Category Archives: nature

Picture a Day #325 – A NaNoWriMo Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2012 by joanienaz

Last November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month for the first time. I wrote 50,000+ words in 30 days, bought a NaNo t-shirt to celebrate my success, and then edited my novel and published it as an e-book. It … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #324 – Color in the Garden

Posted on November 28, 2012 by joanienaz

On a gloomy day like today, it’s great to see flowers blooming in the flower box.

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Picture a Day #323 – Fabulous Fungi

Posted on November 27, 2012 by joanienaz

This mushroom appeared after the last series of storms. Now there are more headed our way. We do need the rain, but not all at once.

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Picture a Day #322 – A Fuzzy Spot of Color

Posted on November 26, 2012 by joanienaz

There are four days left of November, and I am running out of words. National Novel Writing Month ends on the thirtieth, and I am not even halfway to the fifty thousand words I need to compose by then. I … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #321 – Holiday Travel

Posted on November 25, 2012 by joanienaz

After the Thanksgiving holiday, we drove through the Sacramento Valley, and enjoyed a view of the Sutter Buttes as the moon rose and sunset approached. We were fortunate to be in an area with light highway traffic and air so clear … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #320 – Black Friday Nature Walk

Posted on November 24, 2012 by joanienaz

I’m starting a new tradition. Instead of going shopping the day after Thanksgiving, take a  walk in the woods, or any natural area. We hit a nature trail near our house, and had it all to ourselves. That is, until we … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #319 – Thanksgiving Blessings

Posted on November 23, 2012 by joanienaz

I feel fortunate to have enjoyed my Thanksgiving Day so thoroughly that I forgot to post to this blog. Although, it’s not the first time that I have skipped a day. My hope is that my readers spent the day … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #318 – The La Plata Mountains

Posted on November 21, 2012 by joanienaz

Here is the view at the end of the Big Al Trail on the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado. Hesperus Mountain is the highest peak in the La Plata Mountains, which are a part of the San Juan … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #317 – The Bluebird of Happiness

Posted on November 20, 2012 by joanienaz

I very much enjoyed my bird walk around the cabin early yesterday morning. The clouds parted and let enough sunlight through that a festival of birds careened about the landscape. I have been working on my National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) novel, … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #316 – Tracking a Towhee

Posted on November 19, 2012 by joanienaz

I followed this Rufous-sided Towhee around the yard, taking pictures of other birds as it eluded me. At long last it came out of the bush where it had taken refuge with its pals, and I got this shot of … Continue reading →

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