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Philippines – A Marine Biodiversity Hotspot (Post for Earth-Friendly...
When my daughter was little, one of her favorite places to visit was the California Academy of Sciences, located within San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. We spent a lot time looking at exhibits there,...
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Should you buy those seashells sold by the seashore? On beach walks,...
I love seashells. I am a collector of little shells and interesting objects I find while walking on the beach. While some beaches are known for their variety of seashells and for beach combing (like...
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Roy G. Vid – A post for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge are photos with colors in a rainbow. From Michelle W: “Roy G. Biv” is an acronym made of the first letters of the seven colors of the rainbow, to help you...
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My muse: The ocean and two little men
This week, the WordPress Photo Challenge theme is “Muse”. Sometimes, these photo challenges (like on refraction) are indeed, a challenge. But this is an easier one for me and I bet it will be for many...
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NPR Report on Salinas Valley “Bag Salad” Waste
Americans throw out a lot of perfectly good food — about $1,600 for a typical family per year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. On a local level, many of us have heard of grocery...
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Door photographs for the Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge
While not particularly pretty, I like this door to California’s first brick house because the structure still exist — still standing, and I like the contrast of the fading white paint and the...
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What is “Shark Week” anyway?
In case you missed it, 2015 Shark Week officially started last Sunday, July 5th. The week-long programming event was started by Discovery Channel in July, 1988. The intention then was to raise...
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July 4th red, white and blue symbolism for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
The theme for this week’s photo challenge is symbol. From host Jen H: Symbolism is uniquely human. We use symbols to represent intangible things like our beliefs and emotions, and to convert the...
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From natural fiber old fishing nets to the sunset for the Half and Half photo...
I’ve learned a lot more about photography since joining the WordPress Photo Challenges. I’m starting to take more detailed photos, which is interesting and a lot of fun. This week’s challenge theme...
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WordPress Photo Challenge – Change
The theme for this week’s photo challenge — which I have not participated in since my last post of the summer — is change. I love the quote that host Kristin Snow of SnowMads.com included for the post:...
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An (Extra)ordinary dog and ordinary objects for the (Extra)ordinary Photo...
For this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, host Cheri Lucas asks us to keep our eyes open and to look for beauty or interestingness where we least expect it. I’ve taken more close-up photos recently,...
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Veteran’s Day 2015
Today, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 is a federal holiday in the U.S. to observe Veterans Day. Although many federal holidays are observed on Mondays (no matter the actual day it falls in), Veterans Day...
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St. John the Baptist Statue at Mission San Juan Bautista, California
If you visit the Spanish mission in the town of San Juan Bautista (San Benito County in Central California), you will see this statue on the church grounds. Because most statues of saints are depicted...
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What makes ampalaya bitter and why I chose frogs over this super bitter gourd...
Note: Ampalaya is the Tagalog (Philippine language) name for a vegetable commonly called bitter melon or bitter gourd in English. It is the fruit of a vine grown year-round in the Philippines....
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