Marc Schwager
@cavedalerhones.bsky.social
Growing Rhone Varietals on the west slopes of Mt Veeder in the Moon Mt AVA. Local flora and fauna of the Mayacamas. Fire info if anything gets close. K6GSM
Updated shot. Brighter now
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Updated shot. Brighter now
Northern lights visible on iPhone camera (barely naked eye) from Sonoma California (39 degrees N)
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Northern lights visible on iPhone camera (barely naked eye) from Sonoma California (39 degrees N)
Ar ar are you German?
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ar ar are you German?
I think this timeline could use some more puppies.
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I think this timeline could use some more puppies.
Yep. 7 of them. Follow me on mastodon for more pics.
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Yep. 7 of them. Follow me on mastodon for more pics.
Looks fun. In the meantime, while you wait for the books, here is a real one :-)
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Looks fun. In the meantime, while you wait for the books, here is a real one :-)
This may factor into the discussion. Sinclair may be a dinosaur. I don’t know as I don’t watch TV. 👀
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This may factor into the discussion. Sinclair may be a dinosaur. I don’t know as I don’t watch TV. 👀
Clouds over the Mayacamas at around 6 pm. A bit of rain reached the ground but didn’t tip the rain gauges
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Clouds over the Mayacamas at around 6 pm. A bit of rain reached the ground but didn’t tip the rain gauges
I’ll see your cat and raise you puppies 😉
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’ll see your cat and raise you puppies 😉
Here Dave, have some puppies. 😉
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Here Dave, have some puppies. 😉
Pretty clear that everyone on BlueSky could use some puppies right about now
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Pretty clear that everyone on BlueSky could use some puppies right about now
And of course in the California chaparral, Chamise is a champion re-sprouter
May 31, 2025 at 5:18 AM
And of course in the California chaparral, Chamise is a champion re-sprouter
Cushing Manzanita (A. cushingiana) after the 2017 Nuns Canyon fire in the southern Mayacamas. Burl sprouting prolifically. We have some burls that are probably 8 feet across. I can’t imagine how old those are and how many fires they have seen.
May 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Cushing Manzanita (A. cushingiana) after the 2017 Nuns Canyon fire in the southern Mayacamas. Burl sprouting prolifically. We have some burls that are probably 8 feet across. I can’t imagine how old those are and how many fires they have seen.
We have similar ones in California- the Giant Pacific Salamander.
May 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We have similar ones in California- the Giant Pacific Salamander.
Well, here are a few more for your collection. Blooming now in the Mayacamas. Keep the faith.
March 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Well, here are a few more for your collection. Blooming now in the Mayacamas. Keep the faith.
Cold down in the valleys, balmy up on the ridges this morning
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Cold down in the valleys, balmy up on the ridges this morning
Yep, very short lived. Looked like this if you weren’t in a parking lot 🤣
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Yep, very short lived. Looked like this if you weren’t in a parking lot 🤣
After 6 inches of rain in 24 hours, the waterfalls are running nicely. (Sound up). This is Winter creek, a tributary of Hooker Creek in the hills above Sonoma Valley.
November 21, 2024 at 6:22 PM
After 6 inches of rain in 24 hours, the waterfalls are running nicely. (Sound up). This is Winter creek, a tributary of Hooker Creek in the hills above Sonoma Valley.
Rain rate 0.8 inches per hour currently
November 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Rain rate 0.8 inches per hour currently
The waterfalls will be crazy this weekend. Over 2 inches of rain since this morning in the Southern Mayacamas, and lots more to come.
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The waterfalls will be crazy this weekend. Over 2 inches of rain since this morning in the Southern Mayacamas, and lots more to come.