Mendocino Juniper
@juniperwatt.bsky.social
At home on gravel backroads and brushy trails. Need waterproof boots and a new government.
Under a light canopy of toyon and oak, a New Year surprise: pedicularis densiflora, blooming a few months early. I call them angel warriors.
January 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Under a light canopy of toyon and oak, a New Year surprise: pedicularis densiflora, blooming a few months early. I call them angel warriors.
Walrus is blissful in his trashpile
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Walrus is blissful in his trashpile
Happy new year! Step outside friends, and search for some winter flowers
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Happy new year! Step outside friends, and search for some winter flowers
Toyon: there’s hundreds maybe thousands on Potter Valley’s Mid Mountain, all loaded with a bumper crop of berries
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Toyon: there’s hundreds maybe thousands on Potter Valley’s Mid Mountain, all loaded with a bumper crop of berries
Toyon among the pines
December 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Toyon among the pines
Toyon in oak woodland
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Toyon in oak woodland
12 days of toyon: day 8, With “Guido”
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
12 days of toyon: day 8, With “Guido”
12 days of toyon: day 7
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
12 days of toyon: day 7
12 days of toyon: day six
December 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
12 days of toyon: day six
Twelve days of toyon: day five
December 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Twelve days of toyon: day five
Twelve days of toyon: day 4
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Twelve days of toyon: day 4
12 days of toyon, day three
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
12 days of toyon, day three
May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear of word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.
-John O’Donoghue
Compassionate of heart,
Clear of word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.
-John O’Donoghue
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear of word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.
-John O’Donoghue
Compassionate of heart,
Clear of word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.
-John O’Donoghue
Gratitude for my sweet potted begonia which blooms constantly and doesn’t ask for much
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gratitude for my sweet potted begonia which blooms constantly and doesn’t ask for much
12 days of toyon: day two
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
12 days of toyon: day two
Twelve days of Toyon: day 1
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Twelve days of Toyon: day 1
Life in a wildfire
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Life in a wildfire
Honey mushrooms impersonating flowers. Oak tree fungus: edible beauties that feed on the roots of trees, eventually killing them.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Honey mushrooms impersonating flowers. Oak tree fungus: edible beauties that feed on the roots of trees, eventually killing them.
A couple of my kitty sculpies
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A couple of my kitty sculpies
And a spider’s web provides a place for dew drops to dance
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And a spider’s web provides a place for dew drops to dance
And spider webs provide a place for dew drops to dance
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And spider webs provide a place for dew drops to dance
Valley fog burning off among the hill oaks
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Valley fog burning off among the hill oaks
Thanksgiving blessings! The native toyons have outdone themselves this year with their loads of berries
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thanksgiving blessings! The native toyons have outdone themselves this year with their loads of berries
Snowberries along the Russian river
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Snowberries along the Russian river
You can’t make this stuff up
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can’t make this stuff up