Tag Archives: outdoors

I climbed a freekin’ mountain… covered in cacti… in the dark… to get you these pictures…

Posted on January 19, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, so we got to Quartzsite, Arizona late, and by the time we had the motor home set up, it was too dark for any photos… but I got up while it was still dark, and went on one of … Continue reading →

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I don’t really know where to start…

Posted on January 19, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I mean, this was an awesome adventure, and I have lots of photos, and I usually do these things in some weird order that only makes sense to me… but for a change, I am going to start at the … Continue reading →

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A little sun, a little snow…

Posted on January 6, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Driving home through California’s Central Valley is always a little depressing, especially after the Christmas holidays. For one thing, I hate leaving the Bay Area, because I still think of it as home. Also, the valley is boring… and long… … Continue reading →

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Synchronized aqua-squats… why is this not an olympic sport???

Posted on December 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Sorry about that… I am still trying to finish up with the pictures from our epic Thanksgiving week camping adventure, and funny titles do draw in the tourists… On top of seeing all the cool birds that I already shared … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… the final chapter…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Even if you aren’t one of the people who find birds interesting, surely that picture, taken by my daughter Mollie, of a bald eagle taking flight, will make something stir inside you. That being said, I seem to recall that … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 6…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Now, in our continuing story of our holiday camping adventure, we come to the majestic love dance of the western grebe. Grebes are adorable little water birds with bright red eyes. When they aren’t looking for food, they are looking … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 4…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Here is another of my weird bird experiences on our camping adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday. There was this little scrub jay sitting on a fence. I just kept walking slowly closer and closer to it. He let me get … Continue reading →

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Birds and words… part 3…

Posted on November 29, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So… yeah… back to my weird bird adventures… We went camping over the holiday week, to be near my wife’s aunt up in Solvang. You should Google Solvang. It is an adorable little Scandinavian town. They passed a law that … Continue reading →

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We went camping… part 6… wait… is that a tank driving down the road???

Posted on October 20, 2015 by pouringmyartout

When we went to that festival at the tractor and farm equipment museum, I wasn’t really expecting to see a tank driving in. No, it didn’t drive all the way there from Camp Pendleton. It was brought there on a … Continue reading →

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We went camping… part 2… (or); okay, I feel bad about the insect porn…

Posted on October 18, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So here are some cute pictures of birds… These two geese never strayed far from each other. It was really sort of adorable. I don’t know what’s going on there. There was a lot going on at the lake, that’s … Continue reading →

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