Sunday, January 15, 2006

More cat photos.

A couple of new photos of Spot.

Looking at who knows what.

Sitting with one of her pet humans.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Yet more Horn Canyon

I just walked along the stream in order to take most of these.

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This is a fungus -- probably a giant puffball.

There's a snake's head in this photo. I'm not sure what kind of snake this is -- it didn't have Gopher snake markings, and kind of reminded me of a Milk snake.




Thursday, January 05, 2006

Horn Canyon again

These ants are on a fungal body that is squeezing out of a crack in a dead alder tree. The whole tree trunk was covered with this fungus.

This fungus really was this color -- a vivid shade of lilac.


Most of the trees in the stream had the soil washed away from their roots in last winter's storms.

More fungus. This type only seems to grow on oaks

Monday, January 02, 2006

Horn Canyon

Plenty of ferns in this part ofthe canyon.


Looking down into the canyon from the trail that leads to The Pines campground.

Berries of the Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia). Hollywood, California was named after this native chapparal plant.

The rustic campground at The Pines. The trees were planted by Boy Scouts during WWII, and are not native to the area

Dog and horse water at the campground. The spring is about a quarter of a mile up a small side canyon.

What you see when you first enter the campground.

Toyon.

Looking out into the Ojai Valley.

A shady place on the trail.

The trail crosses the creek in several places. After serious storms, these crossings are impassable.