Category: California

• Travels With Shaun

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  December 31, 2024

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  Bighorn Canyon NRA, California, California Missions, Central Coast, flora and fauna, Homestead National Monument, National Parks, Nebraska, petroglyphs, pictographs, Santa Barbara, Soul Food, Southwestern US, Wanderings

  

• A Winter Rest

  4–7 minutes

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  February 7, 2015

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  California, Central Coast, flora and fauna, Migration, Soul Food, Wanderings, wild creatures

  Animal and insect migrations can be truly fascinating. I have enjoyed the snow goose migration in northern New York for a number of years and have never tired of them ushering in winter as they pause on their way south along Lake Champlain. I’ve also recently experienced the wonderful “over-wintering” phase of the Monarch butterfly migration in southern California. Many…

  

• One Way To Nurse Twins

  1–2 minutes

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  January 30, 2015

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  California, Central Coast, elephant seals, flora and fauna, Migration, Soul Food, Wanderings, wild creatures

  So many blog subjects, so little time ~ but we just couldn’t wait to reveal this preview for an upcoming post because it just makes us smile, and we hope it does you as well… Onward!!

  

• Mission Santa Barbara

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  January 7, 2015

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  American Indian, California, California Missions, Central Coast, historic sites, Junipero Serra, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Local Roaming, Santa Barbara, Wanderings

  While wandering through the lovely city of Santa Barbara, in southern California, it would be very difficult to overlook the alluring architecture of Mission Santa Barbara. The historic building is beautifully preserved and reflects the SoCal light wonderfully throughout the day. The mission’s graveyard holds the remains of over 4,000 Chumash Indians, and the interior architecture is captivating……