Winners of the ugly mushroom contest. There are thousands of competitors this season.

Two cute shrooms.

An ode to the humble California Buckeye

Towering Oak

Three cormorants on a nesting pole in Tule Lake, Lake County CA

Midnight sage and gaura in the garden

Olives dangle over the valley

Agaricus anyone?

Mendoco County Toyon berries are ripening

Intricate web of flowers and seeds of Smokebush Cotinus coggygria

Old log

Woodland butterfly: what species?

A regal 4 foot gopher snake

Calochortis amabillis in the wood of Mendocino County are abundant this year!

California buckeye thrives in the hills of the coastal range by going summer-dormant a month after blooming.

An uncommon white wild iris, Northern California

Pedicularis densiflora, native Warrior’s Plume here in Northern California