As I get older, it has become more important to me to be able to see where my get up and go has got up and been.  So I am rebuilding my old travel site with new server technologies to provide thumbnails of my photos and clickable links to full sized displays of each.  On the albums page the album references show the lead photo from an album and the link goes to the web page where the full album is displayed.  All photos and other information on this site are (c) 2009 by Bob Grumbine or as earlier specified within the body of the photographs themselves.
 

	butterfly & cosmos  butterflies also like my drip line watered Pretty Flowers Row 090818	hummingbird hummingbird supps on a cosmos in my drip line watered Pretty Flowers Row 090806
whiplash memorial in honor of the criminal religionist who whiplashed me 080711 in Cursing City Nevah Dare	baby bird fell from his birth nest and didn't yet know how to fly when I recorded this photo of him 090530; I flapped my arms and spoke soothingly to him to encourage him to learn how to use his natural abilities	bearded dove ?dove? who introduced himself to me 090521 on my driveway, not only bearded but grouchy as me too
new camera grasshopper among the first photos recorded with my new 090516 Kodak Z980 camera.  Has 24x optical zoom and 5x digital enhancement for 120x total zoom capability.  Twelve MegaPixels to facilitate recording fine details.  The additional zoom and improved macro focusing are things that I've been wanting for a long time.	Spikey Dude in bloom Gynmocalycium pflanzii var. argentinense made it through last Summer's heat and a Winter frost bite to show me a bloom and a pending second on 090504	Grand Canyon beavertail also a beavertail cactus but this one is an Opuntia longiareolata that I bought at my local Earth Day celebration 090425
baby apricot tree the very first baby apricot tree that I grew from a pit, here only 1.3" tall was 5" tall by May and since joined by a sibling in the experimental growing area that succeeded this year after last year's disasters	my Basil beautiful again this year, my Opuntia basilaris had many more blooms for me to see during his April blooming season	first year fruiting hadn't expected any fruit for another year or two but my young apricot trees went directly from blooming to fruiting
apricot blooms my young apricot trees have gone into bloom March 2009.  I am in process of installing a drip irrigation system to help them grow this year	Lomatium californicum a clever individual Lomatium californicum found the perfect place to grow much larger than most of his kind	Storksbill Filaree my ground cover Erodium cicutariums are among the earliest arrivals at my Little House in the Desert
Reno deer a favorite homey pic:  native deer overlook casino district	prickly person prickly person met 061205 in the Joshua Tree National Park	chipmunk one of the cute chipmunks gathered 061205 in Joshua Tree National Park at the overlook of the entire Coachella Valley, Salton Sea, etc.
Honey Lake bird bird seen 070518 in the Honey Lake Rest Area next to Hwy 395 in CA about an hour's drive north of Reno	turkey vulture turkey vulture seen in the wild 081002 near some land that I was considering buying	mushrooms mushroom volunteers appeared temporarily 080927 from the potting soil that I used to plant this rooted coleus cutting
porch doves two of the flock of doves who feed in my Bird Landing Strip settled in for awhile 080922 on my back porch	unwelcome unwelcome visitor to my Bird Landing Strip has been getting in under my chain link fence (which I am underlaying with brick and block to prevent future crop damage)	California quail two of the covey of six quail who have been feeding recently 080811 in the Bird Landing Strip I built near my Little House
Bird of Paradise bird of paradise recorded 080629 which regenerated an entire new plant from its underground rhizomes after its predecessor was crushed by malicious ORVers	little lizard younger little lizard recorded at my Little House in the Desert 080610	resident lizard resident lizard at my Little House in the Desert recorded 080520
red dragon cute red dragon fly seen in the Mojave National Preserve at the Zzyzx sight on 080510	pencils full grown pencil cholla seen in the Mojave Desert 080426	gopher snake cute gopher snake who visited me on 080419 snuggling up to his 225 foot long coiled peer (garden hose on takeup reel)
wild flowers wildflowers growing next to a dried up lake bed, part of the reason that I love the Great American Desert in general and the Mojave Desert in particular	Basil Opuntia basilaris at my Little House in the Desert in full bloom recorded 080331	flybys some of the birds who visited my little house in the desert on 080323
it's a bud first signs of life from the young apricot tree that I planted this Spring	primroses these pretty primroses at planting couldn't survive the harsh desert environment	free glassware "free glassware with every purchase" seen on some open land that I was considering buying until sellers refused to clean up this and other hazardous materials problems
new growth delightful new growth on my creosote bushes resulting from regular watering	Mono Lake winter winter view of Mono Lake CA seen on 080208 (recorded from Vista Point above the lake while standing next to an eight foot tall pile of snow cleared from Hwy 395)	baby food former apricot grove in Newberry Springs CA which had been used for growing apricots commercially for a baby food manufacturer.  The land is currently being promoted as a location for building yet more unaffordable tract houses for people to pay exhorbitant rents and other costs on to "mortgage" companies under pretense of "home ownership"
Birch Tree out of time and out of place, this stand of birch trees (typical of the northern Midwest) was seen 071109 in the Silver Lake area of the June Lake Loop off Hwy 395 near Mono Lake California	December morning High Desert morning sky about 6:26am 071206.  It does this sort of thing quite regularly in the High Desert	High Desert sunset pleasant view from the front porch of my house in the High Desert as seen 071116
tanks symbolic of the military presence in the High Desert (including Edwards AFB, Fort Irwin, and numerous USMC training bases), this tank is on display in a city park	wind farm part of the wind farm which overlooks the growing town of Mojave CA at the western edge of the High Desert	cute bird despite personnel problems which have arisen in recent years at the Living Desert, this cute bird was entirely free of cage wire and free of any other kinds of encumbrances that zoos so often inflict on wild things
