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Griffith Park: Losing My Serenity and Regaining It

March 31, 2017by concretechaparral 2 Comments

Though I and my fellow hikers still had our to-do lists and times to keep, there was an invitation to just be.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Native Plants, Urban Parks

Up in Kenneth Hahn Park (Week of 3/5/17)

March 14, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

The next wave of flowers are bursting forth

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Native Plants, Urban Parks

My New Favorite Spot in L.A!

February 3, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Nature Garden at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

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Garden, Native Plants, Urban Parks

Stocker Corridor Trail

February 2, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Between Crenshaw and La Cienega Blvds. run one of the more ‘rural’ roads in the LA basin

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Hikes/Walks, Urban Parks

Winter Wildflowers

January 25, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Season’s first wild flowers are blooming

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Hikes/Walks, Native Plants, Urban Parks

California Sagebrush and Change of Seasons

December 14, 2016by concretechaparral Leave a comment

The hillsides are brown and dry, seemily covered with dead brush

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Native Plants, Urban Parks

Toyon Berries

November 18, 2016by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Toyon berries ripening

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Native Plants, Urban Parks

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Black-eyed Susans enjoying a Colorado summer.
Toyon bonanza‼️
Last month in Colorado - bighorn sheep walking along US Hwy 34.
While my two big sages duke it out for dominance, the hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) just keeps blooming.
Battle of the Sages! White Sage (Salvia apiana) vs ‘Allen Chickering’ Sage (S. clevelandii x leucophylla). The white sage has got the height but the Chickering the mass. In terms of flowers it’s a tie at 3.4 gazillion each.
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