Scott

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Migrated here from Post. Coffee, chocolate, taking pictures, walking/hiking, tennis, gardening, puttering about the house & spending time with my 2 pups, are for me but some of life’s simple pleasures. Unless otherwise noted, pictures are my own.

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I love old, decrepit, abandoned buildings. And on my New England vacation last Oct., I saw a lot of them. This one was off scenic highway 100 near Plymouth, Vermont. I imagine that at one time, this was a lovely house alive with people. And now, it’s been forgotten by time. #HunterFranklinPics

Happy #RedTuesday! I don’t know what kind of creature resides in this stump house, but it has good taste in front doors. At the San Francisco Zoo (Feb, 2024) #HunterFranklinPics #SanFranciscoZoo

Sunburned Fruit This is a picture of my Pluot tree. The branch being supported by the ladder was so heavily laden with fruit that it snapped. I repaired the damage, but the intense heat caused the fruit to burn. Don’t think I had ever seen that before. #HunterFranklinPics #Pluots #HeatWave

Happy #BlueMonday! At Shoreline Park in Mountain View, California (March, 2023). #alphabetchallenge #WeekBforBlue #HunterFranklinPics

Happy #SerpentSunday! 🐍 I didn’t catch this cute li’l feller’s name, but I’m guessing it’s some kind of Pit Viper. In any event, it resides at the San Diego Zoo Snake House. And I was so grateful for the thick pane of glass that separated us. #SanDiegoZoo #Snakes #HunterFranklinPics

Happy #SundayYellow! Good morning everyone! 🔆 Here are a couple of happy Begonia flowers to help brighten up your Sunday. #HunterFranklinPics #Begonias

Happy #SaturdayOrange! This rather unusual looking bird is an Andean Cock-of-the-rock. According to Wikipedia, it’s native to Andean cloud forests & it’s the national bird of Peru. I took this picture at the San Diego Safari Park last month. #SanDiegoSafariPark #Peru #HunterFranklinPics

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There are many reports and several virologists ‘reviving’ them from frozen samples.

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost | CNNamp.cnn.com Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of ...

Happy #FineFeatheredFriendsFriday (FFFF)! An Egret preening itself at the San Diego Safari Park #HunterFranklinPics #FeatheredFriday #SanDiegoSafariPark

Happy 4th of July! 🎆 @direbecca.bsky.social inspired me to post this picture of a Bald Eagle that I took at Joseph D. Grant Co. Park in Santa Clara County, California back in November of 2021. I posted it before on Post, but not here where I get to post everything all over again! 🤣 #July4th

Happy #ThursdayGreen! This picture of a Tree Aeonium succulent was taken at the Airbnb where I stayed in Poway, California (near San Diego) in June, 2024. #TreeAeonium #PowayCalifornia #succulents

Happy #WaterWednesday! 💦 On a scorching hot Summer day in San Jose, I need some cool, gray, and wet. And I need only reach back a few weeks to Torrey Pines, California, to get it. Note the lone fisherman in the surf 🎣 #TorreyPines

#Heatwave I watered all of my outdoor plants this morning & now I’m just hunkering down inside. I’ve lived my entire adult life in the greater San Jose, California, area & never do I remember a heatwave like this one in terms of high heat & duration. #ClimateCrisis www.latimes.com/california/s...

'Exceptionally dangerous situation:' Historic California heat wave putting millions at riskwww.latimes.com The heat wave will last through at least through Tuesday of next week, with triple-digit temperatures expected for much of Northern and Central California.

Happy #PareidoliaDay! ☁️ What do you see in these clouds? PS: No wrong answers. #clouds

Happy #TuesdayRed! Hey! What are these pretty red leaves? 🤔 And what if I were to just touch them? Just kidding! I’ve learned my lesson over the years and now with these leaves, I look but don’t touch 🚫 Poison Oak on a log at Henry Cowell Redwoods SP in Felton, California (Oct., 2023) #PoisonOak

To all my Canadian friends out there, here’s wishing you a Happy Canada Day! 🍁

A protracted heat wave is on its way to a neighborhood near me. What got left off from this screen shot is… Friday, July 5: 102° Saturday, July 6: 103° And then finally a bit of cooling… Sunday, July 7: 98° #heatwave #SanJoseCalifornia

Happy #MondayBlue! Things are looking up for this Robin and hopefully for you too! Rancho Cañada Del Oro Open Space Preserve in Santa Clara County, California (Feb., 2024).

Happy #SundayYellow! A Weed’s Mariposa Lily at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve near La Jolla, California. The reserve is home to the Torrey Pine tree, the rarest pine tree native to N. America. #TorreyPines

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Plus expand the high court to include all circuits (13), and a new law that if a law is in effect for over 20 years it would require a unanimous court to overturn.

Happy #CritterDay! A Variable Checkerspot butterfly on my finger at Rancho San Antonio Co. Park in Cupertino, California. This has happened to me only a few times and when it has, it’s been magical ✨ Taking a picture of it is a bit tricky though. #VariableCheckerspot #RanchoSanAntonio

Happy #SaturdayOrange! 🍊 Siri thinks this is a Lion’s Tail flower. Whatever it is, it was found at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas, California. #SanDiegoBotanicGarden #EncinitasCalifornia

Happy #Caturday! It’s not uncommon to see a sign like this at the parks in my area. Yet in all my years of hiking here I have yet to encounter one in the wild. And if someday I do, the first thing I will do is… start taking pictures 🤪 #MountainLions

Happy #FlamingoFriday! And… #FineFeatheredFriendsFriday (FFFF) as well! Scratching an itch at the San Diego Safari Park (June, 2024) #FeatheredFriday #SanDiegoSafariPark #Flamingoes

Happy #InsectThursday! Here we have a Variable Checkerspot at Rancho San Antonio Co. Park in Cupertino, California. That day (in May of this year) was the best day I had ever experienced for butterflies. On one stretch of trail, I just stood there while they fluttered all around me. It was heaven!

Happy #ThursdayGreen! This picture at Rancho Cañada Del Oro Open Space Preserve in Santa Clara County, California, was taken back in April when the grasses were still nice and green. Now, they’re all nice and brown. Have a lovely day! 🌱 #RanchoCañadaDelOro

Happy #WednesdayPink! I just learned that today’s color is pink, so here goes! Here we have Pink Honeysuckle at Andrew Molera State Park along the California Big Sur coast (Aug., 2020). #PinkHoneysuckle #AndrewMoleraStatePark #California #BigSur

Happy #WaterWednesday! A reflecting pool surrounded by potted tulips and Spring blossoms all around at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California (March, 2023) #FiloliGardens

Happy #TongueOutTuesday! I caught this statue of a Giraffe in the act of paying homage to the day. At the #SanDiegoSafariPark; June, 2024. #Giraffes

Happy #TallTreeTuesday! This Boojum Tree at the #SanDiegoSafariPark, might not be the tallest of trees, but it’s certainly one of the more unusual ones. Interestingly, its name comes from the poem, “The Hunting of the Snark”, by Lewis Carroll. #BoojumTree animals.sandiegozoo.org/plants/booju...