Tootfinder

The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline,
founded in 1983,
offers free weekly online and recorded updates
— posted each Friday from March through May
— on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California.
New reports are released every Friday, March through May.
Call 818 768-1802 ext 7 to hear weekly recorded wild flower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel.

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Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Sprawled along the Pacific coastline near San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is full of wildflowers, beaches, and old-growth coastal redwoods, shrouded with a thin layer of marine fog that dissipates in sunlight. Visitors fish, hike, camp, and surf, the temperate climate and ocean views providing a boost to their mental and physical health. […]

"Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Well, we made it to Borrego Springs. Yaaay!!!
It may not look like much from Google maps' satellite view, but it is rather nice. The wildflowers are not yet in mass bloom, but there are still a lot of 'em.
And the weather is nice - I'm typing this among palms next to a pool.
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'Im Nirgendwo' 'in the nowhere'
It might look like a "normal" hiking photo. But that day I hiked into an area where I didn't see nor hear anybody for quite some hours!
Shortly after I took this photo, I reached a spot where I just stopped, looked around and - except for the trail - everything was just …

#Wildflower seekers typically must wait until February or March to see blankets of color in #Borrego #Springs but,
thanks to the early autumn rain,
the blooms are arriving early.
Last weekend, visitors walking thr…

It's only December but this SoCal desert escape is already blanketed in wildflowers
In Borrego Springs, you'll find a mini explosion of sunflowers, desert sand-verbena, basket evening primrose and even elusive desert lilies.

Got to do an actual local TV news interview about early-blooming Joshua trees, failed to anticipate that I should've given the producers a photo of the correct species of yucca moth
https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/south…

"Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

For #FootpathFriday I chose this one.
It's been a nice walk around this hill with the little church on top.
I'm missing this right now. White snow would be nice, or green grass. Yet we are currently stuck in the season in between.
But for such cases, we have photos. Photos to revive memories, to make us smile, to make us dream. Dream of the experience.
This …