Lichen

Lichen (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2026

Usnea.

Taken with a Nikon Z7II.

Redwoods, Ferns

Redwoods - Marin County  2026

Ferns - Marin County  2026

We hiked up the Willis Evans trail recently with Shawna, Hanna and Nolan. Very scenic!

Tuffy and Moon

 

Tuffy and Moon (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2014

Somewhat mysterious photo taken with an iPhone 5s ten years ago, 6:45 PM.

Monday Scrub Jay Blogging

Scrub Jay (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Scrub Jay (Fairfax) - Marin County  2024

Top: January photo of a Scrub Jay in a patch of poison oak. Next, one perched on a fence in our backyard in March. 

Cow Sign Fence / Spirit Rock

Cow Sign Fence (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Spirit Rock (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

March photos. I had to take advantage of the really cool clouds.

Monday Cow Blogging

Cows (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

It was a foggy and damp morning in the San Geronimo Valley when I pulled over to see if there were any cows at my favorite valley viewpoint. There were!

Redwoods / Buckeye

Redwoods (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

California Buckeye (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Taken during a recent early morning hike up through the redwoods in the San Geronimo Valley. I used a Nikon Z7II / 24-200mm combo.

Trees, Fog, Clouds

Trees, Fog, Clouds (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Another January photo. Taken with a Nikon Z7II / 24-200mm lens.

Runners / Pond, Fog

Runners (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Pond, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

January . . . very cold. The runners came up from behind and quickly vanished into the fog.

Waterfall / Fence and Vines

Waterfall, Vines (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Fence, Vines (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2024

Seasonal waterfall, that is. These photos were taken last January, during periods of heavy rain.

Monday Squirrel Blogging

Squirrel (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

New Year's squirrel! Nice camoflage, but the animal was moving too much for it to be effective.

Photo taken with an Olympus E-M1II with a 14-150mm zoom lens . . . not half bad! Not half bad at all. 

Monday Dove Blogging

Mourning Dove (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Seen while I was hiking on the Roy's Redwoods Trail. It let me get pretty close before flying off. 

Earlier on the blog: White-Winged Doves.

Fence, Fog

Fence, Redwoods, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Another in an ongoing fence series taken on the Roy's Redwoods loop trail.

Roy's Redwoods Trail Sightems

Barbed Wire, Lupin (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Poison Oak (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Photos taken with a Nikon Z5.

Yellow Flowers, San Geronimo Valley

Yellow Flowers (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Yellow Flowers (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Earlier yellow flower posts: July, 2021 and August, 2021.

Redwoods, Branches

Redwoods (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Branches (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

January, 7:40 AM. Hiking the Willis Evans trail through the redwoods. 

Trucks (San Geronimo Valley)

Ford Truck (Woodacre) - Marin County  2022

Dodge Truck (Woodacre) - Marin County  2023

Top photo taken during a very cold walk we took around Woodacre in February. The Dodge is parked near the Woodacre Post Office.

Branches / Thistles

Branches (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Thistles (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Hiking the Roy's Redwoods Loop Trail.

San Geronimo Valley Fog - 3

Spirit Rock, Cows, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Ranch Fence, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Click to enlarge!

San Geronimo Valley Fog - 2

Drake Blvd, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Road, Fog (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County  2023

Bottom photo uncropped so as to be able to see both RAV4 and horse sign.