Springtime Springtime 2020 stay at home walk about.

Enjoying a breath of fresh air as we "stay at home"!

I took these today on a lazy hike into our back country, this is about the natural aged beauty surrounding us.  Some of the wood shots were once living and now dead wood that still portray certain elements of beauty to some eyes, like mine, I am forever fascinated
by wood,  it's grains and fibers showing how it lived once and was strong.  Now home to various bugs and seeds.

You will see cliff faces and mountains as well as wonderful still living ancient juniper and pinion bushes.

I added a few yard shots show our spring 'grass circles' in our yard, hmm, mole tunnels or alien landing sites or maybe deer droppings?:



























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