Dipper Ranch

Another sign of summer - the first moonless night when the crickets are louder than the treefrogs.

A.M. - just enough fog to outlines the hills.  Goodbye spring.

Bringing the outside inside. Ok, office moved. Attitude shifted. Now I'm ready to start my third decade of land conservation.

This way or that way? As a large mammal, mountain lions have choices on where they can go but they are still blocked by roads and human co...

Swelling doe 4/16/12 Who is going to see the first fawn this year?

Blue oaks ( Quercus douglasii ) have large gaps in their canopy through which you can see the stars. Growing only here, blue oaks are Cali...

On a full-moon night,  the moon rises at the same time the sun sets. Half our world is sky. At least when you are in the country and hav...

Santa Teresa County Park featuring California poppy and gypsum spring beauty Santa Teresa County Park is in the Santa Teresa Hills of s...