Photos and thoughts from a camping trip with some dear friends in the El Dorado National Forest in summer 2018. This was the first time I experienced the magic of the Sierra Nevada and to this day the area is one of my favorite places in California.
(Wyethia mollis)
(Castilleja)
(Drymocallis glandulosa)
(Aquilegia formosa)
(Pinus contorta)
hiking along lupine and Indian paintbrush
“People have no idea what time is. They think it’s a line, spinning out from three seconds behind them, then vanishing just as fast into the three seconds of fog just ahead. They can’t see that time is one spreading ring wrapped around another, outward and outward until the thinnest skin of Now depends for its being on the enormous mass of everything that has already died.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory
I met Alrie and Louise through volunteering at the California Native Garden Foundation in San Jose. Alrie started the foundation with the goals of helping to restore California native plants and ecosystems, especially in urban and developed areas, and assisting low-income families live more healthy and sustainable lives. The foundation also has programs abroad that aim to provide online support and sustainability solutions to global communities. To learn more about the California Native Garden Foundation and their programs, visit their website and consider donating to fund their efforts.
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