Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Rancho Del Oso

  • Fuzzy brain

    Fuzzy brain

    I’ve got a cobwebby brain today and don’t think I can put together a coherent blog post. So here’s a picture of a pretty flower I took in Santa Cruz. These grow everywhere down there and I love them. They are Amaryllis, AKA Naked Ladies.

  • Mushroom

    Mushroom

      Happy Friday! I’m very slowly getting my pictures of our trip up. This particular one was taken at Rancho Del Oso just north of Santa Cruz.

  • green path

    green path

      When we were down in San Jose, we went for our favorite hike at Rancho Del Oso. As we hiked along we entered this little area where everything was completely covered with green moss. It felt like I was in some kind of fairy land or something. It was so pretty! I’m not entirely…

  • Wrecked but so worth it

    I went on a hike yesterday at one of my favorite places. Rancho Del Oso.  It’s about a four mile hike. but two of those miles are uphill. One of those miles goes up a steep grade until you reach the top of a peak that overlooks the ocean and the valley. This mile getting to…