Today's cool find: Hummingbird nest?! 🪺

Wheat the f--k: There's wheat in salt?!! youtube.com/shorts/9XFt_...

When the first gluten-free pizza you try is a dud, you make your own! Kudos yet again to the @joyofcooking.bsky.social youtu.be/dvaJLJFQxto

What say you: Mountain lion scratches?! 🐾 More cool signs of wildlife here: youtube.com/shorts/O2WdP...

What say you: Mountain lion scratches?! 🐾 More cool signs of wildlife here: youtube.com/shorts/O2WdP...

Meet my new hummingbird friend.💜 Hubs hit a home run with this gift. ❤️

Hawk stalking my yard this morning. (Would it be wrong to wish it caught a squirrel?!)

Purple flowers & pollinators: Just some of my super cool finds this month. 🦋🐝🥰 youtube.com/shorts/dJV6c... #bees #butterflies

Purple flowers & pollinators: Just some of my super cool finds this month. 🦋🐝🥰 youtube.com/shorts/dJV6c... #bees #butterflies

Butterflies & waterfalls: A walk after the rain. youtube.com/shorts/T3lW-...

Today's wildlife rescue: A ladybug I found swimming in rainwater. 🐞 (It flew off about a minute later)

Mushrooms I met today. 🍄 Happy #mushroommonday to all who celebrate! 🍄 #fungilove

"Jerk!" 🦌 Sad #flowerreport today: I used to have this lovely plant on my porch, a waterfall of pretty little purple flowers dancing down on delicate green tendrils. But those delicate green leaves were also just too dang tempting, because Saturday they got all gobbled up by a dang deer!

Obit of the week: Linda Dresner. "Jackie Onassis came, often with a tuna fish sandwich tucked into her purse. She liked to sneak away and eat her lunch in one of the store’s capacious dressing rooms, which were also soundproof." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/s...

1. Best ocean views from a room. 3 cool things in Little River: youtube.com/shorts/sVV__...

My favorite Gwyneth Paltrow performance: "Marty Supreme." A burger without the blue cheese & bacon: "How to Make a Killing." The sequel I didn't know I needed: "Ready or Not 2" thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2026/04/movi...

According to the U.S. Postal Service, April is "National Card & Letter Writing month," and it encourages people to "consider expressing their sentiment through the written word and mailing a letter or a card." I've sent two cards and received one letter already this month. How about you?

Forest finds: A walk under the redwoods in Van Damme State Park. youtube.com/shorts/VK0ff...

Movies I saw in March: Ready or Not 2, Grade: A The sequel I didn't think I needed, featuring a great use of "Total Eclipse of the Heart," a song I definitely didn't think I ever needed to hear again! thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2026/04/movi...

I usually only see bees visiting the Yerba Santa in the evening, but tonight it was also full of butterflies, including this gorgeous swallowtail! #flowerreport

12 paws and a waterfall: Why I love hiking with dogs. youtube.com/shorts/8iWJD...

Sunset. 4/3/2026

The medicine I need after losing my dog? Hiking with other people's dogs! youtu.be/EJYy3XdHXbQ

Not many critters out today in the rain, but yesterday I met this lovely swallowtail! 🦋

My lavender plants are bursting with blooms and buzzing with bees! 🐝 #FlowerReport

I joined a butterfly party at the river! 🦋🦋🦋 youtube.com/shorts/hxIdO...

That time I lied to grandma about quitting my job. But of course she knew. And karma punished me! open.substack.com/pub/justinef...

My favorite story about my Danish family? How my two aunts with the same name used to mail letters to each other! thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2026/03/ode-...

That time I lied to grandma about quitting my job. But of course she knew. And karma punished me! open.substack.com/pub/justinef...

Now blooming in Low Gap Park: Checker lilies! Learn the names of 34 more spring wildflowers with footage I collected over a decade of hiking Ukiah's flower-lined trails with my dog: youtu.be/8f2wzlk2nT8

Today's cool find: Flowers growing in a burn pile. And wait: Is that Bigfoot?!

Q. What's better than walking above the ocean? A. Walking above the ocean at sunrise! Location: Sonoma County. #californiacoast More pink skies and ocean here: youtube.com/shorts/drIwt...

Morning at the river: 3 cool things youtube.com/shorts/lwF6-...

These big purple beauties are blooming in my yard. I didn't invite them, but I love that they came. #FlowerReport

Tiny hitchhiker! 🐛 More cool finds from my hikes this week: youtube.com/shorts/ghjdq...

Puffballs! Happy #fungifriday More cool hiking finds here: youtube.com/shorts/ghjdq...

If I ran the Oscars, I'd give awards to the Pacific Ocean. Especially the parts you can see from the Mendocino Coast! youtu.be/jasw45u1FUM

Ireland? No, California's ruggedly beautiful Mendocino County! #californiacoast Take a walk there here: youtu.be/ZN7fY3-UzIg

Ireland? No, California's ruggedly beautiful Mendocino County! #californiacoast Take a walk there here: youtu.be/ZN7fY3-UzIg

"Look at that!" 🍄 Happy #mushroomMonday

Bonus #FlowerReport from my yard today: The little purple flowers that the bees love are blooming! (And yes, I am so busy trying to get a good photo of the busy bees that I am missing The Oscars.)

"Morning, beautiful!" This lovely iris opened in my yard just in time for today's #flowerreport That was cool.

I think there should be an Ocean Oscars. And I nominate this for "most beautiful bluff full of flowers." Location: Mendonoma, California. #CaliforniaCoast Soak in more of that view here: youtube.com/shorts/4pPjn...

Waiting for the sunrise. Happy Friday the 13th!

Yay, libraries! You were my lifeline when I was a kid and we didn't have a TV in the house, and now you're my lifeline for movies and TV shows on DVD. youtu.be/QOyeixM2wKU

The movies I saw in February: 1. Crime 101: A 2. Pretty In Pink: I cannot give this one a grade, because I cannot be impartial, having fallen in love with it as a teen. thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2026/03/movi...

People made fun of me for years for still getting DVDs from Netflix. But I didn't care, because I loved getting movies in the mail. 📀 📻 📚📖 My love letter to old-school media here: youtu.be/QOyeixM2wKU

9/26/2023 The day I mailed the last red envelope. youtu.be/QOyeixM2wKU

Three cool finds at my favorite beach. #california #californiacoast youtube.com/shorts/yMvBW...

Three cool finds at my favorite beach. #california #californiacoast youtube.com/shorts/yMvBW...