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Monthly Archives: September 2026

18 Sep 2026
Icy Flame

Ice Plant Cometh

This is not a subject I envisioned myself photographing. Growing up in Southern California, ice plant was everywhere, from freeway interchanges to residential hillside groundcover. Usually it’s just a big patch of green with the occasional hint of orange and yellow. It’s also an invasive species brought from South Africa to fight erosion over 100 years ago. But apparently, when it’s dying off, it gets interesting. The scene above caught my eye while my youngest daughter and I went on […]

08 Sep 2026

Camera-shy

During an early morning exploration of the forest in the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, I found this reclusive, camera-shy fir tree that seemed to be shying away from a morning glow-up. One of the many treasures I discovered while taking my youngest daughter on her first backpacking trip (she loved it). It also narrowly missed out on being in my Photo Calendar, which just went to the printer. So I thought I would give it its due, even if it hates […]