#coast live oak

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coast live oak

National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson

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Trinity River along highway 96, before it's meeting with the Klamath

Weitchepec, California

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Gorgeous October thorn moth (Tetracis jubararia) I found while camping in Northern California a few months ago. These leaf mimics in the Geometridae family reach adulthood sometime in the fall (August - November depending on the locality), making their brown camouflage all the more clever. As a bonus, the serrated edges of their wings resemble the leaves of the live oak trees, which are common around here. Live oak picture, for your reference. Not brown, but you get the idea. They're evergreen, but shed old brown leaves fairly regularly, particularly in the fall.

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A scientific illustration of some oak leaves I did for an application. The shading on both is done with stippling! Back home, all we had were coastal live oaks. When I went off to college, I was so surprised to learn that these big rounded leaves were also from oak trees! So different from the spiky little bastards I know.

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Plant journal

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Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) and neighbors. Green Valley (Fairfield area), California. 14 Nov 2021.

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Live oak

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Landscape Los Angeles Design ideas for a mid-sized industrial drought-tolerant and full sun backyard decomposed granite and wood fence raised garden bed in spring.

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The Oak King, Green God of Agriculture, Spring & Summer, Light & Day, Fair Weather - Quercus agrifolia

The Holly King, Red God of Pastoralism, Autumn & Winter, Dark & Night, Fowl Weather - Heteromeles arbutifolia

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Industrial Landscape - Landscape

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fire damage 4 years on

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Living Room - Home Bar

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New video

New video is up It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been rather busy with work and other projects going. I do have a new video up on Facebook & YouTube polling all of my followers and viewers in which you get to choose my next project. Head on over to. Y other blog post above with the attached video explaining on how to cast your vote.

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Napa Valley Vine Trail, CA (No. 4)

It’s remarkable how a single trail brings together an entire region. As California’s Napa Valley Vine Trail grows to reach its ultimate 47-mile potential, community members and visitors realize the beauty of connectivity and accessibility.

Chuck McMinn, founder and president of the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition, championed the trail—a vision of practicality and aesthetics—from the beginning. When vacationing throughout the world, McMinn says he and his wife always made it a point to rent bicycles to explore the region. Living in the scenic Napa Valley, he said it struck him, “Why don’t we have a trail like these other places?”

Napa Valley is synonymous with the green, rolling hillsides of classic wine country. There’s a particular appeal to walking or biking between the long-established vineyards, creating a deeper relationship between the people utilizing the trail with the grape growers and vintners who are the heart of the region.

Launched in 2008, the trail currently covers nearly 20 miles, which are open in a few disconnected sections. Beginning in Vallejo, the trail travels north through the City of Napa and its Rail Arts District, an outdoor art exhibit. Lined with vineyards, the paved pathway continues to Yountville, paralleling the Napa Valley Wine Train and State Route 29, offering a safer alternative to sharing the road with vehicles.

In 2022, the gap between Vallejo and the City of American Canyon on the southern end of the route, as well as the section between St. Helena and Calistoga on the northern end, will open, adding another 12 miles. The remaining 15 miles is in the works. By the project’s completion, anticipated by 2025, the Vine Trail will connect two counties (Napa and Solano), five cities and one town, and will link to two expansive regional projects, the Bay Area Ridge Trail and the San Francisco Bay Trail.

“I can’t say enough good things about this project,” said Joel King, board member of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition and avid Vine Trail cyclist. “There are so many benefits.”

King said prior to his retirement, he bicycled daily to work, and now appreciates the opportunity to pedal into town for errands, as well as use the trail for recreation. Although King is a lifelong bicycling enthusiast, the Napa Valley Vine Trail holds an appeal for all types of trail users, particularly because many residents live within just a half-mile from the route.

“You see a lot of regular people riding on it,” commented King. “The Vine Trail makes it so easy for people to get on the trail and go. You can go car free through the entire Napa Valley.”

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