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| Museum Window (Escalon) - San Joaquin County 2026 |
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| Mural (Escalon) - San Joaquin County 2026 |
I used to drive straight through Escalon on my way to the mountains, but recently I've stopped and walked around a little.
That mural has been shown before on the blog, but this photo is better.
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| Rainwater Pond - San Joaquin County 2026 |
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| Rainwater Pond - San Joaquin County 2026 |
Across the street from yesterday's almond trees. Haven't been able to figure out what this industrial-looking site was for. (Almond processing?)
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| Almonds - San Joaquin County 2026 |
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| Almond Trees - San Joaquin County 2026 |
I was driving east on highway 120 when I decided to turn down a side road at random and go off the main highway for a bit. I found this grove of almond trees, with a nice crop on the branches and a lot of almonds lying on the ground. (Maybe knocked off by the previous day's heavy rains?)
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| Egg McMuffin Meal, Sony RX100 - Alameda County 2026 |
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| McDonalds KPop Demon Hunters Poster - Alameda County 2026 |
The start of my most recent road trip, driving from Marin County to Mariposa County via Highway 49.
Alas, I wasn't aware of the Saja Boys breakfast meal when I got the same ole Egg McMuffin that I always get.
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| Acorn Woodpecker - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Pileated Woodpecker - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Bottom photo taken during one of our Saturday walks . . . a Nuttall's Woodpecker. "In particular, these woodpeckers prefer oak woodlands, although they also occur in riparian sites and chaparral in the most southern parts of their range because of the decrease in oak abundance."
The Sony RX100 I used focused mainly on the branches, not the bird.
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| Nuttall's Woodpecker - Marin County 2026 |
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| Mt. Tamalpais, Morning Clouds - Marin County 2026 |
Nice clouds! Taken with a Nikon Z7II using a 24-200mm lens.
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| Recycle Center - Marin County 2026 |
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| Richmond Bridge Freeway Art - Marin County 2026 |
First blog post featuring the Recycle Center was in 2008. Whoa.
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| Oaks, Sunrise - Marin County 2026 |
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| Oaks, Sunrise - Marin County 2026 |
On the way to Lake Lagunitas, stopping near the Sky Oaks entry station.
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| Clouds, Lake - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Trees, Lake - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Top photo taken with an iPhone 13 Pro. Bottom one with an Olympus E-M1II.
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| Tassels - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Tassels, Lake, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Photos taken last January.
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| Agaves, Oranges (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Enough (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
So, sightems not seen on our regular walks!
Not sure what "Enough" refers to. Could be political I guess.
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| Sienna (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
This is Sienna from across the street . . . Karla's extremely friendly dog.
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| Morning Clouds - Marin County 2026 |
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| Rainbow - Marin County 2026 |
Evanescent phenomena, as they like to say.
Top, Sony RX100, bottom, iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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| Front: Dodge SRT, Rain (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Side: Dodge SRT, Rain (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Google AI overview:
Dodge SRT (Street and Racing Technology) represents the high-performance division of Dodge, featuring top-tier models like the Challenger, Charger, and Durango SRT Hellcat. Known for supercharged 6.2L HEMI engines, these vehicles produce 700+ horsepower, offering extreme speed and, in the Durango's case, high towing capacity.
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| Rainwater Pipe (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Sun on Trees (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Top taken with an iPhone, bottom with a Sony RX100.
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| Indoor Palm (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Steam, Outdoor Fence (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
iPhone pix.
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| Blossoms, Black Locust (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
"Black locust is native to parts of the US including the Southern Appalachian and Ozark Mountains. It has been planted in all of the Lower 48 states but has been noted as invasive in as wide ranging ecosystems as pine barren, sand prairie, and black oak savannah communities, in as varied climates as the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, West Coast, and Texas. Black locust grows best in full sun and well drained soils. Where invasive, black locust forms dense clonal forests which shade out competitors and alter nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus cycling."
There are some Black Locust trees up the street next to the creek. Ever since I got the tree ID I've been wondering how they got there.
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| Rock - Marin County 2026 |
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| Bay Trunks - Marin County 2026 |
Not a particularly large rock, but still large enough to be quite heavy. Mike wonders how it came to be there, right beside the trail, no other rocks in the vicinity.
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| Spotted Towhee (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Making its very distinctive call. There's been a lot of them around recently, but usually they're hidden in the background foliage. This one was right out there! Photo taken with a Sony RX100.
An earlier post showing one taken in Point Reyes in 2013: Monday Spotted Towhee Blogging.
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| Azaleas (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
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| Freesias (Fairfax) - Marin County 2026 |
Top: an up-the-street neighbor's azaleas, with some ferns.
Bottom: Hali's freesias in our side yard.
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| Hay Bales - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Stable Sign - Point Reyes 2026 |
We took Hanna and her friend Amelie out to the stables at Five Brooks in Point Reyes for a one-hour horseback ride.
They enjoyed it! But they were quite sore the following day.
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| Horse, Waiting - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Surf - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Ripples, Lagoon - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Ripples, Lagoon - Point Reyes 2026 |
It was a sunny, relatively cloudless day. Under those conditions I often resort to visualizing scenes in black and white, but these photos look OK in color.
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| Branch, Sand - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Log Detail - Point Reyes 2026 |
Nikon Z7II photos. The log in the bottom photo has been seen on the blog before.
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| Egret - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Heron - Point Reyes 2026 |
Birds seen on my March hike. They ended up switching places while I watched.
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| Dunes, Lagoon - Point Reyes 2026 |
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| Dune Grass - Point Reyes 2026 |
Photos taken during a March hike on the Abbots Lagoon trail. I used a Nikon Z7II with a 24-200mm zoom lens.
