Photographs from the Photography on the Run post: A Really Overgrown Trail, Thirty Creek Crossings, and Thousands of Wildflowers
Web of a grass spider, accentuated by dew. Given the number of these webs seen along the trail it underscores the huge number of insects that inhabit that world.
Golden stars (Bloomeria crocea) along the Satwiwa windmill trail. May 21, 2023.
Dew-covered pappi of pin cushion, dandelion, thistle, or other plant in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). May 21, 2023.
Black and white study of giant rye along a Satwiwa trail. Some stalks were over five feet tall. May 21, 2023.
Lupine, golden yarrow, and morning glory on the initial climb up the Old Boney Trail. May 21, 2023.
Golden yarrow mixed with poison oak. May 21, 2023.
Lupine -- probably silver lupine -- with deerweed as a backdrop. May 21, 2023.
California poppies along the Old Boney Trail, just past the Cabin Trail junction. May 21, 2023.
Dew-coated pitcher sage along the Old Boney Trail, about a mile past the Cabin Trail junction. May 21, 2023.
A section of the Old Boney Trail overgrown with black sage, about a half-mile past the Fossil Trail junction. This wasn't too bad compared to the sections overgrown with Ceanothus. May 21, 2023.
Trailwork on the Old Boney segment of the Backbone Trail, climbing out of Blue Canyon. May 21, 2023.
Golden yarrow covers a hillside along the Old Boney Trail segment of the Backbone Trail, below the Chamberlain Trail junction. May 21, 2023.
Yellow monkeyflower mixed with a few white pincushion along the Old Boney segment of the Backbone Trail, just below the Chamberlain Trail junction. May 21, 2023.
Coast live oak and fog along the Old Boney Trail west of the Chamberlain Trail junction.
Idyllic section of the Old Boney Trail decorated with golden yarrow and paintbrush. May 21, 2023.
Grassland in Serrano Valley. May 21, 2023.
Wild rose along the Serrano Canyon Trail. May 21, 2023.
Spanish broom, a pestilent invasive that's difficult to eradicate once it's established. This plant is on the Serrano Canyon Trail, about a mile from Sycamore Canyon Road. May 21, 2023.
One of about ten creek crossings on Sycamore Canyon Road, between the Serrano Canyon Trail junction and Wood Canyon. May 21, 2023.
Indian pink and golden yarrow along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Catalina mariposa lillies growing along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Paintbrush and golden yarrow along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Speckled Clarkia along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Canyon sunflowers along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Hummingbird sage along Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 21, 2023.
Heart-leaved Penstemon along the Upper Sycamore Trail. May 21, 2023.
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