Photo of the day

The mountain has been drenched this summer and especially so these last couple of weeks.  I suspect that it must have rained on it even within the last few days because of all the water pouring off of it today. Flowers are busting out all over the place, especially ones that need lots of water. […]

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I’m not exactly sure what caused me to look to the east today, for when I looked west, the sunset, while nice, was what I would call uneventful. However, something caused my path to wander to the back of the house and I caught the reflection of the sunset off of the tops of the […]

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It’s good to be back on the mountain and it rewarded me this morning with an unusual abundance of wildflowers. Although August was dry, it appears that the July rains and the most recent rains have brought out the flowers in mass. I saw a splash of red very early on in my hike and […]

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A extremely rare white tailed eagle takes flight from its perch on an island near Stykkishólmur, Iceland.  Hand held on a moving boat. There are less than 250 of these birds in all of Iceland.  It’s a close relative of the Bald Eagle that we find in the United States.

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At the world heritage site, Bergen Norway. The fish market, Bergen.      

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