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Category Archives: Photos
Pattern: For Love of Dirt
Three photos of my son from our walk through the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley last week. Can you spot the pattern? Yep! No matter where we go, he’s playing in the dirt. Photos taken May 5th, 2013 *** Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
Photos taken May 5th, 2013 *** Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern Continue reading »
Osage Station Park: Roses and Running
Over the past several years, I’ve tried running at just about every park in the Pleasanton through Danville area, searching for ones with trails both long enough for a nice-length run and shady enough to provide protection from our blaring summer heat. I’ve decided my favorite is Osage Station Park in Danville. The trail looping … Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Rose
Photo taken May 8th, 2013 Osage Station Park, Danville Stay tuned! More roses tomorrow! Continue reading »
Floral Friday: Spring
Photos taken May 5th, 2013 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley In celebration of National Public Gardens Day Related articles Gorgeous! Cactus Flowers (anaturemom.com) This Friday! National Public Gardens Day (anaturemom.com) Continue reading »
Gorgeous! Cactus Flowers
The cacti in the the New World Desert Collection of the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley are in stunning bloom. How have I missed this in past years? The flowers are gorgeous! All these photos were taken during my visit on Sunday, May 5th, 2013. If you live in the San Francisco area, I recommend … Continue reading »
From Above: Water Strider
Photo taken May 5th, 2013 *** Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above
Heading out for a run! I love my Merrell Pace Gloves! Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: California Poppy (May)
Photo taken May 2nd, 2013 Continue reading »
Neighborhood Walk: An Early Summer
Here in California, due to the lack of any spring showers, it’s already feeling like summer. That means hot weather, dry hills, and, unfortunately, an early fire season. Here are some images from a walk I took with my son yesterday around our neighborhood in the San Francisco East Bay. Photos taken May 2nd, 2013 Continue reading »
Wordless Wednesday: Butterfly
Photo taken April 27th, 2013 Redwood Regional Park, Oakland Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Meerkat
Meerkat, Oakland Zoo Photo taken April 26th, 2013 Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up (2)
Photo taken April 20th, 2013 Weekly Photo Challenge: Up Continue reading »
Backyard Fence: Squirrel
Our three-legged buddy is healthy and hanging out more than ever… Photos taken April 23rd, 2013 Continue reading »
Ladybug: On the Beach
Photos taken April 20th, 2013 Stinson Beach, California *** Like ladybugs? Check out this post… Ladybug Clusters: Redwood Regional Park Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Lake Chabot
Photos taken April 16th, 2013 Lake Chabot Regional Park Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Anyone know what kind of bird this is? I was sitting on a picnic table, waiting for my friend to arrive for our hike, when this beautiful yellow-breasted bird landed on a branch right above me. I wasn’t able to see what the bird looked like from the side or from above, so I don’t … Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (Seed Update)
Some of you requested that I post updates about the growth of the seeds we planted in our root viewer. Here’s what we saw on day eight! Interested in making your own root viewer? Check out the directions here… Kid Science: Make a Seed Viewer. *** Weekly Photo Challenge: Change Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
On Friday morning, I noticed a tiny green caterpillar crawling up the stem of a plant in our back yard. Saturday afternoon, my son and I went outside to see what the caterpillar was up to and found it spinning around on a thread, building some kind of nest. Sunday morning, when we went out … Continue reading »
Butterfly: Western Tiger Swallowtail
My brother and his wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this weekend with a lovely party in their backyard. This gorgeous butterfly blessed the occasion with a fly through and settled on a flower just long enough to allow me to capture a photograph. Western Tiger Swallowtail Photo taken April 13th, 2013 Pleasanton, California Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Fuzzy
Photo taken April 12th, 2013 Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Busy Bees
Photos taken April 12th, 2013 You may also enjoy: The Bee in the Zucchini Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Color (Purple)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Color. Take two… this time with a focus on purple. Photos taken April 5th, 2013, Blake Garden, Kensington, California Related articles Play! Blake Garden (anaturemom.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Color (anaturemom.com) Silent Saturday: Blake Garden (anaturemom.com) Continue reading »
Play! Blake Garden
Blake Garden in Kensington may be the best botanic garden in the Bay Area for nature play. A favorite feature for my son is the Create-with-Nature Zone, which is stocked with sticks, rocks, flowers, and other nature items for kids to play and build with. The second best feature here is the bamboo tunnel sculpture. … Continue reading »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
Photos taken April 5th, 2013 Blake Garden, Kensington, California *** WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Color Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Blake Garden
Photos taken April 5th, 2013 Blake Garden, Kensington, California Continue reading »
Alameda County / Fauna / Flora
Spring: Martin Canyon Creek Trail
Photos taken March 29th, 2013 Martin Canyon Creek Trail, Dublin, California Interested in going? See this post: Hiking the Martin Canyon Creek Trail Continue reading »
Silent Saturday: Yellow Flowers Everywhere
Photos taken March 29th, 2013 Martin Canyon Creek Trail, Dublin, California Continue reading »
Thank you! Top 25 Outdoorsy Moms 2013
Thank you to everyone who put in votes for me in the Circle of Moms Top 25 Outdoorsy Moms 2013 contest. The contest ended today, and I’m in the top twenty-five! Thank you, thank you, thank you! There were so many wonderful nature-loving mom-bloggers entered in the contest. Here are my favorites (in no particular … Continue reading »
