Photo taken April 2008 at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve near Palmdale, California. I used my Nikon D40.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

2008 California Poppy Season

Wednesday I took my mom to the California Poppy Reserve and the surrounding area. It was cold and windy. Poppies tend to not open up when is cold and windy so while there were many fields of poppies, and the sun was unobstructed by clouds; not too many poppies were open. I did take several pictures anyway (I drove all that way) and posted a few here.






While I was appreciating all the flowers, two C-130's flew over.






More Poppies




Thursday, April 03, 2008

Answer to Bug question


Hey eh, I answered my own question. The bug pictured above is a Dysdera Crocota, also known as a Slater Spider or Sowbug Killer. They bite ! But they're not poisonous to humans. I found my answer at:


Anyone know anything about bugs ? Not the rabbit.

I found this bug in my pool. It looks like a spider but i wasn't sure? Anyone know ? It was about 1/2 inch long; not very big.