lovely day photo montage of sights seen in the Mojave National Preserve 071110:  the uncluttered Kelbaker Road looking back 10 miles towards Baker CA, dozens of Monarch butterflies fluttering around along with a few little whites of the species shown, and many of the acres of creosote bushes were in bloom	majestic some of the majestic mountains around the perimeter of the lovely Silver Lake which is part of the "June Lake Loop" south of Mono Lake CA	in flight one of the ravens in the Desert Oasis Rest Area on I40 eastbound about 10 miles west of the old Route 66 town of Ludlow CA, flying around on the edge of the rest area
shelter little bird taking shelter during the Mojave Desert sand storm 071017 in one of the palm trees which line the perimeter of the Desert Oasis Rest Area on I40 eastbound about 10 miles west of the old Route 66 town of Ludlow CA	mine fly cooperative mine fly perched on a railing in the Calico Ghost Town seen 071015	water wagon water wagon seen 071015 in Calico Ghost Town a few miles north of Yermo CA, about midway along the I-15 corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas NV
aspen grove aspen grove changing color seen 071012 on Hwy 395 a little north of the "Vista Point" scenic view above Mono Lake CA	dawning dawn's early light over the Mojave Desert seen 070928	flapping a pair of coots on the man made Silver Lake seen 070927 in Helendale CA
stalking young feline stalking the birds in the Coso Junction rest area on Hwy 395 in California seen 070925	babbling babbling brook in the Division Creek rest area on Hwy 395 in California seen 070925	fireworks fireworks display in Carson City Nevada seen 070921
McArthur-Burney Falls numerous "water sights" in northern California proved devoid of water after the long hot summer, but the aquifer in the porous basalt leading to McArthur-Burney Falls continued to provide hundreds of millions of gallons of water for this sight for sore (dried up) eyes seen 070907	dragon fly the long hot summer has left only a few puddles in what used to be "Lake"      Shastina northeast of Weed CA but the dragonflies seen 070906 were alive and healthy around the perimeter	boquet fauna at Bogard Rest Area on CA Hwy 44, Inca lillies and Mexican primrose in the McConnell Arboretum at Turtle Bay Exploration Park, "Mom's bench" donated to Turtle Bay in memory of my World Traveller Mother, and what shows of the aircard on the side of my computer that helps communicate when I'm on the road
silly wabbit a silly wabbit ventured 070819 into the living area at the Animal Ark north of Reno of Moyo and Jamar, the brother cheetahs.  One of those fastest cats on earth caught the silly slow wabbit and here they have a spirited discussion whether the catching cheetah gets sole consumption rights	stalactites and stalagmites some of the interesting calcite formations (stalactites and stalagmites) growing in the Lehman Caves of Great Basin National Park an hour southeast of Ely Nevada seen 070802	railway owl one of the pair of owls seen 070801 who supervise the Nevada Northern Railway historic site in Ely Nevada from their perch near the top of a three story tall loading structure in the rail yard
watering hole in the Forty Mile Desert where thousands died during the westward migrations, water has to be hauled in 20 miles for visitors to the rest area at I-80 Exit 83 where it intersects with Hwy 95 south. These sparrows seen 070731 quickly nabbed the droplets left by humans at the base of the only water pump	Red Lake CA composite photo of the delights of Red Lake California, about 22 miles west on Hwy 88 from Minden NV, as seen 070715 (created by the crude method that I use for my industry standard coin photos)	Early Bird proud bird displays a freshly caught worm seen 070615 in the tennis court and picnic area of the city's Centennial Park at the northeast corner of Carson City NV
Rock Penjing sample of the ancient Chinese art form "rock penjing" seen 070603 at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding CA does re-create and represent some parts of China's landscape based on photos I have seen by Chinese photographers	Roop's Fort the original first structure in what is now Susanville CA, built in 1854 by Isaac Roop who was first Provisional Territorial Governor of Nevada before President Abraham Lincoln made a state of us out of the western portion of the former "Utah Territory", as seen 070605	incabutr a swallowtail butterfly (later stage of one of the cute caterpillars who have been wandering around on the ground) visits some of the Inca lillies in the Chilean portion of the McConnell Arboretum in Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding CA, as seen 070603
Australian parakeets an array of the colorful Australian parakeets seen 070604 who are part of the new BIRDS! exhibit at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding CA	Hat Lake Falls view of the waterfalls below Hat Lake and of its mountain background seen 070603 in Lassen Volcanic National Park northeastern California	designed life form well designed for feeding in the shallow waters of the riparian area of Lake Washoe seen 070602 in Lake Washoe State Park NV, identified by experts as a Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Top Walk Gallatan Marina area of Eagle Lake was idyllic when I visited there 070518 with flocks of seagulls overhead singing their songs, red eyed grebes floating on the water, swallows darting around too fast for the camera to record, and this walkway across the top of the breakwater protecting the harbor	May Kitten older and more mature "cute kitten" who visited my place on 070511.  A full album of 29 more photos of her and 32 photos of other cute kittens who have visited me are shown in my Cute Kittens album	reflection view recorded 070510 across Reflection Lake of the two "big guys" in the Chaos Crags area of Lassen Volcanic National Park which are visible for miles along Hwy 44 when driving through the area
goslings class photo recorded 070509 of some of the young'uns in the "school for goslings" at the Brandy Creek Marina on the south shore of Whiskeytown Lake about 8 miles west of Redding CA	no food? little squirrel seen 070508 on the isthmus out into Britton Lake (which is the terminus of the river which flows over Burney Falls in the McArthur-Burney California State Park about 10 miles northeast of Burney CA).  Feeding wildlife prohibited there	both ways pair of geese seen in the Mountain View Cemetery Reno NV on 070416 demonstrating the life preserving principle "look both ways before ... whatever"
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