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Something seems a little off with this picture. I can’t quite place it…

It’s fitting that my wife took this photo because it pretty much sums up who she is: strong, solid and majestic as an oak, but not like the other oaks. And that’s why I love her so much. Who wants to marry a plain old oak anyway? Not me.

Photo credit: Nancy

Here’s another shot from our walk in San Felasco last week. There were a lot of flowers already in bloom, but the anticipation of this bunch seemed a little more interesting, especially against the backdrop of the sky.

Still working on the header graphic, but I think the other little bugs have been worked out of the site. The busted comment form is now fixed (thanks to a quick copy/paste) and the formatting is a lot smoother. I also added a post archive to complement the photo archive, giving the text some much-needed exposure. (Exposure. I made a funny.)

With this photo, I am unofficially declaring this week as San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park Nature Trail Week or SFHPSPNTW. My family and I went on a trail hike yesterday and found a great place to get away from the traffic and into a green landscape.

The park is huge and has a few miles of hiking-only trails at the southern end where we decided to go. This is a good thing because mountain bikes are everywhere around here, in spite of us having no mountains. I’m not complaining, though. When I used to ride, one of the best places to go was right here in San Felasco. There are miles of multi-use trails at the northern end of the park.

This image captures the decaying remnants of a fallen pine tree that shows signs of a controlled burn at some point. Looking around, you would never know it, but it must have been a while ago. I don’t know the schedule of controlled burns around here, but I can say that I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that place when they do it. I never could understand how they manage to keep those fires controlled.

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