Santa Teresa Wildflower Hike

I had a great time hiking with my friend Luke on Sunday May 2nd at Santa Teresa Park in south San Jose. The weather was perfect. We were there to help the California Native Plant Society find some rare plants. We got there late and ended up just doing our own thing, but I had [...]

Point Reyes Wildflowers

I tried out my new camera on a recent trip to Point Reyes with Lisa. Here’s some nice pics of wildflowers there, with an explanation of each one. This one above is called Bleeding Hearts (Dicentra formosa). It’s not hard to see why. It’s one of the more unusual wildflowers I’ve seen. They seemed to [...]

Bumble Bee on Forget-Me-Not

This shot was taken with my new Canon XSi with the 60 mm macro lens. The shot was taken with aperature priority, f/5, 1/200 second, ISO-200 (Auto). Lisa and I were in Point Reyes National Seashore, walking along the Bear Creek Trail that goes from the Bear Valley Visitor Center to Arch Rock. I spotted [...]