Doe and Two Fawns

Pic from other day. Didn't get out. I'm back to my messed up sleep cycle.

On the hike I got up before dawn, hiked for two or three hours before breakfast, and sun's heat, and I went all day and didn't feel fatigued and slept good.

Oh, I was dehydrated, leg tired, bit woozy, filled with those doggone nagging mundane complaints about the pack weight, and why I miss judged how much more up trail was ahead!! But that's hiking, not fatigue!!

The writing and study wears me down.

Berries

Pic from a few days ago.

Been out and about in the Grand Canyon of Tuolumne. One night I camped in a cedar grove next to the river because it reminded me of Tree in the Door. It's isolated and one of the loneliest trails I've been on.

The cabin has mice. One deer mouse was cute, but now I hear squeekings, and incessant chewing on I don't know what. Tomorrow I have to inspect under the bed and behind the dresser!!

I crossed a bridge and saw a trail sign that said Yosemite Valley 18 miles. I couldn't believe I was that close. Draw a 20 mile circle around the Valley on a topo map and it's remarkable the number of different thing to see.

Yellow Flower

Pic from a few days ago, and not too clear! I have many books to identify things with, and this flower is on the cover of one of the flower books.

I guess I should do that...key everything out.

But I dont know...

a poem..

I know few names of the stars,
And the animals and flowers,
The long ones I mean, the ones the scientists use,
And I know few of the names of the tourists that come to the Valley,
Or their stories.
Sometimes somethings said to begin a conversation
And they open like a book.
Should I open the books I have, and learn the names
Of all the animals and flowers and stars??
The stars over head with no moon at eleven thousand feet,
The rock and moutains surrounding like a bowl holding them--
I could never learn all those names!!
And what stories from the worlds circling around those stars!!
Tomorrow I'll hike a new trail,
Stop now and then and chat,
Take some souvenir photos of the animals and flowers,
And gather some new memories and trail tales.

Jay

Today's pic. Without really pursuing it, sometimes I find color harmony in these telephoto pics that I kinda like.

Baby Oak

Today's backyard pic. The deer usually get to these seedlings...see how long this one lasts...they get pretty big.

Purple Thistel

Didn't get out, was up all night reading a spy thriller. This from a few days ago.

Tiger Swallowtail

Well, one finally held still for a photo. The birds must be snipping the butterlies' wings. From Thursday.

Went to Merced to look at cars, then sat on the bus back next to a fellow who hasn't owned one for forty years, which made small potatoes of my four!!