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SPRING TRIP: Pacifica

Milagra Ridge… peaceful Mori Point… blooming Weaving Goldfields Blooming South… Blooming North Bloomings by the Ocean

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DOCUMENTARY: The Guardian of Cherry Trees

The Guardian of Cherry Trees: 93-Year-Old’s Legacy Sano Toemon, 93, has spent his life trying to understand, document and preserve Japan’s iconic cherry trees. Listen to the words of a man who is filled with love and respect for all … Continue reading

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NATURE DOCUMENTARY: Wild Romania

Wild Romania: Documentary screened at Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC

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SAN FRANCISCO: Spring Scents

Living with scents… delightful… Neighbor Bakehouse… delicious… Letterform Archive… on the wish list… Minnesota Street Project… Dogpatch… blooming!

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SPRING TRIP: Davis

Downtown… Enlightenment March… Nature… Art… EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE Lunchtime… farmers market… yum! California green… Putah Creek Riparian Reserve Bee Haven!

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DAY TRIP: Spring Concert

Solano / Yolo Counties… Putah Creek Road… orchards… Stebbins Cold Canyon… Blue lupines… fragrant spring… California green! Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts | UC Davis: Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell

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SUNDAY HIKE: Los Altos Hills

Buckeye view Canvas sky Shades of green Spring maids Why is Bay Area air quality so bad in the winter?

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NATURE HIKING: Rancho San Antonio

February greens… wildflowers… warrior’s plume… little frogs… hound’s tongue… California winter… fragrant forest… a bridge to spring!

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DAY TRIP: Footsteps Of Spring

When there’s not enough time to go for a hike… and to the City… a hike in the City! Mt. Davidson is the highest point in San Francisco… and the first on our Saturday itinerary… on the Footsteps Of Spring… … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: California Lilac

Big Pod Ceanothus that is… Ceanothus megacarpus x ‘Tranquil Margarita’… endemic to California… from Santa Barbara County to San Diego County… including most of the Channel Islands… such a traveling opportunity in the garden… while enjoying California… a hopeful happy … Continue reading

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