge. It's nice to see the view from the golf course, and while Jackson practices, I head on up, trying to avoid cow herds in case there's a territorial bull near by. There's a manzanita trail (with that peculiar scent of manzanita—like an old-time corral) that the cows aren't allowed to graze upon, so that's the better bet.<br />
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