Category Archives: .US

CELEBRATE: Where to Invade Next

Posted on July 4, 2020 by admin

by Michael Moore a provocative comedy in which he will stop at nothing to figure out how to actually make America great again. Happy Independence Day!

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CALIFORNIA: Native Plant Week

Posted on April 14, 2020 by admin

If it’s April… it’s California Native Plant Week… blooming showers… Lewisia ‘Rainbow’… Orange Poppy… Yellow Canyon… Green Moonshine… Blue Eyes… Indigo Iris… and Violet Verbena. The word iris is Greek for rainbow, a description that fits Pacific Coast iris beautifully.

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US: The Century

Posted on March 25, 2020 by admin

The Century: America’s Time

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SPRING SKI: Olympic Valley

Posted on February 23, 2020 by admin

Olympics 60 anniversary… reflection… and etymological research… learning something new every day… Nice first stay at Granlibakken… yummy dinner at Thai Kitchen at their new location at 877 N. Lake Boulevard in Tahoe City… surprising good snow… after a drought … Continue reading →

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WEEKEND HIKE: Castle Rock

Posted on February 15, 2020 by admin

GREETINGS FROM THE WILDERNESS WORLD! HAPPY ROCK CLIMBING!

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CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS: February Friends

Posted on February 8, 2020 by admin

Another native plant day… for the love of buckwheat…the cushion buckwheat… and the one-leaf-onion… just to find an evening primrose… and a California fuchsia Mt Umunhum with a buckeye in the same pot… for a February Friends theme… and a … Continue reading →

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2020

Posted on January 1, 2020 by admin

First day of the new year and decade… happily at Lake Tahoe… at the end of another amazing winter vacation… cherishing a wonderful tradition that will stay with us for the rest of the year. Another tradition… passed on to … Continue reading →

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Lake Tahoe: 2019-2020

Posted on December 31, 2019 by admin

Another beautiful Squaw ski day sunny… all sunny and perfect to end a year… even without a torchlight parade… on a French note with crepes and cheese soufflé… just by 2019 chance… continuing the Christmas Lecture tradition we end 2019 … Continue reading →

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SKI: Cloud Valley :-)

Posted on December 30, 2019 by admin

Ski in cloud nine… at Squaw Valley… foggy in the morning… blue sky ski afternoon… crisp snow… color sunset on the way back fome… So happy together 🙂

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LAKE TAHOE: West Shore

Posted on December 29, 2019 by admin

Conflicting snow news and late start of the day make for a full sightseeing day… on the west shore… from the forest stroll at Ward Creek Park… to the slippery Eagle Rock climbing… picnicking on the lake shore at Ed … Continue reading →

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