reconnecting

on learning to restore, sustain and celebrate nature and culture in the wilds of Davis CA

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on the trail this morning

Reconnecting

I moved to Davis California a year ago, with the urging of family following the passing of my wife and partner of 39-years. I’m now living in suburbia surrounded by agribusiness. The loss of connections with ‘plant kin’ of wild places I visited almost every day for 7 years combined with the near absence of wild plants to connect with here in Davis are almost as traumatic as the loss of my wife.

Here I’ll be sharing my pictures of wild beauty that I find in and near Davis, and as I work on connecting with local wild plants I’ll post occasional poems, stories and other bits-and-bobs on culture that can nurture harmony and connection within the “wild jumble of plants and people from around the world” that we now have here in Davis and the lower Sacramento Valley.

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fallen leaves / green grass sprouts, old ‘n new / passing on the trail

early sun / on my path / sets leaves alight

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David Self

Two more days of wildflowers on the #CloverSpringsPreserve (May 11&12, 2020), northern #SonomaCounty. Too tired to add all of the names r

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Wildflowers this morning along Pine Flat Road in n.e. SOnoma County, California.

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This morning (Fri Oct 5) on the #ModiniMayacamas, a Preserve of #AudubonCanyonRanch (with audio from last weekend of 3 #PileatedWoodpeckers). Join ACR Ecologist, David Self, for a Hike on the Preserve this Fall.

Learn more on the ACR Calendar: https://www.egret.org/calendar-public/month?term_node_tid_depth=511.

Photos and the woodpecker audio by David Self

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Fog rolling in like ocean waves against the mountains of eastern Sonoma County as the sun rises in mid-August

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Late August wildflowers, fog, views on the Modini Mayacamas, a Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch (www.egret.org) in n.e. Sonoma County.

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Today on the #ModiniMayacamas

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Join this Saturday’s Hike on #UsefulPlants & #NativeLandManagement on the #ModiniMayacamas (an ACR Preserve near #Healdsburg and #Geyserville in ne #SonomaCounty. SIgn up and details : look for “Modini Mayacamas” on Eventbrite.

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flowing water this morning

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Views from the Modini Mayacamas (n.e. Sonoma County) between rains.

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Moonset early this morning (11/4) on the Modini Mayacamas and other views with fogs ...

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Modini Mayacamas, a Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch (www,egret.org) in n.e. Sonoma County, CA.

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Fall colors of mid-October on the Modini Mayacamas, a Preserve if Audubon Canyon Ranch (www.egret.org) in n.e. Sonoma County.

